World of Hyatt has been our favorite hotel loyalty program for years. Points are easy to earn, largely through Hyatt’s partnerships with Chase and Bilt, and you can get great value from those points in comparison to other hotel programs.
However, Hyatt recently made seismic changes to its award chart, moving from an 8-category chart with 3 seasonal tiers to a 5-tier chart. In the process, the maximum amount a hotel could charge for a free night award increased by up to 67%, depending on the category. The full impact of those changes will continue to unfold over the next year, but it almost certainly means that Hyatt free nights will cost more points on average and that outsized value will be harder to come by.
Those who earn enough nights to reach top-tier Globalist status get access to the best perks around: free suite upgrades at booking, free parking on award stays, no resort fees, and more. However, rumors of a proposed “super-elite” tier above Globalist cast a pall over that coveted status as well.
If you have any Chase Ultimate Rewards cards that allow point transfers to partners, or if you earn points through Bilt, which also offers 1-to-1 transfers to Hyatt, there is still plenty of value remaining in World of Hyatt, despite the recent downturn. We recommend getting to know the program.
This guide has been fully updated for 2026 to include current brands, pricing, award charts, and policy info.
World of Hyatt Pros and Cons
Pros (where World of Hyatt is better than average):
- Hyatt offers lower award prices per point for its own hotels than any major competitor
- Hyatt never charges resort or destination fees on award stays
- Hyatt’s top-tier status (Globalist) offers the best perks of any major hotel elite program
- Milestone Rewards offer perks along the way towards status levels. Even after earning top-tier status, you can continue to earn extra perks.
Cons (where World of Hyatt is worse than average):
- Hyatt’s new, 5-tier award chart provides a significant hit when trying to get outsized value for points.
- Hyatt does not offer 4th or 5th Night Free awards (IHG offers 4th Night Free awards for certain cardholders; Hilton and Marriott offer 5th night free awards for all members)
- The value of Hyatt’s international footprint has taken a significant hit due to the relatively poor value when using points for Mr. & Mrs. Smith properties
- Hyatt has relatively few hotels compared to major competitors
- Hyatt’s mid-tier status (Explorist) isn’t very rewarding
- Hyatt’s top-tier status requires a lot of nights (60). Some see that as unreasonable, given Hyatt’s much smaller footprint compared to other chains.
World of Hyatt Award charts
Free Night Awards
The following chart shows current point prices for free nights. Hyatt now uses a five-tiered award chart based on seasonal demand and cash price. Combine those tiers with the chart’s 8 categories, and there are now 40 different pricing levels for Hyatt hotels – and we haven’t even gotten to suites, all-inclusives, or Miraval Resorts yet. It’s about as close to dynamic pricing as an award chart can get. Supposedly, the dates a hotel will be priced at a given seasonal tier are set in advance and won’t change throughout the year.
Resort fees and destination fees are waived when you book a stay with points and/or free night certificates.
Standard and Premium Suites
Hyatt has two types of suites: standard, which are available for Suite Upgrade Awards and for Globalists based on availability; and premium, which are available for points or cash only. Both can represent excellent value when compared to cash prices.
Here’s the chart for standard suites:
And here’s the chart for premium suites:
All-inclusive property award charts
Award prices shown above for all-inclusive brands are for up to 2 people per room. Confusingly, unlike the standard award chart that goes from categories 1-8, the all-inclusive chart uses the letters A-F.
Miraval Resorts
Miraval is Hyatt’s “wellness” brand, with three locations in the US and one in the Middle East. Each property has an extensive array of classes, ranging from pilates to yoga, axe-throwing to tarot card reading. Most of them are included in the room rate, whether booking with cash or points, as is all food and non-alcoholic beverages.
Miraval properties are very expensive, often over $2k/night for two people. As such, they have their own award chart that varies based on occupancy. Make sure that you’re sitting down when you look at it:
Points + Cash Awards
If you don’t have enough points for an award stay, you can choose instead to book Points + Cash. The points rate for Points + Cash awards is exactly half the points required for regular free night awards. The cash component is 50% to 70% off the standard cash rate. Hyatt has not explained under what circumstances they offer more than 50% off.
Hyatt’s Points + Cash Awards are usually a bad deal. In general, point awards offer the best value when cash prices are high, and cash bookings offer the best value when cash prices are low. Points + Cash strikes a middle ground where you’ll generally get less value than by paying all in points or all in cash. Of course, if you are short on points, these awards can still make sense, especially when the cash rate is 70% off.
Good Value Suites (Sometimes)
Sometimes properties charge the cash component based on 50% of the cost of a standard room, even when booking a suite or premium suite. When this happens, Points + Cash awards can offer good value, especially when the cash rate for a suite is disproportionately larger than the rate for a standard room.
