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World of Hyatt is offering a new 25% bonus when you buy 7,000+ points via this link.

This is VERY interesting for three reasons:

  • the annual purchase limit has been doubled to 110,000 World of Hyatt points, so if you have already bought the previous limit of 55,000 points this year (as I have) you can buy more
  • the offer runs to 4th January, so you could buy ANOTHER 110,000 points between 1st-4th January 2025 to take advantage of your 2025 purchase limit
  • the 25% bonus is ON TOP of the purchase limits
Get a 20% discount when you buy World of Hyatt hotel points

You suddenly have enough points for a great stay, potentially in a suite, at a top resort which would other cost thousands of pounds.

One person could buy 275,000 World of Hyatt points across two transactions between now and 4th January (one in 2024, one in 2025) and a couple could buy 550,000 points between them.

What does it cost?

We value Hyatt points at 1.2p. At the top end you are paying $2,640 (£2,035) for 137,500 points, which is 1.48p each.

This means that it isn’t a no-brainer but you should still come out on top at a good hotel on an expensive night. It’s also fair to say that, given current hotel prices, our 1.2p valuation is very conservative.

Let’s look at some examples

Here are some sample stays using World of Hyatt points over Easter Weekend, 18th-22nd April. I have compared it with the Member Rate which is flexible.

  • Park Hyatt New York – 160,000 points (£2,368) or $4,850 (£3,739) for cash
  • Park Hyatt London River Thames – 100,000 points (£1,480) or £2,347 for cash
  • Park Hyatt Marrakech – 140,000 points (£2,072) or MAD 31,818 (£2,507) for cash

Obviously these are luxury options but the same, if not better, value can be found further down the scale.

Going into August, say 2nd to 9th August:

  • 7Pines Ibiza – 245,000 points (£3,626) or €5,683 (£4,757) for cash
  • 7Pines Sardinia – 315,000 points (£4,662) or €13,667 (£11,441) for cash

You might want to read that last one again!

Remember that Hyatt GUARANTEES that reward rooms will be available as long as the lowest category of cash room remains available.

It’s also worth remembering that Hyatt lets you book suites for points at surprisingly good rates, either directly or via a points upgrade. I just booked Grand Hyatt Berlin and upgraded to a top suite (96 sq m!) for just 9,000 points per night. Even better, the suite comes with club access and a bottle of champagne on arrival!

There is, of course, a risk that Hyatt massively devalues its programme before you can spend your points. It’s a risk you need to be happy with, but for as long as Hyatt remains (by far) the smallest of the major hotel groups it will depend on World of Hyatt to bring in business. It understands that you’ll have to drive past multiple IHG, Hilton and Marriott properties to get to a Hyatt!

If you buy and redeem immediately, of course, you have zero risk from a devaluation.

Note that new members of World of Hyatt need to wait 60 days before they can buy or receive gifted points.

The Hyatt ‘buy points’ site is here. The offer ends on 4th January, but you may want to buy now and buy again for 2025 on 1st January.

World of Hyatt update – December 2024:

Get bonus points: World of Hyatt is not currently running a global promotion

New to World of Hyatt?  Read our overview of World of Hyatt here and our article on points expiry rules here. Our article on what we think World of Hyatt points are worth is here.

Buy points: If you need additional World of Hyatt points, you can buy them here.

World of Hyatt is offering a 25% bonus when you buy points by 4th January 2025.  Your annual purchase limit is increased to 110,000 points and you could buy your 2025 allowance between 1st and 4th January to benefit twice. Click here to buy points.

Want to earn more hotel points?  Click here to see our complete list of promotions from Hyatt and the other major hotel chains or use the ‘Hotel Offers’ link in the menu bar at the top of the page.

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Comments (42)

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  • BJ says:
    2 Nov2 November 06:53

    These Hyatt offers are always interesting given the frequent generosity of reward:: revenue pricing, the chain’s growing presence and the generosity of their rewards scheme for base members. However, they need to work on their elite status as the value relative to their base status is the weakest of all the major chains providing little to no incentive to chase elite status unless one has a strong preference for Hyatt hotels over those of other chains..

    • Steve says:
      2 Nov2 November 08:13

      Intrigued as to how you’ve landed on this particular view?

