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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.
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#1891
 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Upcountry Maui, HI
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There was a lot of discussion about it here on FT, and the Wiki reflects the actual experience of other FTers as documented in this and other threads.
Other counters are based on anniversary dates, statement closing dates, etc, but Chase uses the actual spend or posting dates for the 5k counter.
There's a note at the top of that FM post ...
The author relied on Hyatt to explain how Chase's spend counters work. But good to see they've acknowledged it. Not sure they will get any better info from Hyatt though.
-David
Other counters are based on anniversary dates, statement closing dates, etc, but Chase uses the actual spend or posting dates for the 5k counter.
There's a note at the top of that FM post ...
UPDATE: Readers have pointed out that I may have received incorrect information from Hyatt about how elite nights earned from spend at the end of the calendar year are applied. Chase’s terms explicitly state that elite nights are earned in the same calendar year as the spend. I’m waiting for confirmation from Hyatt and will update and republish this post if I learn that Chase’s terms are correct.
The author relied on Hyatt to explain how Chase's spend counters work. But good to see they've acknowledged it. Not sure they will get any better info from Hyatt though.
-David
Last edited by LIH Prem; Dec 7, 2020 at 9:05 pm
#1892
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Metro ATL
Posts: 359
I am planning to wait at least a month. This recent post has some info from Chase:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/32848191-post4511.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/32848191-post4511.html
#1893
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,047
If the nights are meaningful to you specifically in one year or the other (and for most of us they are), I would really, really recommend that you play it safe here. Get your spend in before your December statement closes if you want nights in the outgoing year, and then don't do any more spend on that card until January 1.
Trying to get this corrected after the face between Chase and Hyatt would be pretty close to impossible.
Trying to get this corrected after the face between Chase and Hyatt would be pretty close to impossible.
#1894
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: ATL
Programs: Bonvoy Ambassador, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Gold, AA EXP, UA Silver, former DL DM
Posts: 2,001
#1895
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: NYC suburbs
Programs: UA LT Gold (BIS), AA LT Plat (CC SUBs & BD), Hilton Dia (CC), Hyatt Glob (BIB), et. al.
Posts: 3,299
(from the Wikipost) Apply by December 31, 2020 and get 10 qualifying night credits towards your next tier status in 2020 and 2021.
#1896
Join Date: Jan 2013
Programs: Hyatt Glb, MR Plat
Posts: 2,577
- Apply by December 31, 2020 and get 10 qualifying night credits towards your next tier status in 2020 and 2021.
#1897
Join Date: Sep 2020
Programs: AA EXP, BA Gold, VS Gold, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,948
- Apply by December 31, 2020 and get 10 qualifying night credits towards your next tier status in 2020 and 2021.
#1898
Join Date: Jan 2013
Programs: Hyatt Glb, MR Plat
Posts: 2,577
#1899
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: San Francisco & London
Programs: UA1k, Oneworld Sapphire, Hyatt Globalist, IHG DiamondAmb, Hilton Diamond, Marriott LTP,
Posts: 1,785
How do you do the referral on this card? My spouse has this card and I would like to use a link to get extra points if worth it.
#1900
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#1901
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: Delta DM, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,495
Has anyone gotten the 10 nights to post in 2020 yet? I applied a couple weeks ago and only got 5 nights for 2020, a few days after approval. The T&C in the application did say I'd get 10 nights in each of 2020 and 2021. Perhaps the other 5 post separately at some later date?
#1902
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 989
Hi guys, I’m a bit late to this and currently have the legacy Hyatt credit card. If the 10 elite night credit signup offer is extended, can I cancel my legacy card after receiving the 5 elite night credit after the new year and get 15 nights total for 2021? Did anyone cancel their old card in 2020 to get the new card?
#1903
Join Date: Mar 2009
Programs: Hilton credit card Diamond, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,653
Hi guys, I’m a bit late to this and currently have the legacy Hyatt credit card. If the 10 elite night credit signup offer is extended, can I cancel my legacy card after receiving the 5 elite night credit after the new year and get 15 nights total for 2021? Did anyone cancel their old card in 2020 to get the new card?
#1904
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: San Francisco & London
Programs: UA1k, Oneworld Sapphire, Hyatt Globalist, IHG DiamondAmb, Hilton Diamond, Marriott LTP,
Posts: 1,785
This link is for Chase banking customers, is their a referral link for Credit card holders or another way to check?