Hyatt hosted the author in Chicago for conferences about modifications made to its program and offered a complimentary two-night keep on the Park Hyatt Chicago. The opinions expressed on this story are totally the writer’s and weren’t topic to evaluation by Hyatt.
World of Hyatt simply introduced a number of modifications it is making to its loyalty program that can go into impact in 2024. I am all the time nervous when a loyalty program I take advantage of broadcasts it is modifying the present rewards construction because it’s typically not excellent news. However, I am glad to report the upcoming World of Hyatt modifications are all seemingly constructive. And I think most different loyalists of this resort chain might be happy with the upcoming modifications made to its program.
Though Hyatt acquired Mr & Mrs Smith in April 2023, not one of the modifications or bulletins are (surprisingly) about Mr & Mrs Smith. So, hold studying as we dive into the modifications you may see within the World of Hyatt program in 2024.
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World of Hyatt makes modifications to Milestone Rewards
World of Hyatt is making its Milestone Rewards extra significant and related by giving members a alternative at most milestone tiers. Hyatt Milestone Rewards will nonetheless begin at 20 qualifying nights or 35,000 base factors inside a calendar yr. However beginning in 2024, you may have extra (and a few new) decisions at most tiers and earn Milestone Rewards as much as 150 qualifying nights per yr.
“The brand new Milestone Rewards are rooted in what we heard from our members — we understood they needed extra rewards and extra alternative — so we’re providing a wider array of choices to craft their journey journey, care for his or her wellbeing and immerse themselves within the transformative experiences that World of Hyatt gives,” stated Amy Weinberg, Hyatt’s senior vice chairman, model, loyalty and knowledge.
This is a have a look at how the prevailing and upcoming Milestone Rewards choices evaluate:
| Milestone | Reward in 2023 | Reward beginning in 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 20 nights or 35,000 base factors | Two membership entry awards | A 2k subsequent keep award, two membership entry awards or a $25 FIND Experiences credit score |
| 30 nights or 50,000 base factors | Two membership entry awards and one Class 1-4 free evening award | One Class 1-4 free evening award and a alternative of a 2k subsequent keep award, two membership entry awards or a $25 Discover Expertise credit score |
| 40 nights or 65,000 base factors | 5,000 bonus factors, a $100 Hyatt present card or a $150 FIND Expertise credit score | One Visitor of Honor award and a alternative of 5,000 bonus factors, one suite improve award or a $150 Discover Expertise credit score |
| 50 nights or 80,000 base factors | Two suite improve awards | 5,000 bonus factors, two suite improve awards or a $150 FIND Expertise credit score |
| 60 nights or 100,000 base factors | One Class 1-7 free evening award, two suite improve awards and entry to My Hyatt Concierge | Two Visitor of Honor awards, one Class 1-7 free evening award, two suite improve awards and entry to My Hyatt Concierge |
| 70, 80 and 90 nights | 10,000 bonus factors or a collection improve award | One Visitor of Honor award and a alternative of 10,000 bonus factors, one suite improve award or a $300 FIND Expertise credit score |
| 100 nights | 10,000 bonus factors or a collection improve award | One Class 1-7 free evening award and a alternative of 10,000 bonus factors, one suite improve award or a Miraval additional evening |
| 110, 120, 130 and 140 nights | None | One Visitor of Honor award and a alternative of 10,000 bonus factors, one suite improve award or a Miraval additional evening |
| 150 nights | None | One Final free evening award and a alternative of 10,000 bonus factors, one suite improve award or a Miraval additional evening |
When there’s a alternative, you may nonetheless want to decide on inside 90 days of incomes the Milestone Reward. Listed here are extra particulars in regards to the new Milestone Rewards decisions:
- 2k subsequent keep award: Earn 2,000 bonus factors in your subsequent eligible paid or award keep at a Hyatt Place, Hyatt Home, Caption by Hyatt or UrCove resort (award expires 180 days after you select it).
- Visitor of Honor award: Reward somebody a Globalist expertise for as much as seven nights on an eligible paid or award keep.
- Miraval additional evening award: Keep one eligible paid or award evening at any Miraval resort and obtain a complimentary second evening (restricted to straightforward rooms as much as double occupancy; you’ll need to name to e book).
- Final free evening award: Get pleasure from one free evening in any collaborating Class 1-8 resort, Class A-F all-inclusive resort or a collaborating Miraval resort (as much as double occupancy for all-inclusive and Miraval resorts).
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Though the FIND Experiences credit aren’t a brand new possibility, we did make clear that these credit are stackable. So, you can choose these credit at a number of milestones after which use a number of credit to e book a single expertise. However you may’t use a collection improve and Visitor of Honor awards on the identical journey.
Most awards you may earn as Milestone Rewards, together with Visitor of Honor awards, are legitimate for your complete calendar yr that you simply chosen the award, plus 14 further months. So, choosing a Visitor of Honor award in mid-2024 can be legitimate via the tip of February 2026.
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World of Hyatt Visitor of Honor 2024 modifications
As you probably picked up from the earlier part, World of Hyatt will finish the limitless Visitor of Honor profit accessible to Globalist elite members on the finish of 2023. Beginning in 2024, World of Hyatt members can earn Visitor of Honor awards via the Hyatt Milestone Rewards program.