Resort Fees not Waived
Hyatt waives resort and destination fees for rooms booked entirely with points or free night certificates. Points + Cash awards, though, are treated like paid nights and so those fees are not waived (except as a standard benefit of top-tier Globalist status).
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
In 2023, Hyatt acquired Mr. and Mrs. Smith (MMS), a hotel booking platform specializing in boutique hotels. It’s effectively like a luxury hotel travel agency. Properties bookable through Mr & Mrs Smith can also be reserved via other channels, including similar platforms like Small Luxury Hotels of the World and Preferred Hotels.
There was a lot of excitement when Hyatt first announced this purchase, as folks imagined that it would be a bigger and better version of Hyatt’s previous partnership with SLH. Unfortunately, we were wrong. Really wrong.
There are currently over 1,000 Mr. & Mrs. Smith properties available to book via World of Hyatt, and that number will continue to increase. In most cases, you can reserve almost all any room category that a hotel offers. Although the properties involved are stellar, the value of booking through Hyatt is underwhelming, to say the least. Here’s why:
- Hyatt is dynamically pricing these awards rather than relying on an award chart, as it does with its other non-vacation-rental brands. We have seen per-point values ranging from 0.96 to 1.5 cents, with an average of ~1.35 cents. That’s not good for Hyatt points.
- Free night certificates cannot be used to book Mr. & Mrs. Smith hotels.
- When Hyatt previously partnered with Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH), every Hyatt member who booked through Hyatt qualified for free breakfast, a complementary room upgrade (if available), and more. Similar benefits are not promised with Mr. & Mrs. Smith bookings. In fact, the only guaranteed elite benefit is an upgrade for Hyatt Globalist members…based on availability. I’ve yet to receive any benefits as a Globalist at any MMS property I’ve stayed at.
Hyatt members who book Mr. & Mrs. Smith properties through Hyatt do qualify for some benefits, including:
- 5 base points per dollar on paid stays (same as regular Hyatt stays)
- Earn elite bonus points (same as regular Hyatt stays)
- Earn elite qualifying nights
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith counts as a brand towards Hyatt’s Brand Explorer
- World of Hyatt credit card members earn 4 points per dollar on paid stays at Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
World of Hyatt Free Night Certificates
Free night certificates can be earned through the World of Hyatt credit card, through Milestone Rewards, World of Hyatt Brand Explorer, and more.
Book rooms with Hyatt free night certificates online
Once a free night award is in your Hyatt account, you can book it by searching Hyatt.com for a stay using points:
Then, simply click “Book Now” under “Free Night”:
Another way to book free night certificates is to search for a paid stay and click “Pay My Way” to apply free night certificates and/or points to some or all of the nights.
Pay My Way
Hyatt conveniently lets you book a single stay online using any combination of points, points + cash, free night certificates, or cash rates. To find this option, you must search for a paid stay even if you intend to book entirely with points and free night certificates. In the search results for a paid stay, you should see a link titled “Use Pay My Way”. Click that link to proceed.
World of Hyatt Brand Explorer awards
World of Hyatt members earn a Free Night Award each time they complete stays at 5 new (to them) Hyatt brands. This is not an annual benefit, but a lifetime member benefit. For example, you can stay at 2 different brands in one year, then 3 additional brands in a later year to earn a free night.
- Number of possible free night awards: 7 (at the time of this writing, there are 38 qualifying brands)
- Free night award details:
- Valid for one night at any category 1-4 Hyatt (including during peak rates)
- Valid for 12 months from issue
- Do award stays count toward Brand Explorer? Yes.
World of Hyatt Club Lounge Access
Not all Hyatt hotels have club lounges, but many Hyatt Regency and Grand Hyatt hotels do. Club lounges usually include free breakfast, late afternoon canapés & drinks, and evening desserts. While you can always pay more (in cash or points) to book a room that includes club access, there are several ways to get upgraded to club access instead:
- Globalist elite status: Those with top-tier Globalist status automatically get free club access on every stay.
- Guest of Honor award: If your stay was booked as a Guest of Honor reward, then you are eligible for all Globalist benefits during your stay, including free club access.
- Club Lounge Access Awards: Through Hyatt’s Milestone Rewards (starting at 20 nights), it’s possible to earn Club Lounge Access Awards. On any paid or points-award stay, you can apply a Club Access Award to be upgraded to club access for the entire length of your stay (up to 7 nights). Club Access awards can be gifted to other World of Hyatt members. Note that you cannot apply a lounge access award to a night booked with a free night certificate.
- Club Upgrade Awards on Paid Nights: On qualifying paid rates, it’s possible to upgrade to club lounge access by paying 3,000 points per night.
