You can call your concierge. My concierge asked why I didn’t just call. She was able to get this done instantly.

thanks for the suggestion. I don’t have one.

Feb 8 - points are transferred now. So 11 days for me.

I did this recently. It only took 1 day/overnight. It was the fastest than ever....:eek:

Likely lost in the rest of today's announcement about category changes...but......

We will be able to transfer points online later this year. More details to come

Hopefully, I don’t have to wait 30 days between transfers ;)

But apparently not necessarily instantaneously … it might still take real time to process them.

https://frequentmiler.com/mayday-hya...tant_transfers

”When specifically asked whether transfers will be instant so that a spouse without status could transfer points to the spouse with status and immediately book an award, Hyatt sidestepped the question, noting that they are working out the details.”

My guess is they wanted to eliminate their fax machine and the bizarre email process and instead will have a web form that goes through the same review process. Well, maybe someone sold them “AI” to do the review….

If I had to guess...same last name and same address will be pretty instant as it will pass their new AI system requirements. But if you live in FL and transfer to someone in Wisconsin it might need manual intervention and take a little while to transfer

As mentioned earlier in this thread, they rejected a request for my wife to transfer points to my account. Same address, different last names. The reason was that the request form specified her middle initial while her account profile doesn’t. They sent me the pdf back with a red “photoshopped” box around the extra initial. I resubmitted it with the red box and the offending initial photoshopped away, and it got approved :D

So what you are saying is ensure whoever you marry has no middle name and takes your last name? :-)

Requested on Friday, completed on Monday. Under 100k points.

*** Advice kindly sought • maximum annual Hyatt points-sharing amount allowed? ***
 

Firstly, thank you for the reading this - I greatly appreciate it.

Would anyone kindly be able to confirm what the maximum amount of Hyatt points per calendar year that you can receive into your Hyatt account via Hyatt's "points-combining" form?

I have received 45K points so far in 2026 via a "points-combining" form and I just wanted to work out how many more points I could receive in 2026 via another "points-combining" form from another Hyatt member?

Any insight would be gratefully received.

All the best.

On February 25, 2026, Hyatt officially announced that later in 2026, World of Hyatt members will be able to “share points digitally.” Hyatt did not say it was launching true household accounts, pooled family accounts, or joint accounts. What Hyatt did say is that later this year members will be able to share points digitally, which strongly suggests a self-service replacement for the current manual form process. Hyatt has not yet published the launch date or the detailed rules for that digital tool.

Hyatt’s current point-combining process still requires the Point Combining Request Form signed by both members and submitted to Hyatt Customer Service. The current form also says a member may only participate in a point-combining transaction once every 30 days, whether sending or receiving.

On the transfer cap, there are two different buckets

For point combining between members
I did not find any official Hyatt rule that sets a hard annual numerical cap like “100,000 points per year” on combined-point transfers into your account. The official restrictions I found are that combining is for award redemption, and a member may participate only once every 30 days. That means the current formal limit appears to be frequency-based, not an annual point maximum. I want to be careful here: I am not seeing Hyatt publish a numeric annual ceiling for member-to-member point combining in the official materials I found.

For gifted purchased points
Hyatt does publish a clear annual cap. Members can receive gifted bonus points in increments of 1,000, up to 55,000 points per calendar year, unless Hyatt expressly allows more as part of a promotion. That is a separate rule from point combining.

For buying points for yourself
The current published maximum is 55,000 points per calendar year, in increments of 1,000, unless Hyatt expressly permits otherwise during a promotion. Hyatt’s earn page and purchase/share/gift page both show that same 55,000-point annual limit.

Referralbear - thank you so much for your comprehensive reply! I am incredibly grateful to you.

Like you say, below, I similarly couldn't find anything definitive about caps on points-combining (unlike, as you also say, the gifting or buying caps).

I might try my luck and see if I can get away with another points-combining request and see if it meets with any success. And I'll certainly report back either way,

Again, thank yiou so much!

All the best.