I think that hotel brands have a heck of time right now, trying to prove that their hotels will be properly cleaned and COVID-19 free and also trying to try to keep you brand loyal or convince you to give them some stays.
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Hyatt’s Triple Points Promo
The following is from a Hyatt news release this morning.
Beginning today, World of Hyatt members can register to earn thousands of Bonus Points from June 15 through September 15, 2020, across all Hyatt locations worldwide:
- All members can earn Triple Points on eligible spend starting with their second qualifying stay during the offer period. This includes:
- Participating Hyatt hotels and resorts worldwide across 17 brands such as Thompson Hotels, Hyatt Regency, Andaz, Hyatt Place and Hyatt House.
- Participating MGM Resorts destinations Small Luxury Hotels of the World hotels and Lindblad Expedition experiences.
- Plus, elite World of Hyatt members (Discoverist, Explorist, Globalist) can earn 2,500 Bonus Points on their first qualifying stay from June 15 through September 15, 2020.
To participate, travelers must:
- Be a World of Hyatt member and first register for Bonus Journeys by August 31, 2020 (membership is complimentary).
- Non-elite members can register by visiting hyatt.com/bonusjourneys and elite members can register by visiting here.
- Make an eligible reservation and include their World of Hyatt membership number with their reservation.
- Stay at participating locations with a checkout date between June 15 and September 15, 2020.
Is this enough to tempt you back?
I think the promo does the job if you a) already know you’ll stay somewhere in the next few months and b) value Hyatt points highly, especially if you have Discoverist status or higher (including if you matched to Explorist from MLife Gold).
An Explorist earns 6 points per dollar normally, but earns 18 points per dollar on Hyatt spend starting with the second stay under this offer. Plus, you’ll get 2,500 bonus points on your first stay, if you have any status.
Two $100 stays would earn you 3,100 points on the first stay and 1,800 points on the second stay, for 4,900 total points. I value Hyatt points at 1.6 cents each (I usually get 2cpp+). So you’d be getting an effective $78.40 worth of points on two $100 stays ($200 spend, not including taxes). That’s not bad at all.
While I won’t book a stay just for this promo, I might book two stays there if I was considering two stays anyway.
Afterall, with status already extended by all major chains into 2022, you probably don’t need the stay credit.
Would this get you to stay at Hyatt?
Let me know here, on Twitter, or in the private MilesTalk Facebook group.
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New to all of this? My “introduction to miles and points” book, MilesTalk: Live Your Wildest Travel Dreams Using Miles and Points is available on Amazon and at major booksellers.