Before upgrading or paying extra for club access, we recommend contacting the hotel to confirm whether the lounge will be open and offering full service during your stay. Unfortunately, Hyatt rarely makes this information readily available online.
World of Hyatt Suite Upgrades
If you want to stay in a suite but don’t want to pay full price (in cash or points), you may be able to get an upgrade instead. Hyatt hotels often have standard suites and premium suites. Most of the following options apply only to upgrades to standard suites, unless noted otherwise.
- Globalist elite status: Those with top-tier Globalist status are automatically eligible for suite upgrades at check-in, based on availability. While upgrades to standard suites are most common, it’s not unusual to snag a premium suite upgrade now and then.
- Guest of Honor award: If your reservation was booked as a Guest of Honor reward, then you are eligible for all Globalist benefits during your stay, including free suite upgrades at check-in, based on availability.
- Suite Upgrade Awards: Through Hyatt’s Milestone Rewards, it’s possible to earn Suite Upgrade Awards (starting at 40 nights). On any paid or points stay, you can apply a Suite Upgrade Award and be upgraded to a suite for the entire length of your stay, up to 7 nights. Suite Upgrade Awards can be applied as early as the time of booking. In order to apply a suite upgrade award, a standard suite must be available for the entire length of your stay. Suite Upgrade Awards can be gifted to another World of Hyatt member, you can’t apply a suite upgrade award to a night booked with a free night certificate.
- Suite Upgrade on Paid Nights: On qualifying paid rates, it’s possible to upgrade to a suite using points. At non-resort hotels, the qualifying paid rate is for a standard room. At resorts, the qualifying paid rate is for a deluxe room. This option can offer amazing value when the price of a suite is far higher than the price of a standard or deluxe room.
- Suite Upgrade: 6,000 points per night
- Premium Suite Upgrade: 9,000 points per night
World of Hyatt elite status
Like most other hotel chains, Hyatt offers multiple levels of elite status. In general, only top-tier Globalist status is particularly rewarding, but Hyatt also offers Milestone Rewards, where you can earn valuable perks starting with 20 nights in a calendar year.
Elite status overview
| Elite Status Level | Requirements Per Year | Key Benefits |
|---|---|---|
| Member | Free to Join | Member rates Waived resort fees on award stays Brand Explorer Free Night Awards |
| Discoverist | 10 Nights or 25K base points |
10% point bonus Free Premium Internet Elite check-in Free bottled water 2PM late check-out |
| Explorist | 30 Nights or 50K base points |
20% point bonus Room Upgrade |
| Globalist | 60 Nights or 100K base points |
30% point bonus Waived resort fees on all stays Room upgrade, including suites 4PM late check-out Club access or free breakfast Free parking on award stays |
| Lifetime Globalist | 1,000,000 Base Points | All of the above |
The chart above shows the requirements for reaching each level of elite status, as well as the major perks each level offers beyond the lower levels.
The benefits that we consider most valuable are:
- All Members
- Waived resort fees on award stays: This is an awesome feature of the World of Hyatt program, and it applies to all members.
- Discoverist (and higher)
- 2 PM Late Checkout (not guaranteed at resorts)
- Explorist (and higher)
- Room upgrade: Explorists don’t qualify for free suite upgrades, but you can still score a nicer room if you’re lucky.
- Globalist
- Waived resort fees on all stays: All members get waived resort fees on award stays, but Globalists also get waived fees on paid stays.
- Room upgrade, including suites: Even if you don’t use a suite upgrade award (see Milestone Rewards in the next section), it’s possible to get upgraded to a suite upon check-in.
- 4 PM late check-out (not guaranteed at resorts)
- Club access or free breakfast: Globalists automatically get free access to the club lounge. If the hotel doesn’t have a club lounge, Globalists get a full free breakfast daily for each registered guest (up to 2 adults and 2 children).
- Free parking on award stays: Available where parking can be charged to your room.
- Guest of Honor: Book an award stay for a friend or family member as a Guest of Honor reservation, and they’ll get all of the above in-hotel benefits during their stay!
Guest of Honor awards
Guest of Honor (GOH) awards are a Milestone Reward that lets you gift someone (including yourself) Globalist status for a single stay of up to 7 nights. This works with both paid and award stays. Additionally, when given to another person, the giver will receive an elite qualifying night upon completion of the stay. Those with lifetime Globalist status will receive 5 Guest of Honor Awards on March 1 of every year.
Guest of Honor Details
- Applies to paid or points stays
- The recipient receives all in-hotel benefits due to a Globalist member
- Not valid at Hyatt Residence Club resorts.
Shortcuts to Hyatt elite status
Elite status levels can be earned each calendar year through nights or base points. Unfortunately, they’re not stackable – you can’t get to a level of status by doing some of each. Some nights + some base points = no progress. Among those paths, earning status through elite nights is the only option that provides shortcut opportunities. Another option is to participate in a status challenge. Both options are explored below.
