Time’s operating out to lock in reservations at greater than 200 World of Hyatt properties.
Starting Tuesday, March 24, 214 inns within the World of Hyatt portfolio would require extra factors.
Across the properties going up, there can be a median worth enhance of greater than 5,000 World of Hyatt factors … per night time. That’s not nice information, however there may be nonetheless time to lock in redemptions at a few of our favourite inns earlier than costs enhance.
Related: Suddenly, my Hyatt free night time certificates really feel nugatory
Our recommendation is to ebook now or without end maintain your peace. You can lock in stays 13 months out (by way of April 2024) on the present award charges, and the overwhelming majority enable free cancellations in case your plans finally change.
To get you began, listed here are a number of of our favourite inns to think about earlier than award costs enhance.
Hotels going from Category 4 to five
Unfortunately, there are a lot of high properties that may quickly be out of attain through free night time certificates. These awards are given out in a number of methods, together with through the World of Hyatt Credit Card or by reaching sure qualifying night time thresholds throughout the yr.
Here’s a partial checklist of these properties that may not be eligible.
- Andaz San Diego.
- Chicago Athletic Association.
- The Eliza Jane.
- Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve Puerto Rico.
- Grand Hyatt Jeju.
- Grand Hyatt Seoul.
- Park Hyatt Saigon.
- Hyatt Regency Amsterdam.
- Thompson Madrid.
- Hyatt Place Moab.
- Hyatt House Naples/fifth Avenue.
- Lahaina Shores Beach Resort, a Destination by Hyatt Residence.
Let’s take a more in-depth take a look at three of those properties that signify significantly nice worth.
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Andaz San Diego
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Andaz San Diego. CLINT HENDERSON/THE POINTS GUY
Why you must keep there
Andaz San Diego is a pleasant property within the coronary heart of the Gaslamp Quarter in downtown San Diego, near well-liked eating places and a ton of nightlife. The rooms are up to date, and the service is pleasant and environment friendly from the entrance desk to the restaurant workers. There is a hopping rooftop bar with nice views of town.
What it’s going to value
- The Andaz San Diego goes from Category 4 to Category 5. When these modifications take impact, it’ll exit of vary of a Category 4 award certificates.
- Award nights for normal rooms enhance from 12,000-18,000 factors per night time to 17,000-23,000 factors per night time.
Chicago Athletic Association
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Chicago Athletic Association. HYATT
Why you must keep there
Chicago Athletic Association is housed in a basic constructing — previously an 1893-era personal athletic membership. The constructing might date to the late nineteenth century, however the rooms are refreshed and midcentury trendy.
The central Chicago location can also be a promoting level, because the property sits close to Millennium Park and the Art Institute of Chicago. It even has an on-site Shake Shack and a bocce ball court docket.
What it’s going to value
- Chicago Athletic Association goes from Category 4 to Category 5. When these modifications take impact, it’ll exit of vary of a Category 4 award certificates.
- Award nights for normal rooms enhance from 12,000-18,000 factors per night time to 17,000-23,000 factors per night time.
Related: Book this, not that in Chicago
The Eliza Jane
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The Eliza Jane. HYATT
Why you must keep there
The Eliza Jane was a candy spot for a lot of trying to go to New Orleans because it was new, stylish, well-located, and nonetheless eligible for the Hyatt Category 1-4 award nights.
What it’s going to value
- Eliza Jane goes from Category 4 to Category 5. When these modifications take impact, it’ll exit of vary of a Category 4 award certificates.
- Award nights for normal rooms enhance from 12,000-18,000 factors per night time to 17,000-23,000 factors per night time.
Related: Here’s how one can rapidly replenish on Hyatt factors to your subsequent trip
Hotels going from Category 7 to eight
Unfortunately, Hyatt can also be making some properties out of attain for even its extra unique free night time certificates. Category 1-7 free night time certificates are supplied whenever you move 60 elite nights and qualify for World of Hyatt Globalist standing.
These properties are shifting out of vary of that precious certificates:
- Alila Marea Beach Resort Encinitas.
- Carmel Valley Ranch.
- Hyatt Carmel Highlands, Overlooking Big Sur Coast & Highlands Inn, A Hyatt Residence Club.
- Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort and Spa.
- Hyatt Centric Key West Resort & Spa.
- Wentworth Mansion.
- The Lodge at Spruce Creek.
- Ksar Char-Bagh.
- Viceroy Bali.
- Hotel Gajoen Tokyo.
- Keemala.
- Hotel Excelsior Dubrovnik.
- Hotel Martinez.
- Le Narcisse Blanc Hotel & Spa.
- Boheme Hotel.
- Mykonos Riviera Hotel & Spa.
- 7Pines Resort Sardinia.
- Ca’Sagredo Hotel.
- Grand Hotel Cocumella.
