Aug 11, 2018, 3:23 pm
Last edit by: TravelinSperry
World of Hyatt Credit Card benefit details and notes
Anniversary Free Night Award (Category 1-4)
- Issued 10 weeks after cardmember anniversary date
- Expires 1 year after issuance
- Ineligible for use with Club Lounge Access Awards and Complimentary Suite Upgrade Awards
- The spend counter for this benefit tracks total cumulative purchases during the current calendar year (excluding $95 annual fee and any other non-qualifying transactions).
- The spend counter for this benefit resets at the beginning of every calendar year. Chase does not make this spend counter visible to customers, so interested customers must calculate their own. Note that this is a separate spend counter from the "Two Additional Night Credits" spend counter below.
- Issued 1-2 days after statement closing date of the triggering transaction (the transaction causing the spend counter to cross $15k)
- Expires 1 year after issuance
- Ineligible for use with Club Lounge Access Awards and Complimentary Suite Upgrade Awards
- Cardmembers are eligible for only 1 Additional Free Night Award per calendar year (e.g., spending $30k does not result in two Additional Free Night Awards
- The spend counter for this benefit tracks total cumulative purchases since account opening (excluding $95 annual fee and any other non-qualifying transactions)
- This spend counter never resets. Chase does not make this spend counter visible to customers, so interested customers must calculate their own. Note that this is a separate spend counter from the "Additional Free Night Award" spend counter above.
- Issued 1-2 days after statement closing date of the triggering transaction (the transaction causing the spend counter to cross a multiple of $5k)
- For World of Hyatt status qualification purposes, the night credits are associated with the TRANSACTION date of the triggering transaction, not the posting date and not the statement closing date. For example, triggering transactions on 12/31/2022 (transaction date) will result in 2 night credits for the 2022 status year, regardless of posting date or statement closing date. Based on FT reports, transaction date appears to be based on the US Eastern Time Zone.
- World of Hyatt Credit Card: timing for $5k spend 2 qualifying nights
- 4 Bonus Points per $1 spent on purchases at Hyatt hotels
- 2 Bonus Points per $1 spent on restaurants, airline tickets purchased directly from the airline, local transit and commuting, and fitness club and gym memberships
- 1 Bonus Point per $1 spent on all other purchases
- Discoverist status every year
- 5 qualifying night credits every year
- No foreign transaction fees
- Travel & purchase coverage
Other notes and tips
Chase spending tracker
- The Chase spending tracker is useful for calculating your spend counter for the $15k Additional Free Night Award and your spend counter for the Two Additional Night Credits
- Chase mobile app: "View all transactions", then switch to the "Spending Summary" tab
- Chase website: From the main page, on the right hand side, click the "Spending & Budgeting" menu, then choose "Spending Summary"
- Remember to add spend from prior calendar year(s) as needed (see spend counter notes above), and to subtract $95 annual fee and any other non-qualifying transactions from all years
- Full list of non-qualifying transactions: returns, refunds, balance transfers, cash advances, travelers checks, foreign currency, money orders, wire transfers or similar cash-like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers or similar betting transactions, any checks that access your account, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, and fees of any kind, including an annual fee
Sign-up bonus offer
Chase card overview and application page: Link
Current sign-up offer (as of Feb 1, 2022): Earn up to 60,000 Bonus Points
- 30,000 Bonus Points after you spend $3,000 on purchases in your first 3 months from account opening.
- Plus, up to 30,000 More Bonus Points by earning 2 Bonus Points total per $1 spent in the first 6 months from account opening on purchases that normally earn 1 Bonus Point, on up to $15,000 spent.
Previous sign-up offer:
Earn 25,000 Bonus Points after you spend $3,000 on purchases within the first 3 months of account opening.Earn an additional 25,000 Bonus Points after you spend $6,000 total on purchases within the first 6 months of account opening.Apply by December 31, 2020 and get 10 qualifying night credits towards your next tier status in 2020 and 2021.
Previous sign-up offer:
Earn 25,000 Bonus Points after you spend $3,000 on purchases within the first 3 months of account opening.Earn an additional 25,000 Bonus Points after you spend $6,000 total on purchases (including first $3,000) within the first 6 months of account opening.
