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Hyatt gutted Points + Cash late last year when they changed the cash portion of the rate from a fixed chart ( which was very attractive ) to one that required 50% the rack rate. This changed my strategy to one where I’d often look to redeem with cash + points, to one where I’m looking to redeem with full points. I also now look at point sales where I can shore up my account to offset this change which often means buying points at cheaper than what the cash portion would be for targeted redemptions. They’re currently on sale with a 40% bonus, or just 1.7 cents per point.
Hyatt is running a new promotion that provides reduced rates, by up to 25%, on a nice selection of hotels around the world. You can do it via two ways – offer runs between now and November 30th, 2019
- Points + Cash where you get a 25% reduction in the cash portion
- Full Points with 25% of the points refunded after check out
Here’s a look at the Points + Cash hotels that are participating in 25% off the cash portion
- Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort Spa and Casino
- Andaz Costa Rica Resort, Peninsula Papagayo
- Park Hyatt Maldives
- Grand Hyatt Playa del Carmen Resort
- Andaz Mayakoba Resort Riviera Maya
- Park Hyatt St. Kitts Christophe Harbour
- Park Hyatt Mallorca
- Grand Hyatt Baha Mar
Here’s a look at the participating Hotels and the points you’d earn back when paying solely with points
- Hyatt Regency Thessalonki
- 8k with 1500 back
- Grand Hyatt Athens
- 12k with 3k back
- Hotel Hesperia Barcelona Tower
- 12k with 3k back
- Hyatt Centric Murano Venice
- 12k with 3k back
- Thompson Playa del Carmen Main House
- 12k with 3k back
- Hesperia Madrid
- 15k with 3k back
- Hyatt Centric Milan Centrale
- 15k with 3k back
- Hotel Sofia Barcelona
- 20k with 3k back
- Hyatt Centric Gran Via Madrid
- 20k with 3k back
- Thompson Playa Del Carmon Beach House
- 20k with 3k back
- Andaz Mayakoba
- 25k with 3k back
- Grand Hyatt Playa Del Carmen
- 25k with 3k back
- Park Hyatt Mallorca
- 25k with 3k back
- Park Hyatt Milan
- 30k with 5k back
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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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