Hyatt Challenge

Recently I signed up for a fast track to Globalist challenge with Hyatt, been trying to do this for quite some time but wasn't able to since it requires a company/corporate email that are registered for the challenge with Hyatt to participate. By chance I stumbled upon a post about this and I thought why not try again since I don't have anything to lose and to my surprise, my new work email worked! Thankfully we have a trip coming up and that kinda fueled me to complete this challenge as I will have around 2 weeks worth of stay in Asia and will only need 20 nights total to complete the challenge so it sounds completely doable.

So I had to rebook some accommodations that were previously booked so I could stay in Hyatt properties to count for the challenge. My trip will have 13 nights covered as a couple days will be staying at my parents residence. Which leaves me 7 more nights that leads me to this impromptu getaway. The closest Hyatt properties that are affordable for this "mattress run" as the folks in the points/miles group would call it is in Bakersfield a total of 8kpts/night or $185/night. Or I could opt for 4kpts/night plus $75. I have a little extra points to cover 2 nights so full points redemption it is. 

It was my first time in Bakersfield, I left at 10pm and arrived a little after midnight but went to a supercharger closeby to charge the car since this trip was planned at all, completely last minute. It took about 30mins to charge to 70% from 20%, I'm not sure why it was charging so slow as it's rated as level 3 or 250kW. Anyway charging after midnight is cheaper than during daytime so it works out, will write up on the hotel and trip next.

So with the accelerated globalist challenge, Hyatt gives you Explorist status for 3 months. Here are the perks for Explorist, and with Globalist will have everything listed which will be much added value on our future stays which I'm hoping to do in the next couple of years as I'm also working on getting Southwest companion pass.