While the most popular way to redeem World of Hyatt points is for free night award redemptions, there are some lesser known ways to redeem Hyatt points. One of those is the ability to use points for Dining & Spa awards, which can be a surprisingly good deal.
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This is a very intriguing prospect that I wasn't aware of through the Hyatt program. I will definitely want to take advantage of this in the future. Case in point, I took my family to the Andaz Mayakoba a few years ago and we spent a little over $1000 on meals, excursions, spa treatments, and airport transfers. Had this been available when I visited, could I have redeemed 65K points for the cumulative total? Or would I have had to break down the points redemptions for each meal/excursion/spa/airport transfer?
I'm excited about the option of redeeming points for things that I otherwise would have needed to pay in cash. This would go a long way to extending that immensely satisfying "feeling of free", especially for those flush with Hyatt/Chase points.
Why must these decisions be made on a hotel by hotel basis?
I HATE that Hyatt along with other mega-brands are not enforcing their brand requirements across the board. I recently received 2
lounge upgrade certificates from Hyatt. I tried to use them on upcoming stays and was rejected.
"Sorry, the Grand Hyatt Athens does not honor your upgrade certificate".
Why not? If it won't follow the Hyatt brand requirements it should be de-flagged. I switched to Hyatt from Marriott after getting tired of this run-around, only to find it is basically the same.
I've been using WOH points transfers from Chase a lot recently as I've been stuck in a market with a surprising number of Hyatt properties while a total home renovation drags on and on and on. I never would have thought to use convertible points currencies for hotels but here it makes sense as off-peak cat 1 redemptions are 3,500 a night and the properties (Hyatt Places and Hyatt Houses) are all fairly new and of good quality, retailing above $135/night. But for dining and spa incidentals? No way unless you happen to have some huge cache of Hyatt points just sitting around that were earned through stays. There are so many better uses for UR points.
@ Adam -- You should be able to redeem at the end of a stay, but the policy can vary by hotel, so you'll want to check upon arrival (or even before arriving), to avoid disappointment.
Can someone please clarify for me? I don’t have any points sitting in Hyatt & don’t have status. I transfer points over from Chase as needed for redemptions. So if I wanted to use Dining & Spa credit to cover my dining. I don’t quite know how much we’ll spend but say we only spend $700 at the property, which is in between the $1000 credit for 65k but above $500 for 35k. Should I still transfer over 65k to get $1k credit for better value? Will the remaining unused $300 credit just sit in my Hyatt account until I can use it the next time? Or should I be just transferring 35k points from Chase to get $500 credit and pay $200 out of pocket? Thanks!
Can someone please clarify for me? I don’t have any points sitting in Hyatt & don’t have status. I transfer points over from Chase as needed for redemptions. I don’t quite know how much we’ll spend but say we only spend $700 on dining at the property, which is in between the $1000 credit for 65k but above $500 for 35k. Should I still transfer over 65k to get $1k credit for better value? Will the remaining unused $300 credit just sit in my Hyatt account until I can use it the next time? Or should I just be transferring 35k points from Chase to get $500 credit and pay $200 out of pocket? Thanks!