New Summer 2020 Hyatt promo offers huge value

For those of you thinking about doing some traveling this summer, there is a new promo that will make your travels extra lucrative in 2020. Hyatt just announced its new promotion that allows you to earn triple the points on stays beginning on your second stay. Check out the details below.

The promo

  • Earn 3X points starting with your second qualifying stay from June 15 to September 15.
  • Register here by August 31 if you don’t have elite status
  • Register here by August 31 if you do have a elite status
  • Award stays count

The reason there are separate registrations is because if you have elite status, you can earn 2,500 points on your first qualifying stay from June 15 to September 15.

Is this is a good promo?

This is a solid promotion given the value of Hyatt points. 

The base rate is five points per dollar spent on Hyatt properties.

So this promo will give you 15 points per dollar spent. Using a WalletFlo valuation of 1.57 cents per point, that comes out to 23.5% back. That’s an amazing offer.

Earn even more points

If you hold the World of Hyatt credit card (full review here) you also have automatic Hyatt Discoverist status and will be earning even more.

In that case, you would be earning a total of 19.5X points per dollar spent (tier bonuses are not tripled).  

Here’s what the breakdown would look like:

That will come out to about 30% back.

And that is just with the bottom level of elite status. So don’t sleep on this promo!

Final word

Anytime you are approaching 30% back with a hotel promotion it is a solid deal. I was a bit surprised that they did not start the clock until your second stay given the times that we are in. But hey, it’s still a great promo.

New (Valuable) Hyatt Promotion 2019!

World of Hyatt is now offering a solid new promotion that you’ll definitely want to sign-up for since it’s one of the better promotions, allowing you to earn as much as 1,500 Hyatt points per night! Read on below for more of the key terms. 

The Offer

You can earn up to 1,500 bonus points depending on the type of Hyatt properties that you stay at. 

  • Earn up to 1,500 Bonus Points per qualifying night starting with your second stay through May 15
    • Earn 1,000 Bonus Points per qualifying night at 800+ Hyatt hotels, participating M life Rewards destinations and participating Small Luxury Hotels of the World hotels
    • Plus, earn an additional 500 Bonus Points per qualifying night when those nights are at Hyatt Place and Hyatt House hotels

If you value Hyatt points at 1.5 cent per point, then 1,000 points comes out to $15 worth of travel back for each qualifying night. That’s not bad at all, especially if you’re booking nights on the cheaper side. 

If you are paying cash for a stay and earning points with the World of Hyatt Card (4X), Discoverist+ status (5.5X+), and this promotion, your rebate on spending could be well over 20% depending on the price of the hotel night so this can be a very lucrative deal all around. 

Hyatt Regency Houston.

Register for the offer 

You must register for this offer to earn points! 

Key Terms

  • You will need to register for the promotion by March 31, 2019. 
  • Maximum 50,000 Bonus Points may be earned during Promotion Period.
  • An additional maximum 25,000 Bonus Points may be earned at Hyatt Place or Hyatt House hotels during Promotion Period.
  • For the purpose of this promotion, an “Eligible Night” is defined as any night where a member is paying an Eligible Rate or redeems a free night award for at least one night of their stay.
    • This means that award nights count toward the promotion.
  • Only the room occupied by the Member will count toward this promotion. 

Full terms and conditions 

You must be a member of World of Hyatt and register for the promotion between February 15 and March 31, 2019 to participate. To join World of Hyatt, visit worldofhyatt.com, and to register for the promotion visit http://world.hyatt.com/content/gp/en/wohpromotions/earn-points-faster.html. All eligible nights under this promotion must be during stays completed between February 15 and May 15, 2019 (“Promotion Period”). Beginning on your second eligible stay, you will receive 1,000 Bonus Points per eligible night at Hyatt hotels and resorts worldwide and participating M life Rewards destinations and Small Luxury Hotels of the World hotels. Maximum 50,000 Bonus Points may be earnedduring Promotion Period. Hyatt Place and Hyatt House additional bonus: Beginning on your second eligible stay during the Promotion Period, you will receive an additional 500 Bonus Points per eligible night at Hyatt Place and Hyatt House hotels during the Promotion Period. An additional maximum 25,000 Bonus Points may be earned at Hyatt Place or Hyatt House hotels during Promotion Period. All points awarded under this promotion are Bonus Points. For the purpose of this promotion, an “Eligible Night” is defined as any night where a member is paying an Eligible Rate or redeems a free night award for at least one night of their stay. Only the room occupied by the Member will count toward this promotion. You must provide your World of Hyatt membership number at the time of check-in for each stay. Please allow two to three weeks after your qualifying stay for Bonus Points to be posted to your World of Hyatt account. Promotion not valid with other offers, promotions or discounts and is non-transferable. Hyatt reserves the right to alter or withdraw this promotion with a suitable substitute promotion of equal value (if legally required) at any time due to actual circumstances. This promotion is subject to the terms and conditions of the World of Hyatt program available at worldofhyatt.com/terms. The trademarks Hyatt®, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts™, Park Hyatt®, Andaz®, Grand Hyatt®, Hyatt Centric®, Hyatt Regency®, The Unbound Collection by Hyatt™, Hyatt Place®, Hyatt House®, Hyatt Ziva™, Hyatt Zilara™, Miraval®, World of Hyatt®, Hyatt Residence Club™, and related marks are trademarks of Hyatt Corporation or its affiliates. © 2019 Hyatt Corporation. All rights reserved.

