World of Hyatt has today launched its fall 2023 global promotion, after opening registration several weeks back. The program hasn’t had a global promotion since this spring, so I’m sure many people are happy to see the return of an offer. While this promotion is better than nothing, it’s also not the most exciting offer we’ve seen from the program.
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World of Hyatt fall 2023 global promotion details
World of Hyatt’s Bonus Journeys promotion is live for stays as of today, so be sure you register. This offer is valid for stays globally between October 6 and November 30, 2023. With this offer, you can:
- Earn 3,000 bonus points for every three qualifying nights, up to a total of 21,000 bonus points, at all properties globally
- Those with the World of Hyatt Credit Card (review) or World of Hyatt Business Credit Card (review) can earn an additional 1,000 bonus points for every three nights at 550+ participating hotels, up to a total of 7,000 bonus points
That means between those two aspects of the offer, you could earn up to 28,000 bonus points.
There are some details to be aware of with this promotion:
- Registration is required prior to your first eligible stay, and between September 12 and November 10, 2023
- The promotion kicks in starting with your first stay; the nights requirements are cumulative, so you’re rewarded the same whether you make one stay of three nights or three stays of one night
- The main promotion is valid for stays at all Hyatt properties, Small Luxury Hotels of the World locations, and Lindblad Expeditions; meanwhile the credit card promotion only applies at select properties
- Any stay booked directly with Hyatt qualifies toward the promotion, including stays booked prior to the start of the promotion, as well as award stays
- The check-out dates must fall within the promotion period, so in order for a stay to be eligible, you must check-out between October 6 and November 30, 2023
- You can earn up to 28,000 World of Hyatt bonus points with this promotion, and you’d accrue that after spending 21 nights at eligible hotels
- Only one room can qualify toward this promotion; so while you can earn points for multiple rooms, you would only earn the bonus based on one room
Crunching the numbers on Hyatt’s promotion
How lucrative is World of Hyatt’s Bonus Journeys promotion? For context, I value World of Hyatt points at ~1.5 cents each:
- With the main part of this promotion, you’re earning 1,000 bonus points per night in the right increments, which is a ~$15 return per night
- With the credit card portion of the promotion, you’re earning 333 bonus points per night in the right increments (but only at some properties), which is ~$5 per night
So for your first 21 nights, you’d earn anywhere from 1,000 to 1,333 bonus points per night. I’d say that’s not bad if you’re staying at an inexpensive property (especially if redeeming points), while it’s not going to move the needly much for a stay at an expensive property.
Just to recap World of Hyatt’s regular points earning rates:
- World of Hyatt members ordinarily earn 5x base points per dollar spent at Hyatt properties
- Elite members receive further bonuses — Discoverists earn an extra 0.5x points per dollar spent, Explorists earn an extra 1.0x points per dollar spent, and Globalists earn an extra 1.5x points per dollar spent
- If you pay with the World of Hyatt Credit Card (review) or World of Hyatt Business Credit Card (review) you earn an extra 4x points per dollar spent
As a Globalist member paying with a co-branded credit card, I’m ordinarily earning 10.5x points per dollar spent, which is a 15.75% return. Then eligible stays with this promotion would earn me 1,000-1,333 bonus points per night.
Other World of Hyatt offers to take advantage of
In addition to the new World of Hyatt promotion, keep in mind the other ongoing offers from World of Hyatt:
- You can earn 500 bonus points when you stay at a new Hyatt hotel
- You can earn a free Category 1-4 free night when you stay at new Hyatt brands with the Brand Explorer promotion
- American AAdvantage and World of Hyatt have a partnership, allowing elite AAdvantage members to earn bonus American miles for Hyatt stays
- You can maximize value with Hyatt stays by booking through the Hyatt Privé program
Other ways to earn World of Hyatt points
If you’re looking to earn more World of Hyatt points, the good news is that Hyatt points are pretty easy to come by. In addition to being able to earn World of Hyatt points with the World of Hyatt Credit Card (review) or World of Hyatt Business Credit Card (review), you can also transfer over points from Ultimate Rewards. This is one of my favorite uses of Chase points.