- La Villa del Re.
- Margutta 19.
- Villa Spalletti Trivelli.
- Boutique Hotel Villa Geba.
- El Lodge Ski and Spa.
- Nobu Hotel Marbella.
- Grand Hotel Villa Castagnola.
- Park Hyatt Zurich.
- Villa Orselina.
Park Hyatt Zurich
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Park Hyatt Zurich. CAPE PEMBROKE/HYATT
Why you must keep there
The Park Hyatt Zurich is a glossy and trendy midrise within the coronary heart of the monetary capital of Zurich. The trendy paintings hanging on practically each lodge wall is value a go to alone.
What it’s going to value
- The Park Hyatt Zurich goes from Category 7 to Category 8. When these modifications take impact, it’ll exit of vary of Category 1-7 award certificates.
- Award nights for normal rooms enhance from 25,000-35,000 factors per night time to 35,000-45,000 factors per night time.
Park Hyatt Beaver Creek
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Park Hyatt Beaver Creek. SUMMER HULL/THE POINTS GUY
Why you must keep there
Park Hyatt Beaver Creek is a five-star choice in basically each approach if you’d like a ski-out Colorado mountain trip.
Standard rooms routinely value over $1,000 per night time throughout the peak ski season, so staying on factors is a option to have a ski trip that’s as straightforward as stepping out onto the snow and being proper subsequent to the gondola with out spending 1000’s of {dollars} on lodging.
Booking with factors additionally means you get to skip the nightly resort price, and people with Hyatt Globalist standing luck out with saving on mountain costs for breakfast every day.
What it’s going to value
- The Park Hyatt Beaver Creek goes from Category 7 to Category 8. When these modifications take impact, it’ll exit of vary of a Category 7 award certificates.
- Award nights for normal rooms enhance from 25,000-35,000 factors per night time to 35,000-45,000 factors per night time.
- Expect ski season nights to be on the excessive finish of that vary.
Related: Review of the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek
Popular leisure and big-city locations growing
In addition to the painful variety of properties climbing from Category 4 to five and Category 7 to eight, loads of inns are shifting up different ranges on the award chart. Many well-liked leisure resorts and busy metropolis locations will inch up from Category 6 to 7, that means further factors for stays booked as of March 28, 2023.
Here’s a breakdown of some well-liked spots that you must strongly take into account reserving now earlier than costs enhance.
Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa
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Grand Hyatt Kauai. SUMMER HULL/THE POINTS GUY
Why you must keep there
Grand Hyatt Kauai is a big, lush Hawaiian resort in sunny Poipu. It has probably the greatest pool complexes you’ll discover anyplace, with a 1 1/2-acre saltwater lagoon, 150-foot waterslide and a number of layers of swimming pools for taking part in, sunning and swimming.
This lodge additionally has an above-average membership lounge, so those that have or buy entry can save on some meals prices by indulging there.
Standard rooms can value near $1,000 per night time throughout peak occasions, making this a well-liked award redemption location.
What it’s going to value
- The Grand Hyatt Kauai goes from Category 6 to Category 7.
- Award nights for normal rooms enhance from 21,000-29,000 factors per night time to 25,000-35,000 factors per night time.
Related: Review of the Grand Hyatt Kauai
Andaz fifth Avenue
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Andaz fifth Avenue. BENJI STAWSKI/THE POINTS GUY
Why you must keep there
It’s laborious to beat the placement of the Andaz fifth Avenue, given its proximity not solely to fifth Avenue however the New York Public Library, Bryant Park, Broadway and extra. It’s near virtually all the pieces with out being too frantic of a location.
What it’s going to value
- Andaz fifth Avenue goes from Category 6 to Category 7.
- Award nights for normal rooms enhance from 21,000-29,000 factors per night time to 25,000-35,000 factors per night time.
Related: Review of the Andaz fifth Avenue
Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa
Why you must keep there
The Hyatt Regency Maui provides a superb location close to Lahaina on Maui. It’s set on 40 acres on Kaanapali Beach and has an enormous feature-filled swimming pool with a grotto bar, waterslide and bridge proper subsequent to the seashore.
There are a complete of 806 visitor rooms and 31 suites, many with dramatic views of the ocean. This has historically been an effective way to redeem World of Hyatt factors (when out there). However, money costs have soared because the pandemic.
What it’s going to value
- The Hyatt Regency Maui goes from Category 6 to Category 7.
- Award nights for normal rooms enhance from 21,000-29,000 factors per night time to 25,000-35,000 factors per night time.
Related: A assessment of the Hyatt Regency Maui
Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort Spa and Casino
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Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort Spa and Casino. HYATT
Why you must keep there
The Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort Spa and Casino has many facilities in a central location on the seashore. On high of that, it has a big pool advanced with a waterslide, exercise pool and adults pool. Rooms are lately renovated, and because the identify implies, there’s an on-site on line casino.
