Confirmed! Mlife To Hyatt Status Match Worked One More Time!
There are only two days left before this no longer becomes an option. If you were dragging your feet on it then you better get it done soon ;).
About a week ago I wrote an article stating that the Mlife to Hyatt status match should work one more time. I decided to give it a try today after knocking out my airline incidental credits. I have to get the New Year check list done right :). When I completed the match Hyatt said I had already completed the match which I thought meant it didn’t work. But when I went to my account I now had 6 lounge access certificates instead of 2 and my status showed good until February 29, 2020.
The only negative is the expiration date on the lounge certs shows February 29, 2020 instead of 2021. The ones earned last year were given 2 years before expiration. Although that could just be showing the date for the 2 I have left over and then will adjust when those are used.
How to Status Match
If you have status with MGM and Mlife from gambling, credit cards, or previous status matches then go to this site.
You will be prompted to log into you Hyatt account and that is it. Then go log into your Hyatt account and you should see the changes.
You may need to log out of your Hyatt account and then log back in again.
Conclusion
This is good news and I am glad I decided not to burn 20,000 Hyatt points chasing status. I ended up with what I needed one last time without it costing me anything. That is a win in my book. This is the last year that matching status will still give you lounge access and it must be done before March 1 so don’t wait.
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I tried logging on last night and it said my MLIFE account was nowhere to be found. This morning, I tried again and it went through. I got 4 Lounge Access certs and extended Explorist status for another year!! Thank you so much for great news and updates!!
Awesome Tom! Glad you got it done in time.
Is the match instant/same day? I may need to make an AC run tomorrow.
It should be – gotta get it matched today for the 4 lounge certs though. Rules change tomorrow 🙁
Yes……..I was checking my APP today because I knew I reached the 5 Hotels needed for an award, and noticed that my 4 club accesses were good through 2021………not complaining one bit!! 🙂
Worked for me – thanks for the reminder as I had forgotten to mark my calendar
Nice!
Worked for me and mine are showing 2021 expiration date. Great tip!
You should check your account again, I also did the match and the extra 4 certificates which were dates as 2020 expiry have now been given the new expiration date 2021. !
Awesome!
mlife gold matches to total rewards diamond, but you dont get the 4 free nights in atlantis and 2 free nights in ceasars palace dubai.
Have you called to ask them about it. I believe you still get the 4 nights if you have Diamond status you just get the lower end rooms.
Mark,
The Borgata is matching TR to Mlife still. They are the only Mlife property at this point that is willing to do that.
Thanks Bill!
hi Bill,
Do you need the physical TR card at Borgata counter to get the Mlife match?
Thanks
I had one, but my friend who matched to Pearl used the Hyatt app to do so without issue.
How to get in on this when you have status in neither?
Hilton Diamond
Total Rewards Diamond
Marriott Gold
Best Western lifetime top tier
I think Mlife was matching to Total Rewards in Atlantic City a few months back but I am not sure if they still are. If you have a MGM casino near you then you could call them up and see. I am not aware of another way to get the Mlife status you would need.
keep getting an error message that it can’t go through. I have Mlife gold and my Explorist expires on 2/28/19
Did you log out of your account and then back in? That is when the change usually shows up
took a few minutes but it worked!
Awesome – congrats!
FWIW, my Discoverist status got extended for a year. Had to logout and then login at Hyatt to see the extension.
Sorry, total rewards duh
Can you please clarify? I earned MLife Gold last February on spend, status matched to Hyatt Explorist sometime in March 2018 and they somehow gave me status through Feb 2020 (not 2019) and 4 certificates expiring 2/2020. If I try the match again now, will I get 4 more certificates as it is a new calendar year?
Not sure since you have status until 2020 it may not. No harm in trying though.
same here, explorist thru 2/20 & addl 4 club access thru 2/20
what at it, went ahead to match TR diamond to Wyndham’s good thru EOY
I did that as well 🙂
TR?
