Get a 25% discount when you buy World of Hyatt hotel points

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• ed_fly says:

  27 Feb27 February 06:59

  A lot of hyatt hotels are moving categories shortly, worth considering before committing to a points purchase.

  • BSI1978 says:

    27 Feb27 February 07:34

    Source please.

  • Gordon says:

    27 Feb27 February 07:43

    This will happen on 25th March 2025, 151 hotels will be changing categories, with 118 hotels shifting to a higher category and 33 hotels shifting to a lower category.

    https://world.hyatt.com/content/gp/en/landing/award-category-chart-updates.html

    • BSI1978 says:

      27 Feb27 February 08:11

      Thanks for this Gordon – I completely missed this when searching earlier!

    • BSI1978 says:

      27 Feb27 February 08:25

      Having stayed there last year, agree with the FirstName Bordeaux stepping down a category. Closer to home, a little disappointed to see both Regency Churchill and Blackfriars increasing by one category each. The former is now in the same category as Park London!

• Thywillbedone says:

  27 Feb27 February 07:43

  I’ve largely given up on Hyatt due to the difficulty of earning points (outside of stays) and the relatively small footprint in Europe. It’s a shame as I’ve enjoyed good value redemptions at the likes of 7Pines Ibiza in the past. Easier to get value (for time spent) out of the Bonvoy program for me.

  • BBbetter says:

    27 Feb27 February 08:49

    Bonvoy is pretty close to full dynamic pricing, there’s hardly any value.

    • Rob says:

      27 Feb27 February 08:59

      Nonsense. I got 2p per point in Bodrum last year. The New York five stars tend to be 1p per point. The big deals are fewer and further between though, I agree.

      Marriott DOES still have points caps which mean you get exceptional value on peak dates. The problem is that the caps are very high (vs Hilton caps) so you really need to need a room on a super-peak night to get outsize value.

    • Thywillbedone says:

      27 Feb27 February 09:30

      Hard disagree. I am getting 1.4p per point at forthcoming stay at Mena House, Cairo, 1.1p per point at Merlin Beach, Phuket, and some short stays all north of 1p.

      Regarding earning: I know Rob was advocating to Hyatt for a credit card tie-up in the UK or even a transfer deal from membership rewards. Alas, it seems like the wheels of change turn very slowly in some loyalty schemes.

    • Sharka says:

      28 Feb28 February 22:03

      I recently got almost 3c per point on a redemption: 5500 points versus $150 cash rate. There is value if you look.

• NFH says:

  27 Feb27 February 08:14

  Have I understood correctly that I can buy Hyatt points and then pay 6000 points per night to upgrade to the most basic suite at any Grand Hyatt hotel? If so, are there any catches?

  • Gordon says:

    27 Feb27 February 08:33

    Not only the Grand Hyatt properties, any hyatt that has suites available, this is one of the best perks of any hotel chain. No catches, just click on the more rates on the room description, I have used this many times.

    • NFH says:

      27 Feb27 February 08:44

      Thanks. How do I use 6000 points per night to upgrade an existing flexible non-prepaid cash booking where the current cash price is much higher than I booked at?

      • Gordon says:

        27 Feb27 February 08:51

        You would need to call, I don’t know if you can, as I’ve never done this. Poster @Niall would know, if he is reading this!

      • Rob says:

        27 Feb27 February 08:59

        You don’t.

        You’d need to cancel (after first checking that suites were available for an upgrade redemption that night) and then rebook.

        Only catch is that you can’t be 100% certain the hotel will offer it on any particular night, but most do – even Unbound Collection. When my wife was at the Reisen in Stockholm last year we got the top suite for 9,000 points per night on top of the standard room rate.

• NFH says:

  27 Feb27 February 09:06

  Thanks Rob. When Hyatt sent me two 7-day suite upgrade vouchers as a free offer in 2023, I used them to upgrade an existing 14-night cash booking over the phone. So the procedure is different when upgrading with points and upgrading with vouchers?