Final word 

Earning 1,000 to 1,5000 extra Hyatt points per night is a great rebate in my opinion and it’s fantastic that even free nights count towards the promotion. I definitely recommend registering even if you don’t have any plant to stay at a Hyatt property just so you are prepared. 

Hyatt Offers New Promo, How Does It Compare?

Hyatt is offering its first promo since the fall of 2016 and allowing World of Hyatt members to double their points with certain eligible stays. Here are the terms of the new bonus offer:

  • Double the base points after your first eligible stay on all stays from April 1, 2017 through June 30, 2017
  • You must register here (before June 30, 2017)
  • You must provide your World of Hyatt membership number at the time of check-in and choose points for each stay.

How much can you earn back with the Hyatt promotion?

I’m going to run numbers to see what the return rate would be for a one night stay for $200.  

Member (0% bonus)

  • 200 x 5 = 1,000
  • 1,000 bonus base points
  • =  2,000 points at 1.5 cents per point = 15% back.

Discoverist (10% bonus)

  • 200 x 5 = 1,000
  • 1,000 bonus base points
  • 100 elite bonus points
  • =  2,100 points at 1.5 cents per point = 15.75% back.

Explorist (20% bonus)

  • 200 x 5 = 1,000
  • 1,000 bonus base points
  • 200 elite bonus points
  • =  2,200 points at 1.5 cents per point = 16.5% back.

Globalist (30% bonus)

  • 200 x 5 = 1,000
  • 1,000 bonus base points
  • 300 elite bonus points
  • =  2,300 points at 1.5 cents per point = 17.25% back.

So with this Hyatt promotion, you’ll likely earn somewhere around 15% to 17% depending on your level of elite status.

Those rates are respectable but how do they compare to other promotions going on with some of the other major programs? I’ll compare these returns to currently running promotions with Hilton and Marriott and keep my analysis to top-tier elite status comparison.

Hilton Honors 

Hilton is currently offering a 2K every day promotion where you can earn 2,000 points every day at over 4,800 hotels when you sign up and complete a stay from February 1 through April 30, 2017. Also, right now you can book with the Hilton Honors app and get 500 more points for each completed stay through December 31, 2017. There are a couple of other targeted promos, but I’ll just work focus on these two for the comparison.

So for a $200 stay for one night.

  • 200 x 10 = 2,000
  • 200 x 5 = 1,000 (points + points)
  • 1,000 (50% Diamond elite bonus points)
  • 2,000 points 2K every day promotion
  • 500 book through mobile promotion
  • = 6,500 points at .4 cents per point = 13% back

The Hilton promotions all stacked together would net you a 13% return for a one night $200 stay at .4 cents per point and 16.25% back at a value of .5 cents per point.

Marriott

Marriott is currently offering the doubling of base points for your first three stays until April 15, 2017. Let’s see how this would work out with Platinum status at a value of .83 cents per point for each Marriott Rewards point.

  • 200 x 10 = 2,000
  • 2,000 (double the base points)
  • 1,000 (50% Platinum elite bonus points)
  • = 5,000 points at .83 cents per point = 20.75% back.

The findings 

As I find often to be the case with value % returned,  Marriott comes out in the lead offering a 20% return, although it should be noted that this promo is only good for three stays. For a Hyatt Globalist, you’re looking at around a 17% return which is still decent and it’s nice that this rate will run all they way through June 30th, so it’s offering you much more long-term potential than the Marriott promotion. Finally, with different promotions stacked, the Hilton promo comes out to 13% to 16% back.

Overall, I think this is a pretty decent promotion by Hyatt if you’ve already got a number of stays lined up. But for the traveler who may only have a couple of stays coming up before June 30, 2017, it’s somewhat of a modest offer since you won’t get the 2X base points on your first stay. I wouldn’t necessarily go out of my way to take advantage of this promo but it’s a nice way to supplement points in your Hyatt account.