- Discoverist – 5 nights instead of 10 nights.
- Explorist –15 nights instead of 30 nights.
- Globalist –30 nights instead of 60 nights.
If you apply for the Chase World of Hyatt card by 12/31/20, you will receive 10 elite qualifying night credits for 2020 and 10 elite qualifying night credits for 2021, so you can earn Globalist with just 20 stays!
Plus all stays at Hyatt hotels from 10/1/20-12/31/21 count for both 2020 and 2021 status.
Cardholders also receive 5 elite qualifying nights annually, so those thresholds will be even easier to reach. You can also earn 2 elite qualifying nights with every $5,000 spending on the Chase World of Hyatt card and you can earn bonus anniversary nights with spending as well.
If you spend $50,000 on a new Chase World of Hyatt card in 2021 you would earn Globalist status through 2/28/23 via 20 elite qualifying nights from spending and 10 elite qualifying nights with a new card. Plus you would get an anniversary night, a bonus anniversary night for $15K spending, and a 3rd free night for the 30 night milestone tier!
Unfortunately, milestone rewards will not be changing, so you’ll still need to get 50 or 60 nights to get confirmed suite upgrades, a free systemwide night, and a personal concierge. But Globalists still get suites at checkin, free lounge access, free breakfast, waived resort fees on all stays, waived parking fees on award stays, 4pm late checkout, 30% bonus points, and Globalists can share their Globalist benefits on award stays with their friends and family. I even have American Executive Platinum status thanks to being Globalist!
Hyatt is also extending several promotions:
Incentives on paid stays:
- Triple points, starting with your first stay, from 10/1/20
-1/4/21now through 2/28/21 at all hotels worldwide. Registration will close on 1/15. You will get bonus points for any stay with a checkout date of 10/1/20-2/28/21, regardless of when it was booked. You can earn up to 150K bonus points with this promo. - If you have a Hyatt or World of Hyatt credit card then you’ll get quadruple points at 160 participating Hyatt resort properties, 200 SLH properties, and a handful of MGM Resort Destinations. You can earn up to 75K additional bonus points with this promo.
- Hyatt normally awards 5 points per dollar spent, so you’ll earn 15 points per dollar spent with this promo or 20 points per dollar if you are a cardholder at select hotels. Additionally, elites will earn their standard 0.5-1.5 points per dollar spent and Chase World Of Hyatt Credit Cardholders also earn 4 points per dollar spent on their card. As a Globalist cardholder, I could earn 25.5 points per dollar spent at select hotels, which is equal to a whopping 41% rebate at a value of 1.6 cents per point. That’s pretty incredible, though I was really hoping to see a return of Faster Free Nights as hotels try to incentivize people back to travel!
Rebate on award stays:
- Hyatt is also currently offering 15% points rebate on award stays through
10/8now through 2/28/21!. If you have a Hyatt or World of Hyatt credit card then you’ll get a 25% points rebate. There are some amazing bargains on regular awards, plus insane deals on suites and premium suite awards that have been added online. - Registration for this promo is now valid through 1/15. See this post for registration links.
Nice!
Is Hyatt extending an AN reward issued in May 2020 like they did with awards issued earlier?
https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/milespoints/hyatt-extends-points-awards-validity-lowers-award-categories-select-hotels-postpones-program-changes/
so if I have a stay from 2/28 to 3/3 will only the first night get the rebate or would all of it?
“You will get bonus points for any stay with a checkout date of 10/1/20-2/28/21”
For the extensions of paid / award stays. Do we have to re-register if we already did for the one through 01-04-21, or will it automatically update to be through end of feb?
Automatic.
So if I have a 15 night stay over year end that ends Jan1-4 does that get me Gobalist through 2022?
No, why would it?
They have a promo for double elite nights -feb 28 (now)
“All nights count twice for everyone – once when they’re earned and again in 2021 toward elite status and Milestone Rewards”
https://world.hyatt.com/content/gp/en/offers/bonus-journeys-triple-points.html
So that’s once in 2020 and once in 2021, not twice in 2021.
