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)
Jan 20, 2019, 6:34 pm
#916
Join Date: Jul 2001
Programs: Marriott LT Tit; Hyatt Explorist; Hilton CC Gold; IHG CC Plt; Hertz (MR) 5 star
Posts: 5,536
Hyatt is pretty close to perfect in my book.
Typing this from my $1000/n Andaz Ocean Suite in Wailea for some measly base room points on a busy, winter holiday weekend.
Walked past the Waldorf Astoria Wailea with their wrist bands & towel checkout system and rolled my eyes about this being Hilton’s top brand.
For a couple hundred a night and plannng ahead, I spend almost all of my 50 Hyatt nights/yr in $500 to $1000/n suites.
Typing this from my $1000/n Andaz Ocean Suite in Wailea for some measly base room points on a busy, winter holiday weekend.
Walked past the Waldorf Astoria Wailea with their wrist bands & towel checkout system and rolled my eyes about this being Hilton’s top brand.
For a couple hundred a night and plannng ahead, I spend almost all of my 50 Hyatt nights/yr in $500 to $1000/n suites.
As for the planning ahead, I find that to be the case with all of the hotel chains - I pay cash when the rooms are low priced and use points when they're expensive. I compare Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, and sometimes IHG when booking rooms. At the moment, my bias is toward Hyatt in order to meet Glob requirements but I booked a Marriott the other night because it was a much better value. No single one of those chains offer the best value (to me) all of the time.
Jan 20, 2019, 6:42 pm
#917
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Miami, Florida
Programs: AA ExPlat, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Spire, Hilton Gold
Posts: 4,009
And yes, I do think that Marriott management is doing a better job than Hyatt. [/color]There have been some problems with Starwood merger, but most corporate mergers don't go completely smooth. At least Marriott hasn't intentionally alienated any customers, unlike Hyatt.
Jan 20, 2019, 6:47 pm
#918
Join Date: Jul 2001
Programs: Marriott LT Tit; Hyatt Explorist; Hilton CC Gold; IHG CC Plt; Hertz (MR) 5 star
Posts: 5,536
Starwood was a good program but it had the same problem that Hyatt has - a small footprint. There were other issues with Starwood; let's not forget that the recently announced huge data breach was on the Starwood side.
Jan 20, 2019, 6:49 pm
#919
Join Date: Feb 2000
Posts: 6,546
I can't argue that Hyatt's static point redemption model opens up some very good deals, unlike Hilton's (and soon Marriott's) dynamic pricing. I redeem most of my WoH points in the 4 cents/pt range.
As for the planning ahead, I find that to be the case with all of the hotel chains - I pay cash when the rooms are low priced and use points when they're expensive. I compare Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, and sometimes IHG when booking rooms. At the moment, my bias is toward Hyatt in order to meet Glob requirements but I booked a Marriott the other night because it was a much better value. No single one of those chains offer the best value (to me) all of the time.
As for the planning ahead, I find that to be the case with all of the hotel chains - I pay cash when the rooms are low priced and use points when they're expensive. I compare Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, and sometimes IHG when booking rooms. At the moment, my bias is toward Hyatt in order to meet Glob requirements but I booked a Marriott the other night because it was a much better value. No single one of those chains offer the best value (to me) all of the time.
other programs might be good or better value for a base room at nice properties, but not for suites.
cheap suites is the whole ballgame for me.
Jan 20, 2019, 6:58 pm
#920
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Miami, Florida
Programs: AA ExPlat, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Spire, Hilton Gold
Posts: 4,009
There were other issues with Starwood; let's not forget that the recently announced huge data breach was on the Starwood side.
Jan 20, 2019, 9:26 pm
#921
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 10,904
I like that fact that if I just need a quick cheap overnight at an airport hotel, I can stay at a Hyatt Place or airport HR, and it counts towards the same status as when I go on a vacation and I want to stay at an upscale hotel.
The idea that the people who stay at PH / GH don't sometimes want to stay at a HP is just wrong. Being able to count both types of stay towards the same status qualification is extremely convenient.
Jan 21, 2019, 10:37 am
#923
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 37
The short version of my response: LOL
Jan 28, 2019, 9:40 am
#924
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: CHS
Programs: DL Diamond, WN A-List, Marriott Platinum Elite, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 685
How does Chase/Hyatt count spend on the cusp of the year? Is the spend for Elite Qualifying Nights bonus counted based upon transaction date or by statement date?
I.e. my statement ran from 12/27/18 to 1/26/19 and I put a good bit of spend on the card between 12/27/18-12/31/18. Should the Elite Qualifying Nights I earned on spend between 12/27/18-12/31/18 count towards 2018 or 2019 status? I just assumed it was posted based upon when the statement closes but I fewer Elite Qualifying Nights when the 1/26/19 statement closed than I was expecting.
Any other experience with this?
I.e. my statement ran from 12/27/18 to 1/26/19 and I put a good bit of spend on the card between 12/27/18-12/31/18. Should the Elite Qualifying Nights I earned on spend between 12/27/18-12/31/18 count towards 2018 or 2019 status? I just assumed it was posted based upon when the statement closes but I fewer Elite Qualifying Nights when the 1/26/19 statement closed than I was expecting.
Any other experience with this?
Jan 28, 2019, 9:55 am
#926
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: CHS
Programs: DL Diamond, WN A-List, Marriott Platinum Elite, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 685
Crap, has there been any success in getting that reversed? I was expecting about 6 elite nights to be posted in 2019 that probably got posted to 2018 and I had already requalified for Globalist in 2018.
Jan 28, 2019, 9:57 am
#927
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Miami, Florida
Programs: AA ExPlat, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Spire, Hilton Gold
Posts: 4,009
Jan 28, 2019, 10:28 am
#928
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: CHS
Programs: DL Diamond, WN A-List, Marriott Platinum Elite, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 685
Isn't the Statement date system how other Chase cards work? I know that's how the Chase Southwest card works, points towards the Companion Pass are posted based upon statement date, not actual transaction date.
Jan 29, 2019, 6:30 am
#930
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 3
When does the free night for 15k spend usually show up? My statement was a week ago and I don't think its posted yet. I got one free night but that was also my anniversary statement so I think the one I got was for that. Should I contact chase or hyatt about this? Thanks.