World Of Hyatt Business Credit Card Review: Is It Worth Your Attention?

World Of Hyatt Business Credit Card Review

Here is our review of the World of Hyatt Business Credit Card will help to unpack all of the card and offers information. Let’s look at the welcome offer (and its overall value), application rules for who is eligible for this card, and then the features of the card. This will help us arrive at the end: is this card a long-term keeper or not?

Welcome Offer

The current welcome offer for the launch of the World of Hyatt Business Credit Card is as follows:

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• Cardmembers who apply by 10/6/22 and get the card to receive 2 Tier-Qualifying Night Credits for each night you stay from 8/23/22 through 12/31/22.
• Annual fee of $199 is NOT waived the first year.
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This offer is a bit lower than the offer at launch, which was 75,000 points after $7,500 in spend. The spending requirement is a bit easier for people to manage now and their is the limited time offer of double elite credits. Which one is preferable will depend on your goals.

Welcome Offer Restrictions

As with all cards from Chase, there are several application rules to keep in mind.

First, you must be under 5/24 to apply for this card. While business credit cards from Chase will not add to your 5/24 count, you must be under 5/24 to apply. More about this rule here.

Additionally, there is a hard rule of 2/30 for personal credit cards but a recommendation of 1/90 for business cards. What does that mean? You cannot be approved for more than 2 Chase credit cards within 30 days. However, business cards are more difficult in the approval process, so the recommendation is to apply for 1 business card every 90 days.

Since this is a new card, lifetime restrictions or “you cannot earn this welcome offer if you previously…” will not apply to anyone.

You can read more about Chase’s application rules here.

American Express does sometimes have targeted offers with no once per lifetime language.

Earning Structure

The World of Hyatt Business Credit Card comes with the following earning structure:

• 2X World of Hyatt points per $1 spent on your top three of eight spend categories each quarter through December 31, 2023 (recently extended)
• Beginning January 1, 2024, you will earn 2X on the spend in your top two categories.
• There is no cap on points earning.
• Spend categories include:
  • dining
  • airline tickets purchased directly with the airline
  • car rental agencies
  • local transit and commuting
  • gas stations
  • internet, cable, and phone services
  • social media and search engine advertising
  • shipping
• 4X points on stays at Hyatt hotels and resorts, including participating restaurants and spas.
• 2x points for fitness club and gym memberships.
• 1X point on all other purchases.

You can compare this to other card earning opportunities in our list of credit card bonus categories.

Cardmember Perks

The World of Hyatt Business Credit Card comes with the following perks:

• Automatic Discoverist status (the lowest tier in World of Hyatt)
• 5 Tier-qualifying night credits with each $10,000 in spend on the card in a calendar year.
• Earn $100 in Hyatt credit each anniversary year. Spend $50 or more at any Hyatt property and earn $50 in statement credits up to two times each anniversary year.
• Spend $50,000 or more on the card in a calendar year and receive 10% of redeemed points back as Bonus Points for the remainder of the calendar year
• Additional perks include:
  • The ability to gift Discoverist status to up to 5 company employees
  • No fee for employee business cards
  • No foreign transaction fees
  • Complimentary roadside dispatch
  • Primary rental car collision / damage waiver coverage
  • Extended warranty protection
  • Purchase protection
  • Trip cancellation / travel interruption insurance
  • Travel and emergency assistance services
  • Access to Hyatt Leverage, Hyatt’s global business travel program that offers special rates to qualifying small and mid-sized enterprises at participating Hyatt hotels worldwide
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Annual Fee

The World of Hyatt Business Credit Card has a $199 annual fee which is NOT waived.

Summary

The World of Hyatt Business Credit Card has some interesting qualities for Hyatt fans.

Tier-Qualifying Nights

The World of Hyatt Card (personal) earns 2 tier-qualifying nights toward Hyatt status with every $5,000 spent on the card. After spending $10,000 on the card, you would have credit for 4 nights.

