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WOW! Using Hyatt points to save $1000s at Masters 2018.

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Arguably the hardest ticket to get, is a Masters ticket.

Attending the Masters is a bucket list item for nearly any golf fan. But how do you get tickets? Unless you’ve been lucky enough to get selected by the PGA ticket lottery, or know someone with a great hook up, you’re going to be forking over some serious coin to a ticket broker for those coveted tickets. The bill doesn’t stop there. Augusta isn’t exactly the easiest place to get to. Without a major airport you’ll be flying into Atlanta, Savannah, or potentially Charlotte, maybe even Columbia and then renting a car to drive from any one of those cities to Augusta.  Now the big sticker shock, Augusta hotels during the Masters, are a gut punch. The prices, as you can imagine, are insane. We’re talking $500, $600, $1000 a night for 3 star and below hotels. However…I did find an unbelievable deal using points.

Enter: Hyatt Place Augusta. Here’s a look at what it would cost to stay there next week. $81.a screenshot of a hotel

During the final weekend of the Masters? $1099 a night.

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Hyatt Place Augusta

BUT points are avail…probably the best 12k points per night you could ever spend. a screenshot of a bed

The hotel is a 10-15 minute drive from Augusta National and near a shopping mall, restaurants, etc.

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Whether it’s the Masters, Superbowl, or other big event – ALWAYS check your point options before pulling the trigger on a cash purchase.

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The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is a great starter card that earns Premium Ultimate Rewards that can be transferred into over a dozen partners many of which are US based including Hyatt, Southwest, United, IHG, and Marriott.

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$300 Chase Travel℠ Credit + Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. 

Annual Fee

$95

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Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards

  • $300 Chase Travel℠ Credit + Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. 
    • That’s worth $750 when redeemed through Chase Travel℠. Plus, get up to $300 in statement credits on Chase Travel℠ purchases within your first year
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  • 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
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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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6 Comments

  • […] a lot of people, but what about other desirable locations like Augusta Georgia during the Masters? I wrote an entire post about this, but we were able to stay for 12k points a night when paid rates were $1000. Obviously an extreme […]

  • […] a lot of people, but what about other desirable locations like Augusta Georgia during the Masters? I wrote an entire post about this, but we were able to stay for 12k points a night when paid rates were $1000. Obviously an extreme […]

  • […] points or paying, but what about other desirable locations like Augusta Georgia during the Masters? I wrote an entire post about this, but we were able to stay for 12k points a night when paid rates were $1000. Obviously an extreme […]

  • […] I just stayed at the the Hyatt Place August when I traveled to see the Masters. Just 12k points a night when rates were a $1000. An insane redemption and offered a mini-suite […]

  • Ryan February 5, 2018

    I went last year on Monday when the Hyatt Place was still 8k points. Paid rates even then were over $500, so still probably the best hotel points redemption I’ve ever had. I assume the category jump was due to that one week skewing the average daily rate for the entire rest of the year.

  • Andrew H February 5, 2018

    I used Hilton points to book the Patridge In Augusta (Curio Collection) for 30,000 Hilton points a night last year for the Masters. One of the best uses ever for me! I think the cash rate was $600+ a night

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