Hyatt acquired Mr and Mrs Smith, the booking platform for a curated set of independent hotels – some of which are amazing. You now earn Hyatt points and stay credit when booking the properties in this group that have been onboarded with World of Hyatt through Hyatt channels, and you can spend points at those hotels too. Unfortunately they’ve set redemptions up at a roughly (low) fixed value against prevailing rates, so it’s almost never a value to spend your points this way.
I was hopeful that this partnership would really expand the luxury footprint that Hyatt could offer. There are very special places that have been part of Mr and Mrs Smith, including Virgin Limited Edition (such as Moskito Island) and Aman Resorts.
Unfortunately, back in April when Hyatt launched redemptions with Mr and Mrs Smith, Aman told me explicitly:
[W]e will not be participating in this point redemption scheme with Hyatt and Mr & Mrs Smith.
And yet it appears that several Aman properties now have Hyatt webpages under the Mr and Mrs Smith banner!
Amangiri in Utah
Amanruya in Bodrum, Turkey
Amankora in Bhutan
Amansara in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Aman-i-Khas in Ranthambore, India
Amangiri, Credit: Hyatt
These properties do not currently appear to have booking inventory, either for paid or redemptions stays, when searching through Hyatt. However the addition of these specific property pages to the Hyatt website is still notable. Will there finally be a way to spend a hotel loyalty currency for Aman stays? Hotels in this chain are among the most exquisite in the world.
If points redemptions do become available, though, don’t be surprised to see pricing at a place like Amangiri north of 400,000 points per night.
(HT: khabah_)