World of Hyatt & MGM have announced that the partnership will be ending on 9/30/23. This means:
- Status:
- MGM Rewards members who have tier matched into World of Hyatt between March 1, 2023, and July 14, 2023, will retain their World of Hyatt tier status until February 29, 2024. After February 29, 2024, MGM Rewards members must qualify for World of Hyatt elite status in accordance with World of Hyatt program terms and conditions.
- World of Hyatt members who have tier matched into MGM Rewards between February 1, 2023, and July 14, 2023 will retain their MGM Rewards tier status until January 31, 2024. After January 31, 2024, World of Hyatt members must achieve or maintain the applicable MGM Rewards tier in accordance with the MGM Rewards program terms to be entitled to any such related benefits.
- Stays:
- Hyatt hotels will honor all existing reservations booked through Hyatt channels (e.g., Hyatt.com, Hyatt Global Care Center, or the World of Hyatt mobile application). For eligible stays at Hyatt hotels with a checkout date prior to or on September 30, 2023, MGM Rewards members will still be able to elect to earn MGM Rewards Tier Credits for such stays. However, MGM Rewards members will no longer be able to elect to earn MGM Rewards Tier Credits at Hyatt hotels for stays with a check-out date after September 30, 2023.
- MGM Resorts will honor all existing reservations at MGM Resorts destinations in Las Vegas booked through Hyatt channels (e.g., Hyatt.com, Hyatt Global Care Center, or the World of Hyatt mobile application). For eligible stays at MGM Resorts destinations with a checkout date prior to or on September 30, 2023, World of Hyatt members will still be able to earn World of Hyatt points and World of Hyatt Tier-Qualifying Night credits for such stays. However, World of Hyatt members will no longer be eligible to earn World of Hyatt points or World of Hyatt Tier-Qualifying Night credits for stays with a check-out date after September 30, 2023.
It’ll be interesting to see if MGM partners with another hotel brand such as Marriott or stays independent.
View Comments (18)
Any other ideas or tricks to keep Explorist on an ongoing basis?
word is they will be going with marriott as cosmopolitan (which mgm bought) still has marriott and MGM just extended their partnership
I would love to hear any kind of source or corroboration on this.
just announced by mgm.
MGM could be shifting to a Marriot partnership but I agree that staying independent seems like the way to go. Their footprint is strong enough that maybe MGM should consider polishing up the MGM Rewards Mastercard to make it a more enticing pillar of their rewards program.
Time for an Excalibur mattress run
MGM just started a partnership with Marriott right? So maybe Bonvoy Plat —> MGM Gold starting next year?
Would probably need Titanium. Stingy bastards...
this sucks bigly
Bummer, wish Hyatt would open their own hotel/casino there that's better than a Place at least.
They are, Hyatt bought the Rio and is completely revamping it.
Radio silence on this since two years ago though. No idea if it's actually happening. All articles on it are from 2021.
Literally the take over is happening this year
told by diamond desk...later this year.
Started the merry-go-round 2 years ago and really liked how it waived resort fees/parking fees when in Vegas. Sad that this is going away.
Got a couple upgrades with Explorist too. :(
No way to do this merry-go-round anymore right?
Nope #RIP
😭😭😭😭😭
With Vegas still booming like crazy I’m voting they stay independent. Why waste resources on a partnership when you can sell all your hotel rooms yourself?