      Is it based on extensive experience of their ‘base’ status proposition vs other schemes, or just a hunch?

      • meta says:
        2 Nov2 November 08:39

        You don’t need status with Hyatt because a) you can buy suite upgrade with little points or straight redemption for much more b) you can buy lounge access for as little as 3000 points c) you have breakfast included in hotels with lounge because of point b.

        The only thing that status gives you as an extra compared to above is the late checkout (but you can probably get it with or without paying) and free night certificates and suite upgrade certificates which you can buy with points.

        However, you then need to stay 60 nights meaning you paid for these certificates anyway.

      • BJ says:
        2 Nov2 November 09:46

        Super insights from @meta.

        For comparison to competitor schemes, my context was an HfP article some months ago that attributed value to base and top tier status across the main chains.

    • Stu_N says:
      2 Nov2 November 09:46

      They need to work on their elite status as the value relative to their base status is the weakest of all the major chains.

      As my granny would say “that’s mince”.

      As Hyatt Explorist (30 nights this year so just prequalified) the frequency and quality of upgrades. Free night (Cat1-4) milestone reward at 30 nights and regular unpublished benefits such as free breakfast and welcome drinks seal the deal for me. The only weakness is the earning uplift vs non-status members.

      Marriot Gold (12 nights YTD) and Hilton Gold (3 nights), both via CC simply don’t compare other than bonus point %.

      • BJ says:
        2 Nov2 November 09:56

        I think my assertion was objective presuming HfP valuation of status for basic and top tier status is robust (which I do). Sure, there’s more to it if you dig deeper and personalise it but then it just becomes increasingly subjective.

        • Rob says:
          2 Nov2 November 09:59

          If you earn Explorist and get the milestone rewards it is good. If you are comped / downgraded to it, less so in terms of guaranteed benefits.

      • meta says:
        2 Nov2 November 10:02

        As I said you can buy all those with little points. 9000 points + standard rate for Andes View Corner Suite at below mentioned Grad Hyatt Bogota. As an Explorist you can at best get Club Room at that hotel, but what’s the point when you can just pay 3000 points to get that access anyway. You’d get breakfast with either of those options anyway. Even Members get unpublished benefits such as welcome drink. The unpublished benefits usually means that they do it for most (if not all) guests so it’s nothing special.

        On your thirty nights you have already paid three times over for the free certificate.

        • Stu_N says:
          2 Nov2 November 10:28

          If you’re not staying, how are you earning the points? A £300 stay (typical of my monthly 2 night stay in a HR for work) usually yields about 2,500 points.

          There’s no easy way other than staying and buying to earn Hyatt points. In some ways I like Hyatt because it’s refreshingly old school and rewards actual travel.

          • meta says:
            2 Nov2 November 10:45

            You just buy points in a sale (in this sale you can get 20k for £300) and of course you do earn on the base rate when you upgrade with points, but I’m saying it’s pointless chasing status.

            Since your work is paying for your status and points, it’s not really relevant to you.

  • Nick G says:
    2 Nov2 November 08:17

    Few points.

    1. I’m so spoilt in Berlin after our second stay at the WA in Berlin again last week booked via Emyr. Fantastic hotel!
    2. The Champagne is for ‘regular room rates’, not sure if it counts when buying via points?
    3. I still have a spend £250 save £100 on Amex Plat to use by the 6th or 7th Jan if someone wanted to make that work to pay for breakfasts for example?

  • Gordon says:
    2 Nov2 November 08:43

    I’m using the upgrade with points option at the Grand Hyatt Bogata to an Andes view corner suite at Christmas, I remember Rob mentioning a few weeks ago that the suite upgrade with points does not stack with a booking with a prive agent, but Emyr says it would do!

    • meta says:
      2 Nov2 November 09:22

      It’s one of my favourite hotels. I stayed twice in that room and it’s really nice. The one-category upgrade will get you extra 10sqm in Grand Suite, but you lose the view. The second time, I turned down the upgrade.

      • JDB says:
        2 Nov2 November 09:33

        These sort of quirks are why one needs to get upgrades sorted out/agreed in advance.

        • meta says:
          2 Nov2 November 10:06

          Exactly. I turned down the upgrade (based on repeat visit rather than status) a week before arrival.