Shortcuts to elite status through elite nights
- World of Hyatt Credit Card
- Automatically earn 5 elite qualifying nights each year
- Earn 2 additional elite qualifying nights with every $5,000 spend
- Free category 1-4 night certificate after $15K spend per cardmember year (when you use this free night, you earn an elite night towards status)
- Free category 1-4 night certificate every year upon renewal (when you use this free night, you earn an elite night towards status)
- World of Hyatt Business Credit Card: Earn 5 elite qualifying nights with every $10,000 spend
- Hyatt Leverage: For every $5,000 of eligible room rate spend that is attributed to a Hyatt Leverage administrator’s Leverage code, the Leverage administrator will earn two elite night credits (maximum of sixty per calendar year).
- Free night awards: When you stay at a Hyatt property on points or with free night certificates, you earn an elite night for each night of your stay. It is possible to book category 1 hotels for as few as 3,000 points per night off-peak.
- Meetings and events: For every $5,000 in eligible event spend billed to a Group Master bill, the event/meeting planner will earn two elite night credits (maximum of sixty elite nights per calendar year). Spend can be associated with only one member per event.
Status challenge (Hyatt Elite Tier Offer)
Another shortcut option, sometimes available, is a status challenge. For example, Hyatt often makes status challenges available to employees of select businesses.
Hyatt’s elite status challenges tend to generally follow a similar pattern. You’ll register to receive Explorist status for 90 days. Stay 10 qualifying nights within those 90 days and keep your Explorist status through the following program year. There will often be an option to earn Globalist by staying additional nights during the challenge period
Milestone Rewards
In addition to the elite benefits described in the previous section, Hyatt awards members with Milestone Rewards when they complete a certain number of elite-qualifying nights each year.
Here’s a summary:
- Almost all Milestone Rewards are shareable. This means, for example, that you can share your Club Access Awards with friends. However, each World of Hyatt member will be limited to receiving up to 10 gift awards per calendar year.
- Most Milestone levels now offer choices in addition to automatic rewards. Once you earn a choice reward, you have 90 days to make your selection.
- More perks for very frequent guests. Milestone Rewards are awarded up to 150 nights.
- Online capability. Members can apply Milestone Perks to reservations and gift them to other Hyatt members both online and in the app.
Here’s a full list of Milestone Rewards:
| Elite Nights Earned | Milestone Reward |
|---|---|
| 20 Nights (or 35K base points) | |
| Automatic: | N/A |
| Pick 1: | 2K Next Stay Award |
| 2 Club Access Awards | |
| $25 FIND Credit | |
| 2 American Airlines Preferred Seat Coupons | |
| 30 Nights (or 50K base points) | |
| Automatic: | 1 Cat 1-4 Free Night Certificate |
| Pick 1: | 2K Next Stay Award |
| 2 Club Access Awards | |
| $25 FIND Credit | |
| 2 American Airlines Preferred Seat Coupons | |
| 40 Nights (or 65K base points) | |
| Automatic: | 1 Guest of Honor Award |
| Pick 1: | 5K Bonus Points |
| 1 Suite Upgrade Award | |
| $150 FIND Credit | |
| 2 American Airlines Main Cabin Extra Coupons | |
| 50 Nights (or 80K base points) | |
| Automatic: | N/A |
| Pick 1: | 5K Bonus Points |
| 2 Suite Upgrade Awards | |
| $150 FIND Credit | |
| 2 American Airlines Main Cabin Extra Coupons | |
| 60 Nights (or 100K base points) | |
| Automatic: | 1 Cat 1-7 Free Night |
| 2 Suite Upgrade Awards | |
| My Hyatt Concierge | |
| 2 Guest of Honor Awards | |
| 70, 80, 90 Nights | |
| Automatic: | 1 Guest of Honor Award |
| Pick 1: | 10K Bonus Points |
| 1 Suite Upgrade Award | |
| $300 FIND Credit | |
| AAdvantage Gold Status | |
| 100 Nights | |
| Automatic: | 1 Cat 1-7 Free Night |
| Pick 1: | 10K Bonus Points |
| 1 Suite Upgrade Award | |
| Miraval Extra Night | |
| AAdvantage Platinum Status | |
| 110, 120, 130, 140 Nights | |
| Automatic: | 1 Guest of Honor Award |
| Pick 1: | 10K Bonus Points |
| 1 Suite Upgrade Award | |
| Miraval Extra Night | |
| AAdvantage Platinum Status | |
| 150 Nights | |
| Automatic: | Ultimate Free Night Award |
| Pick 1: | 10K Bonus Points |
| 1 Suite Upgrade Award | |
| Miraval Extra Night | |
| AAdvantage Platinum Status |
Completely separate from elite status, Milestone Rewards are available to everyone and are based on the number of nights you stay in a calendar year. Most awards are valid for the rest of the calendar year in which they are awarded and through the following February. Free Night awards, the Miraval Extra Night Award, and the 2K Next Stay Awards are good for only 180 days.