Previous sign-up offer:
Earn 40,000 Bonus Points after you spend $3,000 on purchases within the first 3 months of account opening.Plus, earn an additional 20,000 Bonus Points after you spend $6,000 total on purchases (including first $3,000) within the first 6 months of account opening.
WoH Credit card! [Launched 2018] (Chase)
Jun 28, 2018, 9:48 am
#16
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Stilllwater OK (SWO)
Programs: AAdvantage ExecPlat, World of Hyatt Globalist, plain "member" of Marriott, IHG, enterprise, etc.
Posts: 1,844
Since this card gets you elite qualifying nights, I think yeah, you would get the 60- night benefits.
Jun 28, 2018, 9:48 am
#17
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Seattle
Programs: Alaska & Hyatt
Posts: 244
Jun 28, 2018, 10:17 am
#18
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Madison, WI
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 973
Jun 28, 2018, 10:18 am
#19
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Madison, WI
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 973
Yeah, as others have said, these *are* actual night credits. So once you hit 60 nights, you're full globalist.
Jun 28, 2018, 10:20 am
#20
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, AA Gold, FB Gold, ITA Volare Executive
Posts: 3,294
- If we upgrade now, at, say month 9 of a current Visa Chase Hyatt card year, will we get our cat 1-4 free night in 3 mos. from now... or in 12 mos.? If latter, a strike against upgrading.
- If we upgrade now, in middle of 2018 calendar/status-qualifying year, does our spend to date count for credits toward status this (2018) year? If yes, would incentivize me to upgrade rather than cancel and apply for new card.
Jun 28, 2018, 10:29 am
#21
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Madison, WI
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 973
Just to put the "minimum spend for status" into perspective, you can actually do it for MUCH less than $140K spend.
Breaking out the math:
5 nights from the card
1 Cat 1-7 cert
$105K spend =7 1 free 1-4 certs + 42 night credits (21 batches of $5K) + 105K points. (T&C say you only earn ONE free Cat 1-4 night from spend)
So you're actually at 5 + 1 +71 + 42 = 49 nights already if you use your certs. And if you're truly trying just to get status, you can use just 25K 55K of those points for 5 nights at a Cat 1 to be a globalist from scratch.
@ 90K spend:
6 1 free 1-4 certs (T&C say you only earn ONE free Cat 1-4 night)
+ 36 night credits (18 batches of $5K)
+ 90K points
5 + 1 + 1 + 36 = 43 nights. Use60K 85K of your points for 12 nights at a Cat 1 and you're to globalist. Still with 30K 5K points leftover. And that's assuming you have absolutely zero paid stays (why would you get globalist in that case??) AND you didn't previously qualify for Globalist.
So with just $90K of spend at a no-bonuses location, you can get globalist status if you're willing to use your earned points towards it (or if you were already going to be staying at some Category 1 locations on points).
Breaking out the math:
5 nights from the card
1 Cat 1-7 cert
$105K spend =
So you're actually at 5 + 1 +
@ 90K spend:
+ 36 night credits (18 batches of $5K)
+ 90K points
5 + 1 + 1 + 36 = 43 nights. Use
So with just $90K of spend at a no-bonuses location, you can get globalist status if you're willing to use your earned points towards it (or if you were already going to be staying at some Category 1 locations on points).
Last edited by jameswes; Jun 28, 2018 at 10:40 am
Jun 28, 2018, 10:34 am
#22
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Madison, WI
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 973
Mostly my first thought, too, with two provisos/questions:
- If we upgrade now, at, say month 9 of a current Visa Chase Hyatt card year, will we get our cat 1-4 free night in 3 mos. from now... or in 12 mos.? If latter, a strike against upgrading.
- If we upgrade now, in middle of 2018 calendar/status-qualifying year, does our spend to date count for credits toward status this (2018) year? If yes, would incentivize me to upgrade rather than cancel and apply for new card.
2. I have to imaging that it does count, as long as you hit those $5K increments in a statement that closes before 12/31/2018.
I'm currently only 18 days from re-qualifying, this is going to help tremendously towards getting TSUs earlier in the year.
