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)
Dec 5, 2018, 5:04 pm
#706
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I agree that it's technically possible but this sounds like wishful thinking to me. Does anyone actually think that it will work that way?
I would agree that if it's EXTREMELY important to you that the night count towards 2019 and not 2018 it makes sense to hold off on the spend, if possible. However, I suspect that there is better than a 99% chance that any spend in a statement period that closes in 2019 will count towards 2019, regardless of when the spend actually happened.
I'd go even further and notice that the qual nights are not backdated to statement close -- they post when they post. Usually 1-2 days after statement close? So even if your statement closes in very very late December, the nights might count towards 2019. Certainly I'd expect this if your statement closes Dec 31, I'd think that its likely if your statement closes Dec 30, and Dec 29 might be a coin flip.
I would agree that if it's EXTREMELY important to you that the night count towards 2019 and not 2018 it makes sense to hold off on the spend, if possible. However, I suspect that there is better than a 99% chance that any spend in a statement period that closes in 2019 will count towards 2019, regardless of when the spend actually happened.
I'd go even further and notice that the qual nights are not backdated to statement close -- they post when they post. Usually 1-2 days after statement close? So even if your statement closes in very very late December, the nights might count towards 2019. Certainly I'd expect this if your statement closes Dec 31, I'd think that its likely if your statement closes Dec 30, and Dec 29 might be a coin flip.
Fingers crossed for the 1% chance.
But, seriously, do you all think Chase and Hyatt didn't contemplate this scenario when writing up their terms? I really think they have this covered the right way.
Dec 5, 2018, 5:36 pm
#707
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Notice that the terms say that the nights might not post for 2 months after you spend your money. They have their asses covered either way. That's how they deal with stuff like this... they don't take the time (and money) to implement it so that every corner case is covered. They just add a line to the ToS. It's a much more cost effective solution.
If you are within 2 (or even 4) nights and you call Hyatt and say that you just missed it because of the statement close date and ask nicely, they would probably just bump you up. But I think it would be a customer service gesture rather then something that would be automatically handled.
Dec 5, 2018, 8:25 pm
#708
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Chase issues so many travel related CCs that I do not think they get the time to fine tune your elite status. This happens when Marriott Ritz and SPG merged back in Aug-2018. Some folks missed the status due to the delay in statement reporting. Neither Chase nor Marriott would change.
Dec 6, 2018, 10:42 am
#710
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I would be shocked if it worked that way. There are so many levels between the people who come up with this stuff and the people who implement it...
Notice that the terms say that the nights might not post for 2 months after you spend your money. They have their asses covered either way. That's how they deal with stuff like this... they don't take the time (and money) to implement it so that every corner case is covered. They just add a line to the ToS. It's a much more cost effective solution.
If you are within 2 (or even 4) nights and you call Hyatt and say that you just missed it because of the statement close date and ask nicely, they would probably just bump you up. But I think it would be a customer service gesture rather then something that would be automatically handled.
Notice that the terms say that the nights might not post for 2 months after you spend your money. They have their asses covered either way. That's how they deal with stuff like this... they don't take the time (and money) to implement it so that every corner case is covered. They just add a line to the ToS. It's a much more cost effective solution.
If you are within 2 (or even 4) nights and you call Hyatt and say that you just missed it because of the statement close date and ask nicely, they would probably just bump you up. But I think it would be a customer service gesture rather then something that would be automatically handled.
Dec 6, 2018, 3:28 pm
#711
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If you are within 2 (or even 4) nights and you call Hyatt and say that you just missed it because of the statement close date and ask nicely, they would probably just bump you up. But I think it would be a customer service gesture rather then something that would be automatically handled.
Dec 8, 2018, 5:29 pm
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Dec 8, 2018, 5:46 pm
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Same here! Statement cut yesterday. The 2nd half of my signup bonus (20k pts) as well as my pts from spend, and my 2 qual nights, all posted throughout the day today.
I have noticed that the different classes of points (bonus, restaurant spend, hyatt spend, transportation spend, etc) all post separately, and can be hours (or, in the case of my last statement, days) apart.
4 more qual nights to retain globalist, and I already have that booked. I will re-qualify for globalist after a 1-night stay Dec 30-31
I have noticed that the different classes of points (bonus, restaurant spend, hyatt spend, transportation spend, etc) all post separately, and can be hours (or, in the case of my last statement, days) apart.
4 more qual nights to retain globalist, and I already have that booked. I will re-qualify for globalist after a 1-night stay Dec 30-31
Dec 8, 2018, 9:37 pm
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Dec 9, 2018, 8:41 am
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