  • Rob says:

    27 Feb27 February 09:20

    I mean … perhaps you can do it, I don’t know. If you have a standard room booked at Best Flexible Rate then perhaps the call centre can do it. I’ve never heard of it being done but then I doubt many people try it.

    • Gordon says:

      27 Feb27 February 09:30

      As I said, I’ve never tried it, hence the suggestion to call first before cancelling the existing reservation.

  • Niall says:

    27 Feb27 February 09:39

    Rob is definitely right and yes the procedure is different between using points with your cash to ‘upgrade’ to a suite (or club room) vs using a suite upgrade award voucher which you used to call to apply but actually now you can use it on the app with just one minor limitation I noticed on use of a corp rate.

    Not sure it’s even worth calling to try if you have a flexible rate booked so long as the price hasn’t changed much. In that case I’d just make another booking then cancel the original (do be sure the original is cancellable!)

    • Niall says:

      27 Feb27 February 09:59

      Apologies that I didn’t read in full! It is flexible but the cash price is now much higher. It is worth a call I guess, but normally this wouldn’t be allowed.

• HotinNewcastle says:

  27 Feb27 February 10:54

  Quick Q – i’m thinking of buying points for stay later in the year, but wondering if anyone has ever bought Hyatt Guest of Honor Certificate off like ebay etc to use and has that been successful or can the seller (eg on ebay) withdraw the certificate/resind it later on – maybe a Hyatt Globalist member can comment on how it works?

  • Gordon says:

    27 Feb27 February 11:00

    The comments in the below article, will give you an insight on this!

    https://www.headforpoints.com/2025/02/23/review-is-world-of-hyatt-the-best-hotel-loyalty-scheme-part-2/

    • HotinNewcastle says:

      27 Feb27 February 13:58

      Thanks Gordon, will have a read and the forum.

  • Rob says:

    27 Feb27 February 11:20

    These will dry up massively after 28th February because the huge number dropped onto the market last year – every Globalist was given 5 as an introductory offer – expire.

    The only people who will have them after 1st March are people who select them as Milestone Rewards (and why take them to sell on eBay when you could take another Milestone Reward which is more valuable?) or Lifetime Globalists.

    • Ziggy says:

      27 Feb27 February 12:41

      WoH members will automatically get a GOH award when hitting the 40, 60, 70, 80, 90, 110, 120, 130, and 140 night milestones. No selection required.

  • pauldb says:

    27 Feb27 February 13:16

    If I’ve earned a GOH I can transfer it your WOH account. If you then use it for a reservation you’re pretty safe: I can’t touch it.
    Hopefully if I received/acquired the GOH for someone else I could still “trade” it to you but it cannot be transferred a second time. I would have to apply it myself to your booking (you’d have to give me your res no and surname). In that case, I could decide to cancel your res and get my GOH back.
    You would need to be clear what you’re buying.
    There’s an active Facebook group for exchanging Hyatt awards. If you have something non-Hyatt to exchange legitimately you can try and pick up a GOH there.

    • HotinNewcastle says:

      27 Feb27 February 13:58

      Thanks for the detailed explanation, that’s helpful indeed. Will have a look at the FB group. Luckily don’t need it till later in the year but wanted to lock in some rooms before the points category changes in March.

• Joe says:

  27 Feb27 February 17:36

  Hyatt is genuinely the best scheme out there. I put my money where my mouth is with 230 nights last year. I imagine we’ll see it be slowly cut as the brand grows but tremendous value to be had right now. I just booked 7 nights at the Park Hyatt Kyoto which was selling for ~$25k all on points.

  • BSI1978 says:

    27 Feb27 February 17:50

    Stating the obvious here Joe but that’s a lot of nights in one calendar year!

    I’m assuming you aren’t UK based to have done 230 nights in Hyatt properties? Is there a tier above Globalist….?!

    • Gordon says:

      27 Feb27 February 18:04

      Lifetime Globalist – 1,000,000 Lifetime Base Points.

    • Joe says:

      27 Feb27 February 19:02

      There is technically a thing called Courtesy Card which I think is issued to a v limited number of people. I don’t think I’m valuable enough to get that invite.

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