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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)
#301
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 9
Question regarding $5,000 Spend for 2 Elite Nights Credit:
Isn’t the Elite Nights Credit accumulating on a calendar year (start on 1/1 and end on 12/31), rather than on our individual an anniversary year? If so, for many of us trying to reach the next elite status, isn’t the spend from now to 12/31 wasted (or less effective), since the program started post-July 1 (i.e., half the year is gone) — in other words, it would be better to apply the spend for next year, when we have a full 12 months to accumulate the maximum amount of spend for Elite Night Credits? It seems to me that Hyatt should give credit to the spend on the old Hyatt Card after 1/1/18 so that the $5,000 x 2 Nights Credit makes sense. Otherwise, many of us are wasting Nights Credit we could earn by purchasing with the card this year (with respect to this feature). Frankly, the problem Hyatt has with this program is that it is mixing Anniversary Year and Calendar Year randomly, so benefits that should flow logically are inconsistent, depening on which 12-months apply. Am I misunderstanding this?
Isn’t the Elite Nights Credit accumulating on a calendar year (start on 1/1 and end on 12/31), rather than on our individual an anniversary year? If so, for many of us trying to reach the next elite status, isn’t the spend from now to 12/31 wasted (or less effective), since the program started post-July 1 (i.e., half the year is gone) — in other words, it would be better to apply the spend for next year, when we have a full 12 months to accumulate the maximum amount of spend for Elite Night Credits? It seems to me that Hyatt should give credit to the spend on the old Hyatt Card after 1/1/18 so that the $5,000 x 2 Nights Credit makes sense. Otherwise, many of us are wasting Nights Credit we could earn by purchasing with the card this year (with respect to this feature). Frankly, the problem Hyatt has with this program is that it is mixing Anniversary Year and Calendar Year randomly, so benefits that should flow logically are inconsistent, depening on which 12-months apply. Am I misunderstanding this?
#302
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: MIA and VRN
Programs: SEN LH Hyatt Globalist AA EXP
Posts: 612
I've had the old card since soon after it launched, but I like to stay low risk, so I'm considering just applying to upgrade the card for the 2k points. My card year ends in early August, and I'm expecting the annual night to post around then, as well as the annual fee (in the past, the night posted a couple of weeks before the fee, I think, but that doesn't seem to be the case this year). If I the upgrade the card after the annual night posts, am I going to get hit with two annual fees?!
#303
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Madison, WI
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 973
Question regarding $5,000 Spend for 2 Elite Nights Credit:
Isn’t the Elite Nights Credit accumulating on a calendar year (start on 1/1 and end on 12/31), rather than on our individual an anniversary year? If so, for many of us trying to reach the next elite status, isn’t the spend from now to 12/31 wasted (or less effective), since the program started post-July 1 (i.e., half the year is gone) — in other words, it would be better to apply the spend for next year, when we have a full 12 months to accumulate the maximum amount of spend for Elite Night Credits? It seems to me that Hyatt should give credit to the spend on the old Hyatt Card after 1/1/18 so that the $5,000 x 2 Nights Credit makes sense. Otherwise, many of us are wasting Nights Credit we could earn by purchasing with the card this year (with respect to this feature). Frankly, the problem Hyatt has with this program is that it is mixing Anniversary Year and Calendar Year randomly, so benefits that should flow logically are inconsistent, depening on which 12-months apply. Am I misunderstanding this?
Isn’t the Elite Nights Credit accumulating on a calendar year (start on 1/1 and end on 12/31), rather than on our individual an anniversary year? If so, for many of us trying to reach the next elite status, isn’t the spend from now to 12/31 wasted (or less effective), since the program started post-July 1 (i.e., half the year is gone) — in other words, it would be better to apply the spend for next year, when we have a full 12 months to accumulate the maximum amount of spend for Elite Night Credits? It seems to me that Hyatt should give credit to the spend on the old Hyatt Card after 1/1/18 so that the $5,000 x 2 Nights Credit makes sense. Otherwise, many of us are wasting Nights Credit we could earn by purchasing with the card this year (with respect to this feature). Frankly, the problem Hyatt has with this program is that it is mixing Anniversary Year and Calendar Year randomly, so benefits that should flow logically are inconsistent, depening on which 12-months apply. Am I misunderstanding this?
Per the best understanding we have now (and we should be able to verify in the next couple weeks) when you meet the $5K spend thresholds the bonus nights will be deposited. It doesn't really matter whether you're in cardmember or calendar year.
