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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)
#1201
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Miami, Florida
Programs: AA ExPlat, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Spire, Hilton Gold
Posts: 4,009
Perhaps something changed at Chase recently, but there are probably 50 examples in this thread to the contrary. I believe I closed my old one on a Monday and was approved for the new one a few days later on Friday.
#1202
Join Date: May 2007
Programs: UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 5,447
When did this happen? Recently? And did the rep explicitly say that the rejection was because he had closed the old card too recently?
#1203
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Miami, Florida
Programs: AA ExPlat, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Spire, Hilton Gold
Posts: 4,009
#1204
Join Date: Jul 2001
Programs: Marriott LT Tit; Hyatt Explorist; Hilton CC Gold; IHG CC Plt; Hertz (MR) 5 star
Posts: 5,536
I had a hard time figuring out how many night credits I earned from Hyatt CC spend so I called Chase. I was told I had $60K spend in 2019 and earned 29 nights credit. 2 nights/$5K spend, plus 1 additional night/$15K spend, that totals 28 nights.
Good luck getting accurate accounting of spend and night credits.
Good luck getting accurate accounting of spend and night credits.
'Things you can do' tab
Select 'Spending Report'
It now shows year to date expenditures along with a breakdown of what type of expense.
At the top of Year to Date total you'll have:
Spending by category
Open information dialogue: Spending by categ
$xxxxxx total
Total is your year to date spend.
Total is your year to date spend.
#1205
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador: World of Hyatt
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: NJ
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Fairmont Lifetime Plat, UA Silver, dirt elsewhere
Posts: 46,919
I did that... I also backed out the posted charges since the last closing date. I need to spend a little more this month and I'll then be able to tell if last years' spend carried forward.
To me, it looks like it did and I was given bad information. Thankfully, I didn't use the card at all in Nov & Dec. I received 4 credits in January, which I would not have been able to get if the spend from 2018 didn't carry forward. BUT, I'm relying on the fact that Chase told me I got 2 award bonuses (4 nights) in January. I'm going to have to look deeper.
To me, it looks like it did and I was given bad information. Thankfully, I didn't use the card at all in Nov & Dec. I received 4 credits in January, which I would not have been able to get if the spend from 2018 didn't carry forward. BUT, I'm relying on the fact that Chase told me I got 2 award bonuses (4 nights) in January. I'm going to have to look deeper.
#1206
#1208
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: La Jolla, CA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador, Lifetime Titanium, Delta Plat, Hilton Diamond , Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,615
Perhaps they have tightened or the first time he applied he didn’t wait 5 days after closing his original card.. The agent he spoke to was adamant- he waited until 31 and was approved.
#1209
Join Date: May 2007
Programs: UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 5,447
#1210
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: JAX
Programs: UA Plat MM, AA Gold MM, Marriott LTT, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 3,770
I didn't wait long enough the first time and was rejected because system showed I had the old Hyatt Visa. I then had to wait at least 2 more weeks before I could get my new WOH Visa approved. This was in November.
#1211
Join Date: May 2003
Location: LAX
Programs: DL-Plat, UA-Plat 2MM, AA-PlatPro, B6-Mosaic 3, AY-Plat, HY-Globalist, MR-LT Plat, HH-Gold
Posts: 1,235
If I hold the old version and my card anniversary is in Feb, is the best move to wait until the free night under the old card posts next year, then close the card and apply for the new version? No good reason to do it now?
#1212
 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Upcountry Maui, HI
Posts: 13,303
-David
#1213
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 981
Bummers! This kind of sucks. Now it really pays to pay attention to your card spend at the end of the year. I wonder if this was a conscious decision by WOH/Chase to downgrade the benefit of the card, or did they realize their IT wasn't exactly working with just a rolling spend?
#1214
Join Date: May 2003
Location: LAX
Programs: DL-Plat, UA-Plat 2MM, AA-PlatPro, B6-Mosaic 3, AY-Plat, HY-Globalist, MR-LT Plat, HH-Gold
Posts: 1,235
Even if that’s the case, $75 is still worth the free night cert. But it does mean waiting longer to start spending towards elite nights, $15k, etc, which is unfortunate.
#1215
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 539
I believe that you are referring to the Marriott Bonvoy cards where the anniversary night does post 6-8 weeks after the AF is assessed. My experience with the Hyatt card has always been that the free night posts right before (sometimes a few weeks) the AF is charged.