” ends Jan1-4″
If the stay ends between Jan 1-4 then nights get credited for the 2021 year cycle, thus creating x2 elite nights for that stay all credited for 2021.
So a 15 nights stay in 2020 ending in 2021 shall = 30 nights in 2021.
Not following, sorry.
I think you would get Globalist… FAQ 23…..
How will my nights count if I check in during 2020 and check out in 2021?
For every Tier-Qualifying Night on stays completed during the Promotion Period you will earn one bonus Tier-Qualifying Night toward elite status in the year in which it was earned and one bonus Tier-Qualifying Night toward elite status in 2021. Bonus Tier-Qualifying Nights will be awarded two to three weeks after the Promotion Period has ended. If your stay starts during the Promotion Period in 2020 and your checkout date is January 1 – February 28, 2021, your Tier-Qualifying Nights and bonus Tier-Qualifying Nights will all be awarded in 2021.
WOW! Missed that!
That’s what happens when they put out news on Cyber Monday 😀
If the bonus nights count towards the 30 night requirement… basically means Globalist can be had for 56,250 points. 15 nights at 5,000 point location, with 25% points back after the stay. Pretty crazy.
True, but without the confirmed suite upgrades I wouldn’t spend that for status unless I needed some of those stays.
Am i missing something ?
for stays from 10/01/2020 counts for 2021 EQN status regardless when you check out
“and Globalists can share their Globalist benefits on award stays with their friends and family.”
How so guest of honor?
Yes.
Hyatt has set the bar during the pandemic for a large travel corporation. They just keep impressing us. Incredible work!
True story!
If I had 5 nights total in 2020, does that mean Discoverist or this change is only “going forward?”
This is for 2021.
And if the 5 nights were after 10/1/20? I should be good to go?
Only new card members get the 10 elite qualifying nights annually?
Does this mean that you could spend $50k plus the 10 nights to get globalist?
New cardholders get 10 nights in 2020 and 10 nights in 2021. After that it’s 5 nights per year like everyone else.
$50K spending on a new card would earn Globalist through 2/28/23. Plus it would earn a bonus anniversary night and another 1-4 night as the milestone tier for 30 nights.
Ty for your help-Does the spend have to be all in 2020 or only 2021? or can it spread over the two years? New card member spend is $6k which at this point can go into 2021- trying to plan spend
2021.
Thank you- do you lose anniversary-nights if you close a card?
No.
If I currently have 40 qualifying nights 2020, I will not be A globalist status in 2021 ? Even the current status carry’s thru the whole 2021
Are you currently a Globalist?
currently i’m an explorist, i’m up so far at 43 QN
Then why would you be Globalist?
Will credit card spend nights earned in 2020 also be doubled and/or counted for 2021 status?
No.
Wish they did this for 2020 and I would’ve been an hotel elite for the first time…
can i transfer points to a globalist (non household member) for them to book on my behalf?
Yes.
Hyatt will still only be giving 5 EQN to existing cardholders for 2021, correct?
Correct.
Meanwhile, IHG still hasn’t extended the free nights that expire at the end of December.
Dan… guessing Milestone chart stays the same?
Yes.
I have a thirty night stay starting later this week and ending beginning of January. Would that get the the confirmed suite upgrades? Or should I be changing my reservation to 15 days?
Dan, if as a new card member we get 10 nights, then if I have a 10 day stay running from 2020 into 2021, should that equal the 30 nights needed?
Essentially, use the 50k points earned for a 10 day stay at 5k hotel and earned globalist without any spend needed?
Would anyone know…
If I book a hotel stay and Its paid but I don’t arrive
Will Hyatt count it as Qualified night stay ?
Sorry for the ignorant question, when someone earns status in 2020 or 2021 , when does the status go into affect ? Immediately and expires in a year from the earning date? Or Does it work by calender year across the board ?
With my legacy Hyatt card changing over to WoH 1/11/21, how many elite nights would I receive in 2021 for the card? Would I receive 5 in 2022 also?