For example, if I am at 54 nights, then spend $15K right now, I'll get the 6 night credits (and globalist status) now (or more specifically within a couple weeks of statement closing)
#304
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,041
Right - I think the missing info is that these elite night credits should hit Hyatt with each statement close - not on an annual basis.
I'm sure we'll have all of those end-of-year questions about December spend after the statement date applying to the current year or the next year, but for spend now, that's just not an issue.
I'm sure we'll have all of those end-of-year questions about December spend after the statement date applying to the current year or the next year, but for spend now, that's just not an issue.
#305
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: SLC
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Titanium + LT Gold
Posts: 198
I currently hold the Hyatt Rewards card and have had it for almost 3 years. I am thinking to close it and apply for the WOH card for the bonus. Do I have to wait 30 days after closing the HR card to be eligible for the new bonus? Or can I just wait 1 or 2 days after closing then apply?
#306
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Miami, Florida
Programs: AA ExPlat, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Spire, Hilton Gold
Posts: 4,009
Yes.
If so, for many of us trying to reach the next elite status, isn’t the spend from now to 12/31 wasted (or less effective), since the program started post-July 1 (i.e., half the year is gone) — in other words, it would be better to apply the spend for next year, when we have a full 12 months to accumulate the maximum amount of spend for Elite Night Credits? It seems to me that Hyatt should give credit to the spend on the old Hyatt Card after 1/1/18 so that the $5,000 x 2 Nights Credit makes sense. Otherwise, many of us are wasting Nights Credit we could earn by purchasing with the card this year (with respect to this feature). Frankly, the problem Hyatt has with this program is that it is mixing Anniversary Year and Calendar Year randomly, so benefits that should flow logically are inconsistent, depening on which 12-months apply. Am I misunderstanding this?
#307
Join Date: May 2017
Programs: Delta DM, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 67
I currently hold the Hyatt Rewards card and have had it for almost 3 years. I am thinking to close it and apply for the WOH card for the bonus. Do I have to wait 30 days after closing the HR card to be eligible for the new bonus? Or can I just wait 1 or 2 days after closing then apply?
#308
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: SLC
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Titanium + LT Gold
Posts: 198
Any word on when the 60K promo end?
#309
Join Date: Sep 2010
Programs: Hyatt diamond
Posts: 645
I currently hold the Hyatt Rewards card and have had it for almost 3 years. I am thinking to close it and apply for the WOH card for the bonus. Do I have to wait 30 days after closing the HR card to be eligible for the new bonus? Or can I just wait 1 or 2 days after closing then apply?
Closed on a Thursday (Zero balance). Applied the following Monday. Instantly Approved.
#310
Join Date: May 2007
Location: WAS
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP, WN A+, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Amb, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,126
Was the card still showing in your chase account? I haven't had a balance on mine in months and closed 3 weeks ago but card still showing up as closed. I only need to wait 1 more week for the 30 days so might just play it safe.
#311
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Madison, WI
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 973
Has anyone had the 2+ night credit from spend show up on their account Hyatt?
My statement closed 7/23, and I got the bonus points from spend ($9K shows up as "Reward Bonus", + the 2,000 from upgrading), but don't have the two night credits.
My statement closed 7/23, and I got the bonus points from spend ($9K shows up as "Reward Bonus", + the 2,000 from upgrading), but don't have the two night credits.
#312
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Miami, Florida
Programs: AA ExPlat, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Spire, Hilton Gold
Posts: 4,009
Last I knew, the closed card will always show in your Chase account, unless you delete it.
#313
Join Date: Sep 2010
Programs: Hyatt diamond
Posts: 645
Yes. I had it removed and put back on. I have a store credit that needs to be monitored.
#314
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Madison, WI
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 973
Today (8/1) the two night credit posted, back-dated to 7/24. Why Hyatt thinks it's a good idea to back date things I'm really not sure - last night at 10PM the nights weren't there, they show up today but with a date of 7/24.
It posts as the utterly unhelpful:
Reward bonus Bonus Jul 24, 2018
Details
(Also note - The "details" looks blue like a hyperlink, but isn't actually clickable)
#315
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: FL
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat, IC Plat Amb, HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 1,299
DP here:
I had the card for 3 years and close it on 7/24 calling and got AF refunded.
Applied 7/28 with card showing as closed with a negative balance of -$75 (due to annual fee refund)
Approved Automatically on 8/1
I had the card for 3 years and close it on 7/24 calling and got AF refunded.
Applied 7/28 with card showing as closed with a negative balance of -$75 (due to annual fee refund)
Approved Automatically on 8/1