Jun 28, 2018, 10:37 am
#23
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: LAX
Posts: 135
Jun 28, 2018, 10:39 am
#24
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: SEA
Programs: DL DM
Posts: 289
The downside is $20 more per year in the annual fee. I mainly have the card for the annual free night. The new benefits sound great for those looking to get/maintain status. For those of us not looking to get Hyatt status, I fail to see a reason to upgrade. Getting 2x points on my gym membership is hardly worth it (versus 1.5x on Chase Freedom Unlimited).
Jun 28, 2018, 10:41 am
#25
Join Date: Mar 2017
Programs: HHonors, TrueBlue, Delta SkyMiles, Hyatt Discoverist, Starwood Preferred Guest, American Airlines.
Posts: 2,035
Jun 28, 2018, 10:44 am
#26
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Pacific Northwest
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Looking at my records, I got the old card in March of 2017. So I will hold on to it for a bit longer, use up the free night cert, then cancel and consider reapplying for the new card April of 2019. No interest in the minimal upgrade bonus.
Interesting that they introduced a new way to earn status credits. I take it as an acknowledgement that the qualification criteria for the Exploder and Globalist levels were indeed too high.
Interesting that they introduced a new way to earn status credits. I take it as an acknowledgement that the qualification criteria for the Exploder and Globalist levels were indeed too high.
Jun 28, 2018, 10:47 am
#27
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: LAX
Posts: 135
Jun 28, 2018, 11:08 am
#28
Moderator: Hawaii-based airlines & Hawai'i forums
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Ka ʻĀpala Nui, Nuioka
Programs: NEXUS/Global Entry, Delta, United, Hyatt, IHG, Marriott, and Hertz
Posts: 18,032
I was commuting through the World Trade Center Transit Hub this morning and Chase has a huge walk-in facilty for new customers to promote this new card. I may walk over after work and check it out!
Last edited by FlyinHawaiian; Jun 28, 2018 at 4:29 pm
Jun 28, 2018, 12:15 pm
#29
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Madison, WI
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 973
$105K spend =
If you spent $105K on say Chase Sapphire Preferred on a 1x category, you would have 105K points that you could transfer to Hyatt.
If instead you spent that on the WoHyatt card, you would have the same 105K points, plus a Cat1-4 cert plus 42 night credits.
Certainly there are better cards to put non-bonus spend on, but I'm just making the comparison that compared to any other 1% card out there, this does provide significant value for people that want to maintain Globalist status (particularly TSUs) but have a hard time keeping up 60+ nights.
Jun 28, 2018, 12:40 pm
#30
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Sunny AZ
Programs: HH Diamond, Sixt Platinum, IHG Spire Ambassador, Marriott/SPG Gold .....
Posts: 3,207
With the update (only 1 Cat1-4 cert) how is it double counting of benefits?
$105K spend =7 1 free 1-4 certs + 42 night credits (21 batches of $5K) + 105K points. (T&C say you only earn ONE free Cat 1-4 night from spend)
If you spent $105K on say Chase Sapphire Preferred on a 1x category, you would have 105K points that you could transfer to Hyatt.
If instead you spent that on the WoHyatt card, you would have the same 105K points, plus a Cat1-4 cert plus 42 night credits.
Certainly there are better cards to put non-bonus spend on, but I'm just making the comparison that compared to any other 1% card out there, this does provide significant value for people that want to maintain Globalist status (particularly TSUs) but have a hard time keeping up 60+ nights.
$105K spend =
If you spent $105K on say Chase Sapphire Preferred on a 1x category, you would have 105K points that you could transfer to Hyatt.
If instead you spent that on the WoHyatt card, you would have the same 105K points, plus a Cat1-4 cert plus 42 night credits.
Certainly there are better cards to put non-bonus spend on, but I'm just making the comparison that compared to any other 1% card out there, this does provide significant value for people that want to maintain Globalist status (particularly TSUs) but have a hard time keeping up 60+ nights.
But anyone who wants Globalist probably stays at Hyatt and earns stays and higher point multipier anyways. It is nice to get the missing 5-10 nights or so but not all needed.