It is a tough day at sea for World of Hyatt members seeking to earn or burn factors on a luxurious cruise with Lindblad Expeditions. Hyatt and Lindblad Expeditions introduced that they’ve mutually agreed to finish their relationship, efficient Dec. 31.
Lindblad Expeditions, a luxurious journey cruise firm crusing to locations like Antarctica, linked up with Hyatt in 2019. The partnership allowed World of Hyatt members to redeem their Hyatt factors for cruises on Lindblad ships in addition to to earn World of Hyatt factors and elite night time credit on paid cruises, and even take pleasure in elitelike perks corresponding to onboard credit only for being a World of Hyatt member.
Vacationers with current or new Lindblad Expeditions reservations booked via Hyatt’s devoted web site by Dec. 31 will nonetheless be eligible to earn World of Hyatt factors and qualifying nights on their cruises. World of Hyatt factors redemptions for Lindblad Expeditions journeys made earlier than Dec. 31, 2023, for journey that’s accomplished by Dec. 31, 2024, may also be honored.
TPG reached out to each Hyatt and Lindblad Expeditions for additional remark, and we’ll replace this text with any further data they supply.
Sadly, Lindblad was one of many few cruise operators with a factors hyperlink to a lodge program, so it is unhappy to see this partnership finish. Over at Marriott, Bonvoy members can nonetheless earn factors (and elite-qualifying nights) or ebook sailings with factors with The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Assortment.
Past that, there are nonetheless different methods to make use of factors and miles to ebook a cruise (though they won’t be the very best use of factors).
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Hyatt nonetheless has a number of different fascinating partnerships its loyalty members can reap the benefits of. A kind of is Discover Experiences, a program the place World of Hyatt members can commerce in factors for experiences all over the world, like a Japanese whisky tasting in San Francisco or an open-air jungle safari in Bali.
One other nice associate of Hyatt is American Airways. World of Hyatt members can earn factors on eligible flights by linking their AAdvantage accounts. Nevertheless it does not finish there; each firms have provided a fast path to larger tiers of elite standing in each applications all through the partnership. Proper now, Hyatt Explorists and Globalists can earn American Airline standing by registering for a particular promotion by Nov. 30.
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