- Earn 4x Points at Hyatt Properties
- Free Night Every Year
- Complimentary Discoverist Status
- $95
- Earn 4x Points at Hyatt Properties
- Complimentary Discoverist Status
- Gift Discoverist Status up to 5 Employees
- $199
- 5x total points on travel purchased through Chase Ultimate Rewards®
- 3x points on dining
- 2x points on travel purchases
- $95
- 3x points on Travel after the $300 Annual Travel Credit
- 3x points on Dining
- $300 Travel Credit
- $550
- Earn 3x points on travel
- Earn 3x points on shipping purchases
- Cell Phone Protection
- $95
- Earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on all purchases
- Car Rental Coverage
- Extended Warranty Protection
- $0
- Earn 5% Cash Back at office supply stores
- Earn 5% Cash Back on internet, cable TV, mobile phones, and landlines
- Car Rental Coverage
- $0
- Earn 3% Cash Back on Dining
- Earn 3% Cash Back at Drugstores
- Earn 1.5% Cash Back On All Other Purchases
- $0
See this post for everything you need to know about earning Hyatt points with credit cards. On top of that, World of Hyatt frequently sells points at a discount.
Bottom line
World of Hyatt has just launched its latest Bonus Journeys promotion, so be sure to register. Between October 6 and November 30, members can earn 3,000 bonus points after every three nights at all properties globally, and those with a co-branded Hyatt card can earn 1,000 bonus points after every three nights at select properties. Between the two offers, you can earn a total of up to 28,000 bonus points.
What do you make of the fall 2023 World of Hyatt Bonus Journeys promotion?
How is it that only 71 hotels in California, plus a couple in Illinois and Indiana are apparently part of the 1k CC bonus promo??
Award stays count?
I had 1 night at a qualifying California property on cash. Then 3 out of California. Only got 3k total, not 4K. Debating a mattress run to a qualifying CA property vs spending on the CC for the last nights needed to get back to Globalist
Kind of an underwhelming destination on this promotion.
28,000 points is 62% of a category 8 award night.
While promos are far fewer this year and the campaign period is also shortened thanks to leisure travel recovery/booming, Hyatt still deserve credit for "All stays count." In comparison, Bonvoy hate award nights with a passion.
FYI, you do not need to check in on or after 10/6. All nights from 10/6 onwards count for promotion, even on stays that started before 10/6. This was confirmed by twitter team, as I am currently on a stay that started on 10/4, and wanted to know if I should rebook to make stays separate, they said it was unnecessary to split booking, all nights 10/6 onward will count.
You fogot to mention Bilt as a transfer partner
IMO the way to maximize this promotion is through cat 1 award stays. Particularly if you get the low rate. Also a great opportunity for mattress running and the AA status match.
For a low cat 1 you would be getting back 1333 on a 3500 redemption is like 38%.
You could potentially get 21 nights for 45.5k points or 10 for 21.7k which could get you explorist or globalist respectively doing the...
IMO the way to maximize this promotion is through cat 1 award stays. Particularly if you get the low rate. Also a great opportunity for mattress running and the AA status match.
For a low cat 1 you would be getting back 1333 on a 3500 redemption is like 38%.
You could potentially get 21 nights for 45.5k points or 10 for 21.7k which could get you explorist or globalist respectively doing the AA Hyatt status match.
I have a property in mind near the beach that's 3500 points with a cash rate of $190 in late October. I'll be getting over 8cpp at 2167 points a night. I'm going to go ahead and book a week. I can always cancel later if scheduling doesn't work out.
I can see how this wouldn't excite you Ben as you're not going to slum it at Hyatt place (kidding... kinda ) but there's good value for less aspirational properties.
Have you checked the participating hotels? Mostly California and illinois. I don’t think you’re going to find any 3500 hotels for this promo. Please prove me wrong!
This is incorrect. 555 hotels worldwide are participating...that's nearly half of all Hyatt properties.
https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/promo/bonus-journeys-participating-hotels
There, proven wrong.
*sighs*
Of *course* the promo starts 10/6, when my next Hyatt stay is 10/4-10/5, and then five nights scheduled between 10/6 and 11/30. >_<
I'll just have to find a rationale for an extra night somewhere, although even if I don't, the five nights I have booked will gain me a free night (30EQN award), which is way more valuable than 3000 points.