Members will earn one Visitor of Honor award after 40 nights (or 65,000 base factors) — supplying you with an opportunity to earn a Visitor of Honor award with out (or earlier than) reaching Globalist standing. You will additionally earn two Visitor of Honor awards when you attain 60 nights (or 100,000 base factors) in a calendar yr and one other Visitor of Honor award after 70, 80, 90, 110, 120, 130 and 140 nights in a calendar yr.
You need to use a Visitor of Honor award by yourself keep in the event you do not have already got Globalist standing, giving Explorist members who attain 40 nights (or 65,000 base factors) an opportunity to get pleasure from Globalist perks on a keep of as much as seven nights, even when they do not earn Globalist standing. Beginning in 2024, you should utilize every Visitor of Honor award on an eligible paid or award keep of as much as seven nights.
Nevertheless, every time you employ a Visitor of Honor award for an additional member’s keep, you may get one elite-qualifying evening as soon as the opposite member completes their keep. You will not get this elite-qualifying evening in the event you use the Visitor of Honor award for your self.
In January 2024, Hyatt will deposit 5 Visitor of Honor awards into the accounts of all Globalist (together with lifetime Globalist) members. These awards might be legitimate via the tip of February 2025. Then, beginning in 2025, Hyatt will deposit 5 Visitor of Honor awards every March into the accounts of lifetime Globalist members. Hyatt confirmed that the entire different present lifetime Globalist advantages will stay.
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Gifting World of Hyatt awards
In early 2024, Hyatt plans so as to add the flexibility to present most award sorts — together with suite improve awards, membership entry awards and Visitor of Honor awards — to a different member via the World of Hyatt app or web site. The one awards you will not be capable of present are My Hyatt Concierge and the 2k subsequent keep award.
When you present an award, that member can use it to e book a keep from their World of Hyatt account. Nevertheless, as soon as an award is presented, you may’t take it again and it may’t be regifted. So, make certain you wish to switch an award to a different member’s account earlier than you achieve this.
For Visitor of Honor awards, it’s possible you’ll wish to keep away from gifting these awards to different members. As an alternative, you may proceed to name Hyatt or contact your My Hyatt Concierge to e book a keep for an additional member utilizing your bank card and factors. The draw back of doing so is that you’re going to must pay for the keep — though the opposite member can nonetheless switch Hyatt factors to you for the reserving. However the constructive is that you’re going to get the Visitor of Honor award again into your account if the keep is canceled.
Though you may present suite improve awards and membership entry awards to a different member on-line, you may nonetheless must name Hyatt or contact your My Hyatt Concierge to use these awards to an eligible keep. And, a minimum of for now, Hyatt nonetheless requires members to fill out the paper kind to switch factors to a different member.
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Hyatt makes modifications to incomes elite standing for Conferences and occasions
World of Hyatt can also be altering how members earn elite-qualifying nights towards Milestone Rewards and Hyatt elite standing via internet hosting conferences and occasions.
The present World of Hyatt program allows you to earn elite standing via qualifying nights, base factors or hosted conferences and occasions. However beginning in 2024, you may earn two qualifying evening credit per $5,000 in eligible spending (as much as 60 qualifying evening credit per yr) booked to a bunch grasp account.
This implies you may earn qualifying nights from internet hosting occasions, whether or not you are a enterprise skilled planning a number of occasions or a member internet hosting only one wedding ceremony or household reunion. Better of all, you do not want a set variety of rooms connected to your assembly.
Hyatt journey advisers, together with Hyatt Prive advisers, will earn two qualifying nights per $5,000 in eligible spending when stays are booked via qualifying strategies. Hyatt Leverage account directors may even earn two qualifying nights per $5,000 in room spending once they e book room nights for different members (stays they e book for themselves will not rely).
This variation lets members — together with assembly and occasion planners, journey advisers and small enterprise directors — qualify for Hyatt elite standing and Milestone Rewards based mostly on a combination of occasions and their very own journey.
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Backside line
Hyatt says it goals to redefine loyalty and alter what it means to be (and really feel) rewarded as a member with these program updates. I am happy with these modifications as a World of Hyatt Globalist member. Not one of the modifications are destructive for me, as I need not e book a couple of or two Visitor of Honor stays for family and friends every calendar yr.
I am excited to pick one thing moreover membership entry awards on the 20-night (or 35,000 base factors) and 30-night (or 50,000 base factors) milestones. I’ve but to discover a use for my membership entry awards and incessantly keep at Hyatt Place and Hyatt Home properties, so I am going to fortunately choose a 2k subsequent keep award at these milestones. I am additionally excited to decide on as much as 5 suite improve awards — presently, I can select as much as 4 — every year as I keep 60 nights (or earn 100,000 base factors) to qualify for Globalist standing.
Having the ability to present awards extra simply might be a significant plus for some Hyatt members. Incomes a Visitor of Honor award at 40 nights might be nice for Explorist members, and utilizing Visitor of Honor awards on qualifying paid and award stays offers extra choices. Those that spend greater than 100 nights per yr with Hyatt will definitely admire the addition of Milestone Rewards at 110, 120, 130, 140 and 150 nights.
The one actual losers with these modifications are assembly and occasion planners who get pleasure from qualifying for standing based mostly on internet hosting many comparatively cheap occasions and Globalist members who get pleasure from making numerous Visitor of Honor bookings for family and friends. Hyatt says the typical Globalist makes two Visitor of Honor bookings every year, although, so most members will probably nonetheless earn sufficient Visitor of Honor awards to fulfill their wants.
You may learn extra in regards to the upcoming modifications on the Hyatt web site and take a look at the upcoming phrases and situations.
