Is the Grand Hyatt Kauai worth 45K? We answered this and many other questions on the Ask Us Anything hosted live on YouTube on August 6th, 2025.
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(00:38) – How do you typically like to get around a city that you’re visiting, especially internationally? Are you more likely to take a taxi or Uber to get to places, take public transit, or do you prefer to just walk everywhere?
(06:02) – To circumvent Hilton’s minimum length of award stay requirements (e.g., WA Pedregal) — has anyone tried booking more nights than needed, then asking Hilton to remove nights from the stay?
(07:44) – What is a question that you would ask someone who is interviewing for a job a FM?
(17:38) – ​​Give us a peek behind the curtain: What is a typical day/week for the Frequent Miler team?
(25:02) – Do you think the custom cash will survive having Thank You points transfers?
(27:12) – Now that Citi transfers to AA, where does Citi rank among the transferable points programs?
(30:01) – For the JetBlue 25 for 25, does anyone have datapoints on how fast you get the 150k point after 15 destinations?
(31:48) – How would you re-evaluate the value of your Chase/Bilt if you were able to get a family & friends discount on Hyatt cash stays?
(33:56) – Hi team! What card are you recommending to people who aren’t really in the game but got the CSR years ago and now want a different card?
(40:15) – Head-to-head match-up, Citi Strata Elite or the new Alaska Premium card?
(41:54) – ​​Any thoughts on Kenya Airways’ new program and the Status Match opportunity that was announced earlier this week?
(44:36) – ​​When FMer finds a unicorn fare or incredible deal, what is the quickest way that FM’er gets that information to those who follow you so we can book it? (48 52) – ​​Grand Hyatt Kauai is now 45k for the basic room with 2 adults and 2 kids. I have a guest of honor available to me. Is the property worth that rate for 4 nights???
(54:03) – Which card is better to downgrade, the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card or the Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card, both of which have a $95 AF?
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I retired recently, but I was a scientist for several decades and hired a ton of scientist for research positions. Greg’s approach to hiring sounds very familiar to me, which might help explain the high quality of the analysis on FM.
Nick, I’m with you on running to see a city! Not a exactly a way to get around, mind you, but it is a great way to see things you won’t see otherwise.
imo, the GHK @ 45k hyatt points is ridiculously overpriced. 25k yes, 35k debatable, 45k definitely not even if sitting on a 1MM points. the property is dated and is not worth the $1000/night that is being charged.
The Grand Hyatt is worth 45K the way a one way biz class ticket from NY to London is worth 150K. If you want what you want, it’s worth it. If you’re looking for “value,” you spend your money some other way.
Kinda how I feel about Andaz Papagayo. Wanted to go for a while and kept putting it off, it went from redeemable with the cat 1-4 certs to now in Cat 8 and doesnt seem to have had any recent renovations. Oh well.
Isn’t it just supply and demand? I see cash rates at $800+ per night on spring dates that interest me.
To whoever asked, I can confirm booking multi nights at WA Pedregal and taking them off worked for me about two years ago…. Never had an issue doing that with Hilton or other programs.