• 3 points/dollar spent at Hyatt
• 2 points per dollar spent at restaurants, airfare, car rental
• 1 point for all other charges
• No foreign exchange fee
• Annually, on renewal, one free night at up to a category 4 hotel and is valid for 12 months

Typically a day or two after the close of the billing cycle in which you reach spend threshold.

If you have no activity on your Hyatt account for 24 months your points will expire.

See the wiki and related discussion in Applying for Chase Credit Cards, 2017 onward.

This card is not currently under the 5 cards in 24 months Chase application restriction.

No. Even if the system accepts your attempted reservation, the property will not honor the cert at check-in. Accept the fact that your cat 4 cert is just that.

No. No. No.

Officially, no. But there's no harm in contacting an individual property directly to see what they're willing to do.

No. Unused points already in your Hyatt account as well as the annual free-night award remain available in your Hyatt account regardless of the status of your Chase card.

The awards expire one year from the date of deposit (typically the date on which the required spend is met, which may fall in the middle of a billing cycle). All stays must be completed by the expiration date.

You no longer need to go through the My Awards page to book a free-night cert. Simply start the booking process as if requesting an award stay using points.

You will need to redeem the free-night certs one at a time in separate single-night reservations if you want to do it online. For example, if you want to book the Park Hyatt Sydney for December 14-16, you will book the night of the 14th to 15th as one stay, and then repeat the process for the night of the 15th to 16th. Otherwise, call Hyatt to make the booking.

According to the FT Hyatt GP Concierge, as of January 22, 2016, there are 2 options for compensation for the initial (all-category) Free Night Awards:

• Platinum guests: Hyatt offers 10,000 points per Award if the Member has had 5 eligible stays or 15 eligible nights in the previous 12 months. The 10,000 points per award exchange can only be done after the award night has expired. (This is the opposite of the old rule, which required the award to be unexpired.) Members have up to 90 days beyond the expiration of the unused award night to exchange for points.
• Diamond guests: Hyatt offers 20,000 points per Award if the Member has achieved Diamond status by achieving 25 stays or 50 nights or completing a trial tier offer within the last 12 months. The 20,000 points per award exchange can only be done after the award night has expired. (This is the opposite of the old rule, which required the award to be unexpired.) Members have up to 90 days beyond the expiration of the unused award night to exchange for points.

These policies will reportedly remain in effect after the March 1, 2017 transition from Hyatt Gold Passport to the new World of Hyatt program.

Anniversary Awards valid in Category 1-4 hotels are not eligible for extension. (This is the opposite of the old rule, which allowed a one-time 30-day extension.)

Officially, no. But there's no harm in contacting an individual property directly to see what they're willing to do.

No. Unused free-night awards remain available in your Hyatt account regardless of the status of your Chase card.