One of my favorite aspects of the Hyatt Gold Passport program are the Points + Cash award nights. It’s possible to book Hyatt award nights with a combination of points and cash, on top of that you still earn credit towards status, earn points for the stay, and you will get great value per point.
Given Points + Cash award nights are a great deal, you can get more value from them when you use Diamond suite upgrades and have the stay count as eligible nights for status and promotions.
Hyatt points are among the most valuable hotel points out there. In practice it’s totally feasible to redeem points at a value of 2.0 cents per point and it’s possible to get close to that on Points + Cash nights also.
With Hyatt Points + Cash nights you pay 50% of the full points award cost plus a fixed cash rate.
For instance, a category 5 hotel normally costs 20,000 points per night for a full points award night. On Points + Cash it will cost 10,000 points and $125 USD.
Essentially you are ‘buying’ Hyatt points in order to save points for a later use. The cost you are paying per point varies from 1.2 to 2.0 cents depending on the category.
Based on the redemption it may be a bad value if you think you can earn Hyatt points easily for less than 2.0 cents per point. On the other hand it may be worth it if you are going for elite nights to earn status or promotion OR if you plan on using points at a value higher than 2.0 cents per point.
Some things to know when using Hyatt points for Points + Cash nights include:
With that said there are times when it makes most sense to book a Points + Cash night. These include:
Given the potential value of Points + Cash nights they can be the perfect choice for a stay where you want to save Hyatt points without paying the full paid rate.
Points + Cash nights are incredibly valuable when you are going for elite status or a promotion, want to earn points for a stay, don’t have enough points for a full points stay, or want to combine a suite upgrade with a stay partly paid with points.
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