Total Rewards
Thanks for the heads up! I kept getting stuck in a loop, but eventually it worked for me, however, my status is good until Feb. 2020, but my certs are only good through Dec. 2019. Odd, but I won’t complain.
That is strange
Not sure about Sad Globalist, but I have not re-qualified for any Hyatt status via stays.
Hmm not sure. Maybe just being Globalist makes it not work until after that drops on March 1. Which you can still status match then to get Explorist but won’t get the lounge certs which is the main perk of doing it. Sorry it didn’t work out.
Sharing another data point…also worked for me. Got the ‘already connected’ message at Opt In. After logging back in, Explorist status extended for a year with 4 additional Club access awards.
Thanks Mark and Bill…Happy 2019!!
Congrats!
I had plat from several years ago when I was a diamond. It worked for me so thanks!
Congrats
When I logged into my Hyatt account, it already showed Explorist Feb, 2020 expiration and 4 certificates from last year. I logged out, and did the Opt In thing at mLife. Nothing changed in Hyatt account.
Did you earn Explorist in 2018 and that is why you already have status till 2020? If you already have the status set for all of 2019 then I don’t think it is going to do anything since you already have it.
You, my man, are a direct gift from above. With thanks, Acker
Haha glad I could help out!
Mark,
Glad there was no hiccups with anything and that I could save you some points. Thanks for following up with this one.
Thanks again for the tip!
How long do you think this will work when it is broadcast on travel blogs? Duh.
Till the 29th of February when it won’t work any longer maybe lol
Why it will not work by Feb 29th?
They changed the rules for earning lounge access certs which kicks in March 1.
Thanks Mark! I didn’t think it would work as it said I was already matched. I tried it in Safari on my MacBook but I just tried it on Chrome browser and signed out and signed back in and it worked! I had 1 Club Upgrade left but now it shows I have 5! But the expiration date for Explorist still says February 28, 2019 but I assume on March 1, 2019 I can just do the match again for another year.
This is fabulous!
Logging out and in again as you suggested worked! I now see my Explorist expires February 2020 now! This is fabulous Mark. Thanks again.
Nice – happy to help!
I want to know why I’ve been a Platinum with M-Life ever since Diamond matched to this years ago and I’ve never stayed at an M-Life property
Not sure – do you keep status matching back to Hyatt?
I got 4 more lounge certs BUT my Explorist status still reads as expiring Feb 28, 2019 (instead of 2020). Not sure if there’s anything I can do about that.
Try logging out and then back in
I checked later and it’s Feb 2020 now. Whew!
Awesome – congrats
I think Sad Globalist may be like me with Globalist status ending 2/28/2019. Does this mean we may be out of luck in getting the lounge access certificates?
I would think they would still populate even with the higher status but I guess not – that stinks. Did you earn Explorist in 2018 or no status at all?
I can’t get it to work for me. Any ideas as to why?
Do you have Mlife Gold? You may need to just log out of Hyatt and then back in for it to show up.
Same here. Have 4 more Club Access awards expiring 2020. Quick question….my daughter is planning a honeymoon to Hawaii, and will stay at the Grand Hyatt Kauai. I’d love to give her one of my awards so that she can have free breakfasts and snacks. Ever tried to gift an award? I’d have her added to my MLife account, but they weren’t doing that at Borgata last time I checked, and we aren’t headed to Vegas before the matching expires.
I would just book it under your name and then add her name as the person check in in the other comments section. Then attach the cert and hope it works out fine. I don’t see them asking but I don’t think you can technically gift it without booking a guest of honor booking as a globalist.
I think it would work though but have not tried.
Did not work for me. 🙁
Did you log out of your account and then back in? If you have Gold status with Mlife it should work
Worked like a charm for me. Similar had 2 club carts left. Now show 6 with Feb 2020 expiration.
Nice – congrats!
I have globalist, says the existing tier is higher 🙁
Did you earn Globalist again in 2018? If so you should be set anyway.
Thanks Mark – I got the same – 4 more lounge access certs – I hope you are right and they extend until 2021
Fingers crossed