American Airlines benefits for Hyatt elite members
There are additional World of Hyatt Milestone Rewards benefit options for travel with American Airlines by earning enough elite night credits or for those earning sufficient base points with Hyatt:
- 20 & 30 elite nights or 35,000 & 50,000 base points: Choose two Preferred seat coupons for American Airlines flights
- 40 & 50 elite nights or 65,000 & 80,000 base points: Choose two Main Cabin Extra seat coupons for American Airlines flights
- 70, 80 & 90 elite nights: Choose American Airlines AAdvantage Gold status, valid for the full status membership year (cannot be gifted)
- 100 nights: Choose American Airlines AAdvantage Platinum status, valid for the full status membership year (cannot be gifted)
In addition to those benefits that can be selected as Milestone Rewards options, those with Hyatt Explorist or Globalist status now have the opportunity to redeem points to obtain AAdvantage Status for a Day. Unfortunately, like the AA status Milestone Rewards, these status-for-a-day coupons can only be used by the Hyatt member who earns them.
- 5,000 points: AAdvantage Gold Status for a Day
- 8,000 points: AAdvantage Platinum Status for a Day
- 12,000 points: AAdvantage Platinum Pro Status for a Day
Hyatt Privé (elite-like benefits on paid stays)
Hyatt Privé is a program that allows travel agents to book Hyatt hotels at standard rates with extra perks. Not all Hyatt hotels participate, but many do. You can find a complete list of Hyatt Privé properties here. When you book a stay through a Hyatt Privé agent, you get the following benefits:
- Free breakfast for 2 each day (which consists of restaurant breakfast rather than just club lounge breakfast)
- A 1-category room upgrade, roughly at the time of booking, based on availability (requested with the hotel right away and said to be confirmed within 24 hours; in practice, it takes a couple of days for the hotel to confirm).
- A welcome amenity
- Early check-in (as early as 9 am) subject to availability
- Late check-out at Park Hyatt properties (as late as 4 pm) subject to availability
- A $50 or $100 property credit per stay (it’s always $100 at Park Hyatt hotels, but can vary between $50 or $100 at other brands)
- Full Hyatt elite credit.
- Full elite benefits for those with status.
- Waived resort fees at select properties.
If you’re thinking of booking a Hyatt for a paid stay, it makes a lot of sense to book through a Privé agent so that you can get all of these extra perks. One great way to take advantage of the confirmed upgrade is to book a room one level below the one you really want.
Earning World of Hyatt points
There are many ways to earn Hyatt points:
- Hyatt credit cards (see the credit card section of this guide for details)
- Chase Ultimate Rewards: Points can be transferred from Chase Ultimate Rewards to Hyatt as long as you have one of the premium or ultra-premium Chase Ultimate Rewards cards. These include: Sapphire Reserve®, Sapphire Preferred®, Sapphire Reserve for Business℠, or Ink Business Preferred. For details, see: Chase Ultimate Rewards Complete Guide.
- Bilt Rewards: Bilt Rewards is the program that rewards people for paying rent. Bilt points transfer 1-to-1 to Hyatt. Details about Bilt can be found here.
- Hyatt hotel stays: Earn 5 points per dollar (plus elite and promotional bonuses) on most properties; 2.5 points per dollar at Hyatt Studios.
- On-property activities: Earn 5 points per dollar at participating locations. Points can be earned for these services even if you are not staying at the hotel as long as you provide your Hyatt account number at the time of service.
- Host a meeting: Earn 1 bonus point per dollar spent, up to 50,000 points.
- FIND Experiences: Earn 10 points per dollar
More ways to earn and spend Hyatt points
FIND Experiences
Through FIND, you can use points to book experiences or earn points when paying cash. Details:
- Find and book FIND Experiences here.
- Redeem points: FIND awards are priced at 1.4 cents per point value. For example, a $140 experience costs 10,000 points.
- Earn points: Earn 10 points per dollar, plus an additional 4 points per dollar if you pay with a World of Hyatt credit card.
- Milestone Rewards: You can choose credits towards FIND experiences starting at 20 elite nights.
