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Great news from Hyatt! I checked my World of Hyatt account this morning and was pleasantly surprised to see all of my Chase World of Hyatt Elite nights had already credited for the year. The reason I say “all” is because the World of Hyatt credit card had offered 10 elite nights as a special promotion to new cardholders up until 12/31/2020. I signed up for that card specifically to hit Globalist status, and soon realized the regular 5 elite nights that the card typically comes with hit my account immediately, but then it took another 6 weeks for the bonus 5 elite nights to hit. I figured the same thing would happen this year, but alas…all 10 World of Hyatt Elite nights have hit my account. But the good news doesn’t stop there.
You can see here that that they populated in two separate credits, 5 days apart.
Bonus Journey Double Nights will populate soon
If you’re unfamiliar, Hyatt has a double night promo running since last year. Currently, every night you stay counts as 2, but last year, each night would be credited in 2020 and again in 2021. Those nights were supposed to populate in a couple of months, but great new from OMAAT – those will begin populating accounts very soon! Here’s the info they gathered:
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Starting this week (the week of January 4, 2021), bonus World of Hyatt elite nights that were earned through January 4, 2021, will post
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Going forward and for stays in January and February, bonus World of Hyatt elite nights will be posted every two weeks
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Furthermore, for those who applied for the World of Hyatt Card with the offer for five elite nights, those are expected to post “in the next week or two”
Hitting World of Hyatt Elite Status is much easier this year
Qualifying for World of Hyatt Elite status has been slashed in half for 2021. With those Elite nights populating even faster, it means you’ll hit status quicker and start to enjoy those great benefits. I’m thinking I will actually re-qualify for Globalist status until 2023 in the next couple of weeks.
If you want to know how I was able to hit Globalist status via award nights in 2020 – go here.
Recap
This is great news that Hyatt has decided to pull forward the schedule on elite nights posting to member accounts. Now, if you do decide to plan for trips later in the year, you’ll have status to lean on, or Milestone awards to redeem in advance.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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