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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)
#2131
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 825
This really bothers me. Was it just a rumor that legacy card holders prior to a certain cutoff date after this forced conversion is supposed to be able to renew at the old rate? I think Chase/Hyatt really botched this "upgrade." Like beltway mentioned earlier, the lack of transparency (via poor/minimal communication) throughout this process really sours on me. I think I am done with Hyatt credit card after I cancel it, which I will wait until I receive my last FNA. I might keep it for another year if I am offered a retention bonus that would at least make the effective AF $75.
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#2133
Join Date: Mar 2009
Programs: Hilton credit card Diamond, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,651
You will receive five in total, unless you applied for and received a new credit card in the 4th quarter of last year. In that case you will have already received ten.
#2134
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 825
#2138
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Pacific Northwest
Programs: UA Gold 1MM, AS 75k, AA Plat, Bonvoyed Gold, Honors Dia, Hyatt Explorer, IHG Plat, ...
Posts: 16,838
My five nights posted today. I also received a email congratulating me to another year of Discoverist status (earned via CC ownership), good through Feb 28, 2023. Anyone know if that status will end early if I cancel the card, say, next month?
#2139
Join Date: May 2020
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC SE, AA PlatPro, Hyatt Globalist, Bonvoy Plat & LT Gold, Hilton Gold, National EE
Posts: 878
Does anyone know off the top of their head how long after approval does your Hyatt status get updated to Discoveriest along with the 5 EQN?
#2140
Join Date: Sep 2020
Programs: AA EXP, BA Gold, VS Gold, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,945
Once the nights post then they won’t be taken away. So you can go ahead and cancel if you want.
#2141
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Pacific Northwest
Programs: UA Gold 1MM, AS 75k, AA Plat, Bonvoyed Gold, Honors Dia, Hyatt Explorer, IHG Plat, ...
Posts: 16,838
#2142
Join Date: Sep 2020
Programs: AA EXP, BA Gold, VS Gold, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,945
the card. The 5 nights aren’t going to be taken away. Therefore your status isn’t going to be taken away.
#2144
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Los Angeles, CA; Philadelphia, PA
Programs: OZ Diamond
Posts: 6,134
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#2145
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 3,165
In the T&C of the card that explains how to get a FNA for spending $15,000, there's a clause that says "the following types of transactions won’t count: 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, if applicable".
The "foreign currency" part caught my eyes.
Does this mean all purchases that are not in USD will not count towards the FNA?
That sounds a little too restrictive since this is a travel card and many of us stay at Hyatts outside of the US and also buy things while traveling in other countries.
The "foreign currency" part caught my eyes.
Does this mean all purchases that are not in USD will not count towards the FNA?
That sounds a little too restrictive since this is a travel card and many of us stay at Hyatts outside of the US and also buy things while traveling in other countries.