What it’s going to value
- The Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort Spa and Casino goes from Category 6 to Category 7.
- Award nights for normal rooms enhance from 21,000-29,000 factors per night time to 25,000-35,000 factors per night time.
Grand Hyatt Vail
Why you must keep there
Grand Hyatt Vail is a full-service ski lodge with out fairly as excessive a price ticket because the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek. That will nonetheless be true, however each are going up in award value.
Right now, the utmost you’ll pay for mountain-adjacent lodging on the Grand Hyatt is simply 29,000 Hyatt factors per night time, which is a good deal when you can lock it up.
This just isn’t as ski-out because the Park Hyatt. However, throughout the coronary heart of the season, an on-site ski raise will take you up the mountain, although it’s good to be a sophisticated newbie to an intermediate skier to traverse that terrain. In different phrases, you’ll nonetheless must take the shuttle to ski college for brand spanking new skiers.
What it’s going to value
- The Grand Hyatt Vail goes from Category 6 to Category 7.
- Award nights for normal rooms enhance from 21,000-29,000 factors per night time to 25,000-35,000 factors per night time.
- Expect customary rooms to fall on the high finish of these ranges throughout a lot of the ski season.
Related: Guide to visiting Vail
All-inclusive resorts are going up
The all-inclusive resorts within the World of Hyatt program additionally took successful. Some will go from costing 25,000 factors per night time for double occupancy to 40,000 factors per night time. Hyatt makes use of a letter system for all-inclusives as a substitute of a numeric class.
Lots of properties are growing one class (for instance, from C to D), and a few are going up two classes (C to E). Some of the favored all-inclusive resorts altering classes are:
- Zoetry Agua Punta Cana.
- Zoetry Casa del Mar Los Cabos.
- Zoetry Montego Bay Jamaica.
- Hyatt Zilara Cap Cana.
- Hyatt Ziva Cap Cana.
- Hyatt Zilara Rose Hall.
- Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall.
- Hyatt Ziva Cancun.
- Hyatt Zilara Cancun.
- Hyatt Ziva Los Cabos.
- Hyatt Ziva Puerto Vallarta.
- Secrets Papagayo Costa Rica.
- Secrets Wild Orchid Montego Bay.
- Secrets St. James Montego Bay.
- Breathless Montego Bay Resort & Spa.
However, earlier than locking in your stays, rigorously assessment the cancellation coverage. Many of those properties impose a $50 price if it’s good to cancel — and most require this at the very least 4 days previous to arrival.
Related: These are essentially the most luxurious all-inclusive resorts
Zoetry Agua Punta Cana
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ZOETRY AGUA PUNA CANA/FACEBOOK
Why you must keep there
The Zoetry model has a number of properties going up in award value, together with the Zoetry Agua Punta Cana, which is subsequent to the water with a number of on-site eating places and customary rooms that begin at over 700 sq. toes.
What it’s going to value
- Zoetry Agua Punta Cana goes from Category C to Category E (shifting up two classes).
- Award nights for normal rooms enhance from 25,000 to 40,000 World of Hyatt factors per night time.
Hyatt Ziva and Zilara Cap Cana
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Hyatt Ziva and Zilara Cap Cana. HYATT
Why you must keep there
The Hyatt Ziva and Zilara Cap Cana within the Dominican Republic are side-by-side resorts, one devoted to adults and the opposite for household vacationers. There’s an on-site seashore, pool and even a water park, making for a enjoyable one-stop-shop resort.
What it’s going to value
- The Hyatt Ziva and Zilara in Cap Cana are going from Category C to Category E (growing two classes).
- Award nights for normal rooms enhance from 25,000 to 40,000 World of Hyatt factors per night time.
Hyatt Zilara and Ziva Rose Hall
Why you must keep there
The Hyatt Zilara Rose Hall and the Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall are two of the perfect all-inclusives in Jamaica. They have been favourite redemptions for folk at TPG through the years, providing good worth in a setting the place meals and drinks are included.
Between the 2 neighboring resorts (one is adults-only, one family-friendly), you’ll discover a number of swimming pools, seashores and lounge areas.
What it’s going to value
- The Hyatt Zilara and Ziva Rose Hall in Montego Bay, Jamaica, are going from Category C to Category D.
- Award nights for normal rooms enhance from 25,000 per night time to 30,000 World of Hyatt factors per night time.
Bottom line
If you need to maximize your free night time awards and World of Hyatt factors at any of the 214 properties going up in worth (view the total checklist), you must do it as quickly as attainable.
As talked about, you may ebook future stays as far out because the calendar permits, sometimes 13 months. These modifications go into impact for bookings made or modified on or after Tuesday, March 28.
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Additional reporting by Kyle Olsen.