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As a Hyatt receptionist what I can say is that when a reservation is booked through fhr (which is a third party) the system tells us not to honor the status perks. It is also quite usual for the status not to be linked when booking third party so they may have not be aware of your globalist status upon check in. Regardless your room should be ready by 3pm regardless and this was a bit weird on their part.

Dang, Sebastian is a pro level traveler. I wouldn’t know how to juggle all those reservations and credits in a single trip.

These redemption videos are my favorite! Sebby actually walks the walk, while most KZfaqr only talk the talk

Got military orders to Okinawa Japan and livin’ the life here! Stacking up AMEX points to book a flight to maldives within a year or so! Also, the base is recognized as USA territory so 7X on hilton for food purchases

🃏 Hyatt is the only place I've stayed at so far where the receptionist tried to upsell a better room when mine wasn't ready yet (at 4:30pm), and she tried making it sound like she was doing me a favor 😂

It was fun hearing about all the hotel experiences! You're making me realize that I need to use the FHR benefits more

I use Hyatt for all other expenses, as it's basically a 2x card(3x on restaurants, local transit and gym) until $15,000. I get a cat 1-4 cert which is worth 12,000 to 18,000 points, and 6 elite nights, which helps me tremendously to the 30-night milestone, which gives me another cat 1-4 cert.

🃏 it’s nice to hear how the points master plays the game. Thanks for sharing your redemptions Sebby!

Congrats on finally getting that Omega Sebby! For me, finally got out of 5/24 on the 1st and immediately applied for CFU. Completing the chase trifecta and use my 120k pts for last hurrah with Hyatt at the EOY.

I can't believe I saw you in Vegas! Thank you for the photo op and your continued creation of these videos!

Always love to see the different meals that Sebby and Mandy get in the various places that they visit! I do not know how they are not 300 pounds though 😳 🤣🃏

Congrats on the Silver Snoopy! I don't have that kind of patience. I did buy my Aqua Terra from a boutique and I find that the Omega boutiques tend to have staff who are more knowledgeable and fun to have conversations with than third party ADs.

Sushi neko is solid recommendation. I am very much looking forward to trying that place next time I am in Vegas. Thanks Seb!

Im used to use one or two credit in a trip but Sebby is a pro for juggling all those credits in a single tripppp

I didn't travel this month, but I just today booked a trip to Munich in June with my gold card. Will probably also use it to book an FHR or two :) Very excited! I also have the Delta skymiles platinum but flights to Munich on Delta were a fat $600 more than flights on AA. That's $600 I can spend on an FHR!

We need an Ask Sebbys sister channel.

🃏 Tulum this week, working on an Ink Premier SUB (taxes will finish that up, alongside an Amex Plat Biz retention offer), with a WoH card along for its (targeted) 5x on gas/grocery. Need to put together a trip like yours to leverage benefits from a bunch of Amex cards.

"Someone who actually travels and not just reading a description from a website.." 😂😂

“somehow i went from player 1 to player 3” 😂😂 why did your sister do you like that

I didn’t know that you could book at the MGM using Hyatt points, which I take it means that you could also book using UR points. If so, that’s pretty cool. Now I’m curious what other hotels in Vegas I can book using UR points.

"somehow I went from player 1 to player 3" DAMN that's funny

Newly Discoverd but jam-packed with so much useful information /education. Tremendous Value presented Extremely well! Thank you!

🃏 We were at the Resorts World and ran into you coming from the parking garage. We were spending some of our Hilton points from our Aspire and Surpass cards. Along with the Aspire $250 Hilton resort credit. 👍

🃏 Not this month, but in late February booked Conrad Midtown NYC using one FNC and the rest of the nights with Hilton Honors points (transferred from MR). We got upgraded to a two-queen room, which was perfect since we had an unexpected player three that joined us during the trip.

traveled to Miami last week...first time using new Platinum for access to Delta Sky Clubs in Atlanta and Miami, both times around breakfast. Was a nice perk and my first lounge experience. I think I am hooked!

I just used my first $200 Hotel Collection credit at Virgin Hotels in Vegas. Since we drive, I prefer off strip. We'll have our first FHR stay in Vancouver next month. 🃏

I also went to Vegas to see Taylor Swift! I stayed at the Waldorf Astoria via a Hotwire deal (we were able to match up the images and confirm it was Waldorf prior to booking). The lobby is under construction so we had to walk a bit to get to reception. Room was amazing and it was just at $300 for the one Saturday night we stayed. I was able to add my Hilton Gold status to room but not get any perks as it was third party booking. The only snafu we had was we asked for late check out, was told 1 PM, and at 11:30 AM I received a text asking why our stuff was still in the room! We had to run back from breakfast to grab our things but nothing major. Taylor was great. Definitely want to check out the sushi place you recommended in Las Vegas!

Hi Sebby. Question if you have time. Does the Amex Platinum and Delta SkyMiles Reserve both have access to the Centurion Lounges and Delta Sky Clubs? I feel like they have access to the same lounges because of their tier but I can be mistaken. Thanks.

