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Hyatt not only recently updated their Bonus Journeys promotion for double nights, but also slashed their elite night qualification requirements for 2021. This confluence of events meant some pretty fantastic options became available for hitting Globalist status in just 10 nights, or 9 nights if you use credit card spend to help out. The biggest reason you’d want to do this status earned in 2021 will last until February 2023. If you have trips planned in the first two months of 2021, it may be worth prioritizing Hyatt. If not, it could still make a lot of sense if you have future trips planned and could extract value from the benefits associated with Globalist status. I touched on this option in my in depth Hyatt promo article, but wanted to break it down even further with a dedicated article. It’s also worth noting that the status earned at 30 nights does not include the Suite upgrades since all of the Milestone Rewards have been kept in tact.
The benefits of Hyatt Globalist status
The biggest reason I went for Globalist status is the guaranteed club access or free breakfast, suite upgrades if available, late checkout, waived resort fees, and free parking. The savings from resort fees and club/breakfast can really add up, or improve the experience at resorts or upmarket city hotels. For instance… look at the breakfast that Globalists have access to at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. It’s just insane and would be guaranteed.
Or the club level at the Grand Hyatt Taipei…
Everything that you see below is included at that reduced 30 night level which has been 60 nights for the past few years.
If you were to continue on earning nights, you’d earn the following Milestone Rewards at each tier level
Hyatt slashes Elite status for 2021 by 50% – just 30 nights for Globalist
As you can see in the screen cap from Hyatt, it will only take 30 nights to hit Globalist status in 2021. The big thing to keep in mind here is what I mentioned above, which is the Milestone Rewards are in tact.
The World of Hyatt credit card is offering 10 Elite nights for new cardmembers
Notice that the World of Hyatt credit card also provides 2 elite nights for every $5k you spend on the card. So if you got the card and spent $5k you’d have 12 nights. Meaning you’d only need 18 nights
Bonus Journeys Promotion will yield double nights until 2/28/21
Bonus Journeys has evolved a bit, and if you remember you used to get one night in 2020 and then another in 2021. HOWEVER – the nights you stay in 2021 double up in 2021. That means every night you stay between January 1st and February 28, 2021 will count as double. If you’re doing the math, if you picked up the World of Hyatt credit card, you’d only need 10 nights. If you spent the $5k, you’d only need to do 9 nights! You do need to register by January 15th.
25% off World of Hyatt nights if you’re a World of Hyatt credit cardholder
This makes hitting those 9 or 10 nights quite interesting. The cheapest Hyatt nights are 5k points a night. That means you could stay 10 nights, spend 50k, and then get a 12,500 point rebate. That’s 37,500 points for Globalist status. If you did the $5k spend and only needed 9 nights, you’re talking just 33,750 points.
You can search for category 1 hotels here…but here’s a peek
If you’re paying out of pocked for those 9 or 10 nights…
Here’s a look at rates in Atlanta from January 1st to 11th. Duluth is just $62 a night, or roughly $757 for a 10 night stay. Is that worth the possiblity of upgrades, free club level, breakfasts, etc for 2 years? OMAAT is also reporting that there are Office for a day rates that may even reduce it further, but you’d need to check I and out every single day.
Recap: 35k +/- points or $750 will buy you Globalist for 2 years.
- Hyatt Reduces the status requirements by 50% allowing Globalist to be acquired with just 30 nights
- World of Hyatt credit card promotes 10 elite nights for 2020 and 2021
- This would give you 10 nights without staying anywhere
- World of Hyatt promotes Bonus Journeys that includes double nights
- This means 20 nights could be had with just 10 nights in a hotel
- If you spend $5k on the World of Hyatt credit card
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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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