Dining, Spa & More
At participating Hyatt hotels, regardless of whether or not you are staying at the hotel, you can earn Hyatt points or spend Hyatt points on dining, spa & more services. The following chart shows the point redemption rates:
| Redemption Amount | Points Required | Value (cpp) |
|---|---|---|
|
$10
|
1,000
|
1.00 |
|
$25
|
2,500
|
1.00 |
|
$50
|
5,000
|
1.00 |
|
$75
|
7,500
|
1.00 |
|
$100
|
8,000
|
1.25 |
|
$150
|
12,000
|
1.25 |
|
$250
|
20,000
|
1.25 |
|
$500
|
35,000
|
1.43 |
|
$1,000
|
65,000
|
1.54 |
If you choose to pay for these services instead, you’ll earn 5 points per dollar on the spend.
Meetings & Events
It’s possible to earn points and elite nights by holding meetings at participating Hyatt hotels. It’s also possible to redeem points for meeting charges. Here are the details:
- Earn one Bonus Point per eligible U.S. dollar spent (up to 50,000 Bonus Points) for hosting a qualifying meeting or event at Hyatt
- For every $5,000 in eligible event spend billed to a Group Master bill, the event/meeting planner will earn two elite night credits (maximum of sixty elite nights per calendar year). Spend can be associated with only one member per event.
A qualifying meeting includes:
- 10 paid guest rooms, or
- Meeting room or event space, and purchased catered or banqueted food or beverages
You can also use points for meetings, at ~1.3 cents per point value:
- 15,000 Points = $200 Credit
- 30,000 Points = $400 Credit
- 45,000 Points = $600 Credit
- 60,000 Points = $800 Credit
- 75,000 Points = $1,000 Credit
Rental Cars (Avis)
Hyatt members can earn or spend Hyatt points for Avis car rentals.
Earn Points
- Earn 500 Hyatt points per paid rental
- Get 25% off base rates with Avis Worldwide Discount (AWD) number K817700
Redeem Points
Redeem 6,000 points per day for an intermediate-sized car. To reserve a Car Rental Award, call (800) 544-9288. Please note: 6,000 points per day usually represents poor value for your points. The exception would be if the rental would otherwise cost $90 or more per day.
Airline Miles
Earn miles instead of Hyatt points
If you prefer to earn airline miles rather than Hyatt points for your stays, you can opt to earn miles accordingly. Earnings are per stay, not per night:
| AIRLINE PARTNER | YOU EARN |
|---|---|
|
Aeromexico
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1,000 Kilometers
|
|
Air China
|
800 Kilometers
|
|
FlyingBlue / Air France-KLM
|
500 Miles
|
|
All Nippon Airways (ANA)
|
500 Miles
|
|
American Airlines
|
500 Miles
|
|
British Airways
|
500 Miles
|
|
Cathay Pacific
|
500 Points
|
|
Delta Airlines®
|
500 Miles
|
|
Emirates Skywards
|
500 Miles
|
|
Etihad Airways
|
500 Miles
|
|
Japan Airlines
|
500 Miles
|
|
Korean Air
|
500 Miles
|
|
Miles & More / Lufthansa
|
500 Miles
|
|
Qantas Airways (within Australia)
|
1,000 Points
|
|
Qantas Airlines (outside Australia)
|
600 Points
|
|
Qatar Airways
|
500 Miles
|
|
Royal Brunei Airlines
|
500 Miles
|
|
Singapore Airlines
|
500 Miles
|
|
Southwest Airlines®
|
600 Points
|
|
Thai Airways
|
500 Miles
|
|
United Airlines®
|
500 Miles
|
|
Virgin Atlantic Airways
|
750 Points
|
|
China Eastern Airlines
|
800 Points
|
Point transfers to airline miles
You can transfer Hyatt points to airline miles, starting with a minimum of 5,000 Hyatt points. Additional points can be converted in increments of 1,250. You’ll also earn bonus miles when you convert 50,000 or more points.
- 5000 Hyatt points = 4,000 Aeromexico® kilometers. With 10,000 bonus kilometers, 50,000 Hyatt points = 50,000 kilometers.
- 5000 Hyatt points = 3,200 Air China kilometers. With 8,000 bonus kilometers, 50,000 Hyatt points = 40,000 miles.
- 5000 Hyatt points = 2,400 Southwest Airlines® points. With 6,000 bonus miles, 50,000 Hyatt points = 30,000 miles.
- 5000 Hyatt points = 2,400 Qantas Airways points. With 6,000 bonus miles, 50,000 Hyatt points = 30,000 miles.
- 5000 Hyatt points = 3,000 Virgin Atlantic Airways miles. With the 7,500 bonus miles, 50,000 Hyatt points = 37,500 miles.
- 5000 Hyatt points = 2,000 miles in other programs (AA, ANA, Delta, United, etc.). With the 5,000 bonus miles, 50,000 Hyatt points = 25,000 miles.
In most cases, point transfers to airline miles represent poor value. I don’t recommend it.
