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My buddy Spencer, who runs Straightothepoints, just broke the news on his aggregator site, PointsWire, that people are now seeing the ability to book rooms with points an apply a Globalist Suite Upgrade award to the reservation online. Up until this point, which still seems to be rolling out and not widespread, has been something on bookable via phone or email.
This is a massive upgrade and falls in line with Hyatt transitioning to the Sabre booking system in 2024. If you’ve been frustrated with the inability to see award avail, not just pricing, on a month long calendar it was because of their booking system. That will change in 2024…perhaps the ability to add suite upgrades is a part of this process? Either way, both developments are a positive for Hyatt loyalists.
World of Hyatt Members are given the option of Suite Upgrades ( good up to 7 nights on cash, cash+points, and point redemptions ) when they hit 50 elite nights.
What are some of my favorite Hyatt stays?
I have used points to stay at the following properties
- Thompson Hotels
- Thompson Nashville
- Thompson Savannah
- Thompson Buckhead
- Thompson Central Park New York
- Thompson Washington D.C.
- Thompson Chicago
- Park Hyatt Hotels
- Park Hyatt Buenos Aires
- Park Hyatt Siem Reap
- Park Hyatt Saigon
- Park Hyatt Washington D.C.
- Park Hyatt Vienna
- Park Hyatt New York
- Park Hyatt Doha
- Park Hyatt Dubai
- Park Hyatt Zanzibar
- Andaz Hotels
- Grand Hyatt Hotels
- Hyatt Centric Hotels
- Hyatt Regency
- Hyatt Regency Churchill London
- Hyatt Regency Blackfriars London
- Hyatt Regency Chicago O’Hare
- Hyatt Regency Dubai Creek
- Hyatt Regency Cincinnati
- Hyatt Regency Washington D.C. IAD
- Inclusive Collection Hotels
- Alila Hotels
- SLH
- Cellars-Hohenort Cape Town
- Hemingways Nairobi
- Unbound
- Great Scotland Yard
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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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