Hyatt 500 Bonus Points Per Booking
Hyatt is my hotel loyalty program of choice, so I am always glad when they release bonus points promotions. Currently they have their very lucrative (if you stay enough nights) More Points More Play promo and now they have added another much simpler deal to the mix.
The Offer
Book your stay on the Hyatt app from September 1 to November 30, 2016 and earn 500 Hyatt Gold Passport® bonus points
Key Terms
- To earn 500 Hyatt Gold Passport® points under this offer, you must book a new stay on an Eligible Rate through the Hyatt App or the Hyatt Mobile Site.
- Both reservation and stay must be made and completed September 1, 2016 through November 30, 2016 at any Hyatt hotel, excluding M life resorts.
- Eligible Rate is defined in the Hyatt Gold Passport terms and conditions.
- All hotel reservations are subject to availability and must be made in advance.
- Only one 500 bonus point bonus may be earned per member, per stay, regardless of how many rooms are booked.
You can find the full details and terms here.
Analysis
First off, I wish I had heard about this two weeks ago, since I booked and completed a couple of stays since September 1 where I could have earned the bonus. Thankfully I know one of them was booked on the mobile website and per the terms that should qualify. I’ll make sure to use the mobile website for all future bookings as well.
I roughly see Hyatt points as worth $.02 each in retail value. Most of the time my redemptions are worth more than that number. You can assign whatever value you would like to the points, but this bonus is worth around $10 in my book. Considering I do a lot of 1 night stays, that is a pretty hefty rebate and one which will be appreciated.
Conclusion
This promo is nice considering it’s automatic and you don’t need to register for anything. Just make sure to book your stays either through the app or mobile website and collect your extra points. If you are planning a lot of shorter stays to max out More Points More Play, then this just made things a lot sweeter!
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Shawn, does this stack with the 10% points back promotion Hyatt is running for Hyatt card holders? Just wanted to double-check. That would be pretty chill to be able to only be paying 4,000 points in the end for a category 1…
Also, would it work to do separate reservations for each night of a consecutive stay, or if they merge them upon check in then it wouldn’t code correctly for the 500?
Correct. They will merge separate reservations for consecutive nights so you will only get 1 bonus.
Yes but it will only work for paid stays I believe. Points + Cash should work though.
Do consecutive nights on 2 reservations count for 1 or 2?
Standard award nights count?
Obviously, my immediate response is to see if I can book any of my upcoming 14 nights (most single night stays) on the app and then cancel already booked ones.
Love the opportunity to Triple-Dip during September, but I fear many of my P+C bookings wouldn’t still be available.
As always Shawn, love your blog!
Thanks John. Definitely a good idea to make the new booking before cancelling the old one!