With the World of Hyatt Business Credit Card, you earn 5 nights after each $10,000 of spend. That is a 25% increase over earning on the personal card. However, there is no opportunity to earn nights at a lower spending threshold.

$100 Hyatt Hotel Credits

Likely the simples perk on the card to enjoy, you can receive a $50 statement credit in each half of the year after spending at least $50 at Hyatt hotels and resorts. This effectively makes the annual fee on this card $99.

Get 10% Of Your Points Back

For big spenders, you can get 10% of your redeemed World of Hyatt points back after spending $50,000 on the card in a year. Notice that this perk becomes active after spending $50,000 on the card, and it counts toward point redemptions for the remainder of the year–not the whole year.

Spending Categories Adapt To You

There are numerous spending categories on this card, and they adapt to your spending habits. This is a positive for small business owners, as spending categories can change throughout the year. You will earn bonus points based on whatever categories you are currently spending the most in, rather than stuck with categories that may no longer suit you.

Long Term Keep or Cancel

To consider the long-term value of this card, consider the following example.

Imaginary Small Business Owner

For small business owners or Hyatt lovers with a lot of spend to put on the card, this can be a good card. Assuming a small business owner puts $50,000 of spend on the card, that would likely net 100,000 points (assuming they all qualify for the rotating 2x categories and not other earning rates). For the remainder of the year, this person would get 10% of redeemed points back. Additionally, this person would have 25 elite night credits (5 nights at each $10k spent). Explorist status (mid-tier) comes at 30 nights per year, for context.

What’s The Outcome?

While this can sound good, in comparison to other opportunities, it lacks. First, the personal card from Hyatt starts each cardmember with 5 elite night credits per year. The business card does not. While the business card offers a better earning ratio on credit card spend, it must come in bigger chunks.

Additionally, even after this $50,000 of spend on the card, there is no higher level of status or free night award earned. The personal card offers a free night each year when you pay the annual fee PLUS a free night award after spending $15,000 on the card. After spending $15,000 on the card and paying the $95 annual fee, you have 2 free nights and 11 elite night credits. However, after spending $50,000 on the business card, you have no free nights but 25 elite night credits.

What if you matched that spending on the personal card? If you would go on to spend $50,000 total on the personal Hyatt card, you would have 25 elite night credits–just like the business cardholder would (because you start with 5 for free on the personal card). The number of stay credits toward status is the same, but the business card would not provide any free nights to you during this spending. That’s a stark difference in outcomes. You would need to spend at least $60,000 annually on the business card to come out ahead in stay credits, as compared to what you’d get from the personal card. Evaluate which earning style is more beneficial to you.

Comparing To Other Cards

Lastly, when considering bonus categories for points earning, there are other cards that can earn these same rates or better in all areas.

For Hyatt enthusiasts who will put a lot of money on this card, it offers a path toward spending your way to elite status. How? Hyatt Globalist status requires 60 nights of stays or “credits” (from credit card spend) in a calendar year. You could put $120,000 on this card and earn top-tier Globalist status without needing any hotel stays.

For anyone not planning to spend large sums toward the status-earning goal, this may not be a long-term keeper. It lacks free nights and status perks that most hotel credit cards offer.

World of Hyatt Business Credit Card Review – Bottom Line

Bottom line on our World of Hyatt Business Credit Card review: it works for businesses that will put a lot of money on the card and are happy to receive credits toward elite status in return. The welcome offer is attractive, and spending requirements are comparable to other business credit cards from Chase.

The card also comes with perks that are common on most cards these days. It’s likely that other cards in your wallet already offer these perks.

For those who expect free night awards or elite status as a perk on hotel credit cards, this card does not offer either. The ability to earn elite night credits at a higher rate and the effective $99 fee (after using the $100 Hyatt hotel credits) will make this card attractive to some–but likely not to the masses.

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