Manage points
Share points with others
Hyatt generously allows members to share points with others, for free! Simply fill out the form found here and email it to worldofhyatt@hyatt.com. You are limited to sharing points once per month (regardless of whether giving or receiving points).
How to keep points alive
Hyatt points expire after 24 months of inactivity. To reset the clock, you simply need to earn or redeem points.
Credit cards
There are two Hyatt credit cards currently available in the United States:
| Card Offer and Details |
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 ⓘ $520 1st Yr Value EstimateClick to learn about first year value estimates Up to 45k points ⓘAffiliateThis is an affiliate offer. Frequent Miler may earn a commission if you are approved for this offer Earn 30K points after $3K in spend within the first 3 months, plus an extra 1 point/dollar on up to $15K spend within the first 6 months.$95 Annual Fee This card is subject to Chase's 5/24 rule. Recent better offer: Earn 3 Hyatt Category 1-4 free night certificates after you spend $5k on purchases in the first 3 months of account opening, plus 2 additional 1-4 certs after you spend $15k on purchases in the first 6 months. (expired 2/25/26) FM Mini Review: Great card for welcome offer and annual free night. Might be worth using regularly for additional free night and as a path to status. Earning rate: 2X restaurants / cafes / coffee shops, airlines, local transit, fitness clubs and gym memberships ✦ 4X Hyatt and Mr & Mrs Smith Card Info: Visa Signature issued by Chase. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees. Big spend bonus: One free Cat 1-4 night certificate after $15K spend in a calendar year ✦ Get 2 elite qualifying night credits every time you spend $5K in purchases on a rolling basis Noteworthy perks: Free category 1-4 night every year upon renewal ✦ Additional free category 1-4 night after $15K spend in calendar year ✦ Discoverist elite status ✦ 5 elite qualifying nights ✦ Complimentary Instacart+ for 3 months (must activate by 12/31/27) ✦ $10 monthly Instacart credit |
 ⓘ $816 1st Yr Value EstimateClick to learn about first year value estimates 60K points ⓘAffiliateThis is an affiliate offer. Frequent Miler may earn a commission if you are approved for this offer 60K after $5K spend in the first 3 months.$199 Annual Fee This card is subject to Chase's 5/24 rule. Recent better offer: 60K points after $5K in the first 3 months + Category 1-4 Free Night Certificate after $15K total in the first 6 months. (Expired 3/6/25) FM Mini Review: Great for its initial welcome offer and for Hyatt enthusiasts to spend toward status and rebate on award stays. Earning rate: 2X on fitness clubs and gym memberships ✦ 2X in the top 3 spend categories each calendar quarter. Eligible categories include dining; airline tickets purchased directly with the airline; car rental agencies; local transit and commuting; gas stations; internet, cable and phone services; social media and search engine advertising; and shipping ✦ 4X Hyatt and Mr & Mrs Smith Card Info: Visa Signature issued by Chase. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees. Big spend bonus: Get 5 elite qualifying night credits every time you spend $10,000 in purchases on a calendar year basis ✦ After $50K spend in a calendar year, get 10% back on redeemed points for the rest of that calendar year (Up to 20K points back per year) Noteworthy perks: Discoverist elite status ✦ Ability to gift Discoverist to up to 5 employees (they do not need to be cardholders) ✦ Up to $100 each cardmember year in Hyatt statement credits: Spend $50 or more at any Hyatt property and get a $50 statement credit up to two times per year ✦ Hyatt Leverage membership with no minimum stay requirements ✦ Complimentary Instacart+ for 3 months (must activate by 12/31/27) ✦ $10 monthly Instacart credit |
Best Rate Guarantee
If you find a lower price than Hyatt’s rate for the same room, you are eligible for either 20% off the lower price or 5,000 Hyatt points. See this for more: Hyatt Has Improved Its Best Rate Guarantee Scheme.
Q & A (Questions and Answers)
Do Hyatt points expire?
Yes, points expire after 24 months of inactivity. Points do not expire if you have a Hyatt-branded credit card linked to your account.
How can I keep my points from expiring?
Do any of these things at least once every 24 months:
- Earn points
- Earn points through stays
- Earn points through other options (such as dining at Hyatt hotels, booking FIND Experiences, etc.)
- Purchase points
- Transfer points from another program to your Hyatt account (e.g. Chase Ultimate Rewards, Bilt)
- Receive points shared with you from another member.
- Spend points
- Spend points for free nights, FIND Experiences, etc.
- Convert points to miles
- Share your points with another member
Can I book and cancel an award stay to reset my points’ expiry?
No. Hyatt’s terms state the following:
If a Member redeems points for an Award Reservation and either cancels that reservation or does not actually check-in on the appointed date (i.e., no-shows), that reservation will not count as a redemption of points pursuant to subsection (iii) of the preceding sentence and will not toll the measurement of that Member’s Program inactivity.