I've called amex and even for multi-city trip, with one-ways throughout, so long as you return home it is round trip. I pressed even asking if it's between different carriers but still charged to Amex, they said so long as it's charged to the plat, I get insurance benefits.

the Amex FHR credit was MASSIVELY DEVALUED this year. Many hotels that were part of the hotel collection or FHR are not there anymore. for upcoming Istanbul and Paris trips I have, I tried looking and many of the properties are insanely expensive, making the credit useless this year. Even looking within the U.S., it's not the same - several properties were taken out of the program. I had to work really hard to even find a use of it this year. Such a disappointment!

🃏 Thank you fore all the great information you provide!

🃏 - In March, trip with 7 other friends to AZ - Airbnb. Paid for restaurants using Amex Gold, got venmo'd back. Trip to San Diego, used up 2 IHG anniversary nights at Intercontinental and 1 Hyatt Chase anniversary night at Manchester Grand. All 3 nights were due to expire in April and needed to consume. Been spending on Chase Hyatt card to earn free night for 15k spend. No trips in April.

I applied for and was approved for Capital One Venture X through your link a few days ago. Thanks for reviewing it.

Park MGM is proof that Vegas won’t go broke if they start going non-smoking in more places.

Good to hear you are visiting HK. Enjoy your trip!!. 🃏

Priceline Express Deals are a much better overall deal 4/5 times. I often save 30%.

Damn congrats on the snoopy! One of my favorite case backs

Terrific story. The Beakman is one one of my favorites when on the south end of NYC. I have got to get better at using my FHR credit. 🃏

🃏 I love these type of videos always great too see all the value you can get when playing your cards right 👌 Just noticed your the only youtuber i watch that carries the vanilla platinum and not the schwab platinum 😅

I used Marriott points for TS in Chicago. Points rooms going for $1200 a night that weekend!

Interesting that now the dining credit at Resort had changed. When I was there in December 2022, Resort World had changed the food and beverage credit to one restaurant, the one that had the half VW van. I issued a complaint. Now, I see RW has reverted back to allowing guests to use other restaurants.

Next level travel pro!! You’ve helped me so much maximize cc benefits 😊. 🃏

Individuals are still buying and holding crypto coin? I didn’t know that , I guess a few know about integrating into the micro economy to help substitute FIAT or usdt for a more tangible exchange Experience, it more like capitalization with about 43.307% profits/ ROI weekly though.. ps.. Valerie Anne got me covered thanks

Love these videos seb keep making more of these

Also booked Crockfords for the Sunday night of that weekend. First time in Vegas but I can't imagine it's normally THAT busy without the NCAA and Taylor.

I'm so jealous about your snoopy!! Congrats, Sebby! 🃏🃏🃏

🃏 thanks for the tip about delta lounge access on arrival. I didn’t realize this was possible again.

What a great watch, it’s. A Classic and worth a lot more than retail!

🃏 thanks Sebbe. Great vid.

Outstanding content Sebby...Well done my Friend :)

🃏 Was actually in Vegas the Tuesday - Thursday before you (super cheap in-between March Madness weekends). This is my third year using my FHR credits, so still pretty new at maximizing. Tried Virgin Hotel two nights, then NoMad the second two nights. The rates were roughly the same and I enjoyed both hotels, but NoMad had notably nicer vibe, room and food credits: $60 daily breakfast ($30 per person) and $100 food/beverage credit through FHR across most of the MGM restaurants. Honestly hadn't considered FHR in Vegas until watching your experiences with it, so thanks for the advice!

I was just in vegas. I used the fhr for Palazzo first night and Crockfords the second. I'm a Vegas veteran and Palazzo is usually my go to, however this was quite disappointing. Room had old towels in drawers and a pack of cigarettes. Ate at Mott 32 with was excellent as usual. I'll give Palazzo another chance as I have many years of great experience with them but this time was underwhelming. Crockfords though! Exceeded all my expectations on every level, plus the have a Randy's doughnuts now.

Haven't taken any trips yet but I've got some coming up this Summer. Balancing the CSP $50 travel portal credit, Amex Platinum FHR $200 credit, Citi Premier $100 hotel credit, and a few different free nights. Honestly if I wasn't getting retention offers for the Platinum I'd have cancelled it by now. I can get near full value from the Digital Entertainment credit and mostly full value from the Uber credit, but everything else I can't justify counting it at face value. The FHR credit seems like a solid use if you are going to Vegas, but I checked in every city I'm traveling to this year and can't really find hotels under $400 a night after taxes/fees. Getting a bit frustrated with the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless as well. With the dynamic awards chart, there's pretty much no where but airport hotels to use the free night.

The 50th Anniversary Snoopy, damn!!!!!!!! If I had know I could get on the list at Bellagio, I definitely would have done so. I tried to get a discount on an Omega watch 2 years ago that is not in high demand there and the sales people would not budge. So, I never went back in there after multiple stays in the past two years.