    • levantine93 says:
      2 Nov2 November 09:41

      So would you get 2 upgrades? A suite upgrades u pay via points 6k/9k and then a 2nd one for booking via prive agent?
      Im asking as I’m wanting to book park hyatt vienna soonish

      • Gordon says:
        2 Nov2 November 09:54

        My angle was booking a room with a prive agent to secure the benefits, and then using points for the suite upgrade, not sure if you could double dip? I doubt it though.

      • Gordon says:
        2 Nov2 November 10:00

        The below from Grand Hyatt Bogotá, via email this week!

        “In this case I confirm that depending on your status you have complementary upgrade, subject to hotel availability. If you book with a Hyatt Prive agency, you can request the upgrade by redeeming an award. Or if you wish, you can make a reservation with your points directly”

        • meta says:
          2 Nov2 November 10:08

          I don’t think you can upgrade Prive rate with points, but I might be wrong as I have not tried it.

          • meta says:
            2 Nov2 November 10:09

            Ah, just saw Gordon’s reply. That’s interesting.

          • Gordon says:
            2 Nov2 November 10:21

            I will be putting this onto action in the next week, so I will confirm if this is indeed 100% correct.

      • Rob says:
        2 Nov2 November 10:02

        I have never been upgraded further when using a suite upgrade but you’re often into presidential suite territory there.

        • LittleNick says:
          2 Nov2 November 16:11

          Out of interest, have you ever been upgraded anywhere into a presidential/top suite because of loyalty scheme/points over the years or repeat visitor to that hotel?

          • pauldb says:
            2 Nov2 November 16:21

            IC Mauritius put me in a 300m2 Presidential Suite based on my modest IHG Platinum (which I seem to have because they still think I hold an IHG credit card), and I didn’t even book direct (Voyage Privé). Not quite how it should go!

          • Rob says:
            2 Nov2 November 16:34

            Only time I ever had a multi-bedroom suite was Sheraton Frankfurt (where they were oversold so they gave us the 2-room top suite as a trade for our 2 separate rooms) and Crowne Plaza Salzburg, now gone and not really a ‘presidential’ suite. Can’t think of a time I got the top suite in the house in a ‘proper’ luxury hotel, but once you get beyond 100 sq m its getting silly anyway. You’re above the size of the average UK house by that point – although that’s more a criticism of UK houses than hotel suites (the one bed flat I had in Wapping in my 20s and still rent out is 90 sq m, which bizarrely is bigger than a new build 3 bedroom house).

            Sinead did get the presidential suite at the Athenee Bangkok if you look back at that review! If I got something for review with multiple bedrooms and over 100 sq m I’d turn it down.

  • Vit says:
    2 Nov2 November 13:49

    Hi Rob, thanks for flagging this. Is there any rules that stop member from buying points? I am new in Hyatt and have only been a member for a few week? I think. But it the page above does not allow me to buy.

  • Adam says:
    3 Nov3 November 00:13

    How do you upgrade to suite with points? I cannot seem to find a way. Can you do that to existing booking or you have to do it during the booking process somehow?

    • meta says:
      3 Nov3 November 01:04

      Search for points booking and if the hotel still has them available it will show up usually after all the other points booking options.

    • Rob says:
      3 Nov3 November 09:29

      During booking process. Search points, not cash. Toggle to Suites as a room category option when the results come up.

      Here’s the trick. It will show a suite at, say, 39,000 points. In small print it will say ‘+ 2 other options’. Click there and you get the points upgrade price if available.

  • Jonathan Charles Cobbold says:
    10 Nov10 November 18:36

    Is 25% bonus good? I’m sure that Hyatt occasionally offer 40% or was that just wishful thinking.

    IH G and Hilton regularly offer 100% and virgin 70% et cetera et cetera

    • Rob says:
      10 Nov10 November 18:41

      You’re not comparing like with like.

      Even with a 100% bonus on IHG / Hilton or 70% on Virgin, your pence per point only hits our ‘honest’ valuation.

      The key here is the ability to buy 220k points across now and January 1st-4th (440k if your partner does the same) and then use them for something very cool. If you don’t have something very cool in your head that you could do with so many Hyatt points, don’t do it!

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