The Promotion

Below are details of the Hyatt 25% bonus points promotion:

• Offer available with purchases made between 12:00 am ET November 1, 2024 and 11:59 pm ET January 4, 2025.
• Purchase 3,000 or more Bonus Points in a single transaction and get a 25% Bonus
• In order to participate in a purchase transaction, you must be a member for at least 60 days to purchase or receive Bonus Points
• Bonus Points will be awarded upon completion of individual transactions.
• Bonus Points can be purchased in increments of 1,000, up to 55,000 points per calendar year
• I may receive a commission if you purchase points through my link

If you purchase 55,000 points you will get 13,750 bonus points for a total of 68,750 points. The total cost is $1,320, about 2.0 cents per point.  Last time they ran this promotion the bonus was 40% so it’s not quite as high as it has ever been.

Redeeming Hyatt points for free nights

Below is the current award chart for Hyatt hotels, starting at as little as 5,000 points in a standard room, and goes up to 60,000 points in a suite at Hyatt’s most aspirational hotels.

As I have written before, one option to use your points is to stay at the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar.  You can still save money even if you use points purchased to redeem a night.

(SEE ALSO: How Buying Points Saved Me 80% On A Recent Hotel Stay)

As an example, for the upcoming President’s Day weekend in February, the average nightly rate for the 3-day weekend is over $1,000 per night. With taxes and fees, 3 nights will cost you $3,728.08 in total (there are lots of taxes!)

Alternatively, you can use 29,000 points per night, or 87,000 points total for the entire weekend. You can’t buy 87,000 points at once, but if you could at this rate, it would only cost you about $1,600, saving you over 50% on the cost of this room.

When I stayed at the Hyatt Zilara Montego Bay Jamaica, the cash cost was $620 / night plus tax! So if you were planning on staying there, buying points would be a cheaper option as well. I generally do not recommend buying points speculatively, but if you have a specific redemption like this, it could make sense

Getting More World of Hyatt points

One of the best ways to get a bunch of Hyatt (or any other) points is through judicious use of signing up for credit cards. There are two Hyatt credit cards that give you World of Hyatt points

• The World of Hyatt Credit Card – Earn up to 60,000 Bonus Points. Earn 30,000 Bonus Points after you spend $3,000 on purchases in your first 3 months from account opening. Plus, up to 30,000 More Bonus Points by earning 2 Bonus Points total per $1 spent in the first 6 months from account opening on purchases that normally earn 1 Bonus Point, on up to $15,000 spent. $95 annual fee
• World of Hyatt Business Credit Card – 60,000 Bonus Points after you spend $5,000 on purchases in your first 3 months from account opening. $199 annual fee

Chase Ultimate Rewards points transfer 1:1 to Hyatt if you have a premium card like the Chase Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card or Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card, so that can be another way to get a good stash of Hyatt points.

• Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card – Earn 60,000 bonus points after $4,000 in purchases in your first 3 months from account opening. $95 annual fee.
• Chase Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card – Earn 90,000 bonus points after you spend $8,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. $95 annual fee

Should you buy Hyatt points with a 25% bonus?

Purchased points or airline miles can represent great value sometimes. But as always, you need to crunch the numbers to ensure it makes sense.

(SEE ALSO: When is buying airline miles worth it? In ONLY these 3 instances)

During the past two years, Hyatt has offered bonus on purchase points about four times a year, and the maximum bonus ranged from 20% to 40%. So the current promotion is on the low side. As I always say, if you don’t have an urgent need for Hyatt points, I would recommend waiting for the next promotion with higher bonus.  I generally would only buy Hyatt or any other type of miles or points if you have a specific short-term need for them

Buy Hyatt points here through January 4th

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