I'm going on a cruise this week and I'll be taking my Amex Platinum, Venture X and CSR cards with me.

awesome vid, thank you! even though i’m deep in the sauce on credit cards, wifey would say obsessed lol, these are amex plat features i didn’t know about. i have a friend who’s always getting late check out with her platinum card and know i damn know why hahahaha; couldn’t figure it out for the life of me. thank you again for posting this. i have the platinum but usually always use hotels cards. now i see the even greater value of the card and will make more use of it.

Wow! I was in the same hotel on Saturday night. I took my daughters to the Taylor Swift concert! To think, I could have met Sebby and Mandy!!!

I've called the desk straight up and received a great price that beats any card perks. It's hard to see the value in these cards.

🃏 congrats on the watch. I have the 2 Casino Royale Bond watches: Seamaster and the Planet Ocean. Love them.

Great video! Love the updates

🃏no trips this month yet but, hope to learn how to use my credit cards like you one day! That was A LOT of upgrades😮‍💨

Damn it I was just in New York, I’m hustling backwards I didn’t use the Amex or chase portal to book my hotels.

🃏Cool video - I really enjoyed it!

Booked through Hyatt using points for spring break bc per night room was $$ but used FHR for Orlando and was able to use the credits and perks - 🃏

Congrats on the Snoopy! That is an absolutely gorgeous Omega!

Im from New Zealand and unfortunately the credit cards here are very basic as are the points, there isnt a huge variety, so its really interesting watching your videos and seeing how it is overseas

Wish Conrad Las Vegas wasn’t removed from FHR. Back then you could get a room for $70 w/ $125 property credit, and even stack with the diamond benefit.

So to get deals, you have to book 3 or 4 days before the trip

Love that Snoopy watch! Congrats!

🃏Hey Sebby! Really informative video, truly appreciate how detailed you are. I was curious when you mentioned “certificates” . I was wondering how you get those? Thank, and really enjoy your content!

Can you do an updated video on the Hyatt personal credit cards?

🃏Loved this vid more than most as it focused on some areas I focus on.

Move to Williamsburg! I'm like a 10 min walk from the Indigo.

🃏 Great video

Not worth it to stay at MO Macau, not even St Regis Macau. better go for Four Season Macau

🃏 love the video! I’m running into an issue where I have the chase trifecta with the CFF, CFU, and CSP and I want lounge access as I’ve already been on 4 domestic trips this year and will be on a few more. But I’m not sure if downgrading the CSP then going for the CSR sub is worth it or just opening a Venture X should be my next step. I do love having the CSPs 3x streaming and 3x online grocery because I always pick up groceries and if you have a Kroger, Kroger pay will count as online too in store which I would hate to lose a grocery card since the CSR doesn’t have that benefit… what do people think makes more sense?

Congrats on the snoopy! Awesome watch.

Went to park city Utah took platinum and gold, sapphire reserve for travel category and blue business plus

🃏 amazing as always.

Can’t find the joker emoji I need you on my podcast sebby we’re in houston

🃏just came back from Vegas did not like it. One big ashtray they really need to curb the smoking allowance there

I love the trip reports!

You should have your sister in more of your videos. She has a bubbly personality. 😀

🃏I learned quite a bit from this video about redemption methods as well as places to stay on future trips, thanks!

Listening to your upgrades and strategies, my head hurt!

Can you speak on Max Rewards, Mint, etc and what we can use along with your website?

Unfortunately since I got my promotion I don’t get time off much. My last day off was on my birthday in July. I do want to travel more. I have the delta reserve card. I’m just weighing my options on what to add to it. The Amex platinum is nice.

LMAO @ algorithm jail 🤣🤣 thanks for this video , just got this card this year because of you!

Welcome to the Speed master family!

🥃 congratulations on the new watch

🃏 Super solid setup here Sebby! I've really wanted to add the World of Hyatt card to my setup, but the SUB on it just hasn't been desirable enough yet. I could see myself adding the CSR for domestic trips in economy, but I can't get the SUB on that one until 2026... it's in the plans though! Great video all around as always!

🃏Hey Sebby! Not sure why you fell off of my algorithm but I’m sl glad you’re back!! Great video!

Another great video🃏

🃏 i traveled to atl recently and got upgraded to their studio common from my Marriott brilliant card also used the food credit from that card and my Amex gold. I haven’t taken advantage of the FHR with my platinum card yet

🃏great video! I’m FHRing Crocksfords tomorrow, hope I land in the west wing too 😂

🃏 great video!!

Crocksford is our favorite hotel in Vegas!!

🃏 I was at NoMad at the same time you were going to your hotels in Las Vegas, but no Swift tix. I got to use my last good offer from when I was an MGM Platinum cad holder, comped room for four nights, $450 food/bev credit, $600 freeplay. I have the MGM Rewards MC to get my 5x points, so hopefully I can get back to platinum from pearl. 😮‍💨

🃏 Love seeing these videos of using your cards and strategies in the real world. It’s amazing that you have multiple certificates to use between player 1 and 2. Please do a video of how you split cards between the two of you and maximize. E.g multiple Hyatt cards or multiple hilton cards. What’s the optimal play here?