Buy Hyatt Points with 25% Discount
Update: This offer is back again between 12:00 am ET December 19, 2022 and 11:59 pm ET January 19, 2023. Purchase 5,000 or more Bonus Points in a single transaction and get 25% discount. Bonus Points will be awarded upon completion of an individual transaction. In order to participate in a purchase transaction, you must be a member for at least 60 days to purchase or receive Bonus Points.
World of Hyatt is running a promotion where you can buy Hyatt points with a 25% discount. Purchasing hotel and airline points is usually a bad idea, but when there’s a promotion, it could make sense for certain redemptions. Let’s see how the promotion works and whether it’s worth it.
Offer
Save 25% on points now. Stay when you’re ready. Buy 5,000 Bonus Points or more and get 25% off with purchases made between 12:01 am ET August 31, 2020 and ends 11:59 pm September 30, 2020.
If you buy 5,000 Hyatt points, the minimum required to get the discount, you will pay $90. Regular price would be $120. The price per point with this promotion would be 1.8¢ instead of 2.4¢.
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Offer Terms
- Bonus Points will be awarded upon completion of individual transaction.
- In order to participate in a purchase transaction, you must be a member for at least 30 days to purchase or receive Bonus Points.
- Bonus Points can be purchased in increments of 1,000, up to 55,000 points per calendar year.
- Members can receive points in increments of 1,000, up to 55,000 points per calendar year.
- Additional Bonus Points awarded under this offer do not count towards these maximums. O
- Only purchases made online are eligible for the promotion.
Should You Buy Hyatt Points?
I’m not a fan of buying points. You will never be able to buy points at a price that’s better than the average valuation. If you need a big chunk of points, then welcome bonuses from credit cards are probably the best idea. But buying points could make sense in some instances. If you just need a few thousand points then buying them could be a useful option especially during promotions.
There’s also properties where you can get a better value than 1.8¢ per point. Hyatt has eight award categories with pricing ranging from 5,000 to 40,000 Hyatt points per night and no blackout dates for award nights. If there’s a standard room available, you should be able to book it with points. And if you are purchasing those points at 1.8¢ each, then each night would cost between $90 for a Cat 1 and $720 for Cat 8.
So there is definitely room to get a huge discount even by buying points at 1.8¢. Calala Island for example in Nicaragua costs 40,000 points or over $2,000 per night. Great Scotland Yard Hotel is 25,000 points per night or over $800. Even Hyatt Centric South Beach Miami can cost up to $600 per night, but you can get a room with 20,000 Hyatt points.
While you can get good valuation you would also have to consider if you would be willing to pay those prices in cash. $600 for a one night stay in South Beach is crazy to me, so just because you get a good point valuation, doesn’t mean that it is a great deal.
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Guru’s Wrap-Up
Purchasing Hyatt points at 1.8 cents each could be useful but it is not a great deal in my opinion. We have also seen 30% bonuses in the past.
I would suggest looking at the World of Hyatt Card or World of Hyatt Business Card first, or transferring points from Chase Ultimate Rewards.
If you do plan to buy Hyatt points with this promotion, try going through a portal as well to earn some cashback. The points are sold through Points.com, so they do not count as travel. Use a card such as Blue Business Plus Credit Card from American Express that will get you 2X Membership Rewards points.
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