The Hyatt Diamond Challenge has come and gone a few times over the past year or so. Â For a very long time, it was considered the best status challenge out there
(SEE ALSO: Hotel status match – how to match at each chain)
You could sign up as long as you had any kind of status with any competing chain, including ones that you could get for free with certain credit cards. Â Once you signed up, you were given IMMEDIATE Hyatt Diamond status, including 4 suite upgrades.
How does Hyatt Diamond Status and a suite upgrade at the Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Méditerranée sound?
To complete the challenge and earn Hyatt Diamond status, you had to stay 12 nights in 90 days.
How to get Hyatt Diamond status
Being able to take this easy challenge to earn Hyatt Diamond Status was considered over-generous and not many people were surprised when Hyatt removed the ability to do the challenge back in November of 2014.  One of the main problems was that people would sign up in order to get Hyatt Diamond status for the 90 days (and for the suite upgrades) with no real intention of actually doing the challenge
After a few months, Hyatt came back with a new offer called the Hyatt Diamond Elite Tier Offer, which was basically the same way to get Hyatt Diamond status by challenge. Â The terms were slightly different.
- Call (800) 228-3360 and ask for the Hyatt Diamond challenge (if they don’t know what that is, try asking for the Quick Qualifying Elite Trial)
- You don’t need to prove any elite status with another hotel chain (this is different than the old Hyatt Diamond Challenge)
- You’ll be granted immediate Hyatt Platinum status provisionally (this is also different – you used to be granted Hyatt Diamond status immediately instead)
- Within the next 60 days, if you stay 6 nights at any Hyatt, you’ll keep Hyatt Platinum status through February 2017
- Within the next 60 days, if you stay 12 nights at any Hyatt, you’ll keep Hyatt Diamond status through February 2017
- You would then also get 4 confirmed Diamond Suite upgrades for 2015 and 4 more for 2016. Â These suite upgrades can be used on Points + Cash stays but not on strictly Points stays.
- You’ll get a bonus 1,000 Hyatt points on each of your first 6 stays.
- Award stays do NOT count, but Points + Cash stays DO count
The big change was that you were no longer given Hyatt Diamond status immediately, but only Hyatt Platinum status and earning Hyatt Diamond status after completion of the challenge
There was confusion about whether the Hyatt Diamond Elite Tier offer was open to everyone or if you had to be specifically invited, but last month, Hyatt did clarify that the Hyatt Diamond Elite Tier offer was open to everyone.
Hyatt Diamond Status challenge ending on July 31st
If you were interested in how to get Hyatt Diamond status but hadn’t pulled the trigger yet, you’ll want to do so now. Â Multiple sources (Loyalty Lobby, Travel Codex, One Mile at a Time, Miles to Memories) are reporting that this offer will end July 31st, though View from the Wing does make the point that Hyatt has often ended one offer before immediately starting a “new” offer that is for all intents and purposes the same offer.
Still, if you want to fast track to Hyatt Diamond status, I’d advise calling before the 31st.
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All those multiple sources you cited claiming the Diamond Challenge was to end on July 31st were ALL WRONG.
Called up Hyatt yesterday to do a points & cash reservation — and while on the line with that rep., asked her if I could still sign up for the 60 day diamond challenge. She confirmed that yes, it was still open, and she hadn’t heard anything to the contrary. (and that the original announcement was still valid) Ok, it’s possible the Hyatt rep. I spoke with was misinformed (even as she was prepared on the spot to sign me up for the Diamond Challenge.)
Ya’all might want to do your own research before you follow each other off a cliff and repeat BAD information.
Hey Will – I just called (800) 228-3360 and asked for the Hyatt Diamond challenge and the guy I talked to said that it was not open for signups and had ended on July 31st. Did you call a different number?
Still available!
As a Hyatt Platinum member I called the Hyatt Platinum Desk. I was signed up in 30 secs.
Called (800) 228-3360 yesterday and the Diamond 800# this morning, both yielded same results – promo is closed as of 7/31 and cannot be backdated, even if you were “targeted”. Agent did indicate there are new promos starting in Sept.
Equally curious as to how some were able to legitimately enroll post 7/31 as the Hyatt agents are hard blocked from applying the Quick Qual promo to any accounts.