Who earns elite stay credit on a Guest of Honor booking?
When your Guest of Honor reward is applied to another person’s stay, you will earn one elite night credit at the end of that stay (the person using the Guest of Honor stay will receive credit for each night of the stay).
If I book multiple rooms for the same stay, will I earn rewards on all of them?
You will earn points for up to three rooms, but you’ll earn elite night credit for only one room.
If I cancel a reservation with a suite night award attached, will the award be returned to my account?
Yes.
Can I apply a suite upgrade award to a Guest of Honor stay?
No.®®
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I am wondering about redemption of guest of honor awards for yourself.
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Here is my scenario:
I am copying and pasting text that I entered into both Hyatt.com’s chat and Hyatt’s X chat:
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The representative on the hyatt.chat indicated that I would only receive 1 EQN in this scenario. He also directed me to Hyatt’s FAQ page, which mentions receiving 1 EQN for awards gifted to others and redeemed but does not specify what exactly happens if you redeem your own earned award. (My hunch is that this representative is incorrect and did not fully grasp my question.)
The representative on X indicated that I would receive 5 EQNs. I anticipate that the system would indicate that I received 5 EQNs in this situation.
Ultimately, I am wondering what experience you all have had in this situation? Thanks in advance!
Actually! I also just found the Hyatt Terms and Conditions page.
https://www.hyatt.com/help/terms
the page states:
guess this answers the question!
Would still love for anyone to share their personal experience with this!
I may be one of the few points and miles enthusiasts who isn’t a Hyatt fan. This is primarily because I’m not a Globalist, and so don’t get free breakfast at Hyatt, and its hard to justify staying at a Hyatt opposed to a Marriott or a Hilton, where status through holding a CC is possible, or at least easy.
Can someone help me understand what I’m missing, or if there is a strategy that bridges the gap?
Not a Globalist either, and i primarily travel outside of the US, will happily stay at a Hyatt Place, and don’t really care about suite upgrades. All that said, for me, free stays > free breakfast, and the fact that Hyatt has an award chart w/ many very good redemptions, as well as the ability to get FNCs (through credit cards, as well as a Cat 1-4 through Brand Explorer) give a lot of value (more than Marriott or Hilton for my travel patterns). Not everywhere and not every single time, of course.
It’s worth knowing that the Park Hyatt Paris adds a 100 euro VAT fee per night to points stays. Not that I am complaining because they gave me breakfast at 50% just for being an explorist! Next time I go I plan to be Globalist and also take advantages of the great value in Europe.
How do you change stay earnings from points to airline miles?
Standard NY hotels still not bookable with points
Does the Free Night Award after 15K spend counter reset to zero at your cardmember anniversary, or calendar year? Or does it include prior spending until you reach 15k each year like the 5K spend for 2 nights elite credit on the personal Hyatt card? Many thanks
It resets each calendar year
As a Globalist. If I book a suite. Will Hyatt (at check in) upgrade me to the next level suite? Or can I use a suite certificate to upgrade to the next level of suite.
Do reservations booked on https://www.hyattinclusivecollection.com earn points / stay credit?
I completed my stay and confirm that the answer is “Yes.”
My uncertainty on this question arose b/c the stay didn’t show on my account/app and my one attempt of discussing with Hyatt rep said that it was a third party booking, which didn’t make sense to me and ultimately was incorrect info.
Under the new Hyatt program, can I still book a room with my points for someone else? I want to book a room for my kid, which I won’t be there but still want to get the night credit.
Thank you,
If you want to get the elite credit for yourself then you need to be the primary guest in the room. I’ve had luck booking for myself and then just before the stay directly messaging the hotel to tell them that my son will be staying in the room with me and to please allow him to check in. I can’t guarantee that that will work every time though!
In the old Hyatt program (before this year) I could as a Globalist give a Guest of Honor award to a friend, but I had to pay for the stay (and maybe get refunded). Is that the same with the new 2024 Guest of Honor awards?
I want to give the Guest of Honor award to a friend but I want them to pay for the say.
I was hoping I just give away the award as I don’t need it as a Globalist.
That’s the great thing about the new way it works: you can simply log into your Hyatt account and send the Guest of Honor award to your friend. Then when they book a Hyatt stay with cash or points, they can apply that award to the stay. The downside, of course, is that you don’t have unlimited Guest of Honor stays to give out.
Thanks. But I have enough (6) at least this year. Expect to get a few more – almost at 50 nights.
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I’ve read about Hyatts that weasel out of points stays but in 12 years never experienced it until this year at Regency Etoile Paris for a November booking. I’m now wondering if I could have done better by using the ‘book my way ‘ page?
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