World Of Hyatt Card, Annual Free Night Award Spending Will Switch to Calendar Year

The Chase World of Hyatt card currently has a welcome offer for 50,000 points. Besides the other perks for Hyatt customers, the card also earn a free night at any Category 1-4 Hyatt hotel or resort if you spend $15,000 within a year. But Hyatt seems to have changed how this  $15,000 spend requirement for the Free Night Award will work going forward.

For now, the annual spending is calculated based on your anniversary date, but soon it will be switched to a calendar year. Here are the terms:

For new accounts opened in 2020, you, as the primary cardmember, will have from your account open date until your anniversary date in 2021 to spend $15,000 in purchases and earn a Free Night Award. You will have from the day after your anniversary date in 2021 through December 31, 2021 to spend $15,000 in purchases to earn a Free Night Award. On January 1, 2022 your spend total will reset to $0, and the time period for you to spend $15,000 to earn a Free Night Award will run from January 1 through December 31 of each calendar year. For new accounts opened in 2021, you, as the primary cardmember, will have from your account open date in 2021 through December 31, 2021 to spend $15,000 in purchases and earn a Free Night Award. On January 1, 2022 your spend total will reset to $0, and the time period for you to spend $15,000 to earn a Free Night Award will run from January 1 through December 31 of each calendar year.

Guru’s Wrap-up

This could be a good time to apply for a new Chase World of Hyatt card, if you are eligible. You would be able to earn three Free Night Awards within a few months late in 2021 and early 2022. Just be sure that you can complete the spending requirements.

But whether you have the card already, or plan to apply, you should pay attention to the dates. Accounts opened in 2020 will have until their anniversary date on 2021 to complete their spending and then until December 31 to spend another $15,000 to earn the next Free Night Award. This could be a good thing for those applying for the card now, as they can earn three Free Night Awards within a few months late in 2021 and early 2022.

HT: garretg