Milestone Rewards
Milestone rewards are a way for loyalty members to earn additional benefits as they hit stay/points requirements.
- 20 nights or 35k Base Points = NEW: 2 Club Lounge awards
- 30 nights or 50k Base Points = UPDATED: Free night (Category 1-4) + 2 Club Lounge awards
- 40 nights or 65k Base Points = NEW: Bonus Points or Hyatt Gift Card or a FIND experience savings when redeeming points
- 50 nights or 80k Base Points = NEW: 2 suite upgrades
- 60 nights or 100k Base Points = UPDATED: Free night (Category 1-7) + 2 suite upgrades + My Hyatt Concierge agent
- 70 nights = Bonus Points or a suite upgrade
- 80 nights = Bonus Points or a suite upgrade
- 90 nights = Bonus Points or a suite upgrade
- 100 nights = Bonus Points or a suite upgrade
Previously you earned the same rewards at the 70, 80, 90 and 100 night level. The other levels are either new or they have been updated. Night credits from the Chase Hyatt card also count towards these Milestone rewards.
Matched Status
When you match status (e.g MGM Mlife to Hyatt) you’ll no longer receive things like the suite upgrades as they are now tied to staying 50 nights or earning 80,000 base points. This same also applies to status challenges, although it’s possible they could offer what you’d normally earn as a milestone rewards as an additional benefit when doing a status challenge but that remains to be seen.
Globalist Requires 60 Nights
Globalist previously required 55 nights for existing Globalist members, this will now be 60 nights from 2020 onwards.
Our Verdict
Matched status changes will be a big thing for a lot of readers, the new milestone rewards are obviously a positive and globalist requiring 60 nights instead of 55 for existing Globalist members is obviously a devaluation. Overall these changes don’t really bother me that much as I don’t try to chase status anymore. Hyatt is probably my favorite hotel brand, but the tiny footprint makes it almost impossible for me to even consider chasing status without making less than optimal bookings. Let me know your thoughts on the changes in the comments below.
Since the current Hyatt offer is ending 1/9, any idea what the new offer would be? Should grab current offer now? https://imgur.com/fgwGKuJ
Does this mean. Mgm gold to hyatt explorist status match no longer receives 4 lounge access???
Going forward, yes
I like the awards spread out such 2 suite upgrades at 50 nights and again at 60 nights.
Same boat as you Doc. Chasing status also requires skipping Priceline Express deals that are often hundreds off a hotel’s best published rate a night. Quite an expensive game!
How does this affect those who get Globalist status after getting Explorist through an employer and doing the 20 nights to lock in Globalist through Feb 2020? Do we still get suite upgrades?
you never were going to get suite upgrades to begin with if you didnt hit globalist the traditional way with 60 nights. you just get globalist status but not the earned add ons (like suite upgrade and free night)
So then what do the Globalists who got it though their employers get? Club lounge and free parking? I’d imagine you would still get the suite upgrade in Asia. We’re planning to go there for a full month next winter and will stay at a low tier regency and a lowish tier grand.
club lounge, parking, breakfast (can probably be the most lucrative perk if you are staying at a nice park hyatt or something), possible suite upgrades based on availability. basically everything under hotel perks https://world.hyatt.com/content/gp/en/member-benefits/globalist.html
For the most part to me it just looks like they spread the rewards out, such that you get 2 club passes or 2 suite upgrades with 10 nights earlier than previously. only new thing appears to be gift card/ bonus points at 40 nights
Doc, I couldn’t tell. Are they changing anything with the stay at 5 brands and get a free night thing?
Also, I’m assuming this doesn’t affect any club level upgrades already in account?
No the stay at 5 is staying the same AFAIK, shouldn’t affect anything already in account
Personally as long as they leave categories 1-2 at 5K-8K and resorts at 20K-25K I’m happy and will continue to max out 3 Freedoms each quarter.
They’ll put this on the list to devalue in the next round. Having a happy customer is like leaving money on the table.
If I have the WOH card I would already get 5 nights + stay or spend enough $ on the card for 15 more nights, would I get the two free lounge awards? Seems very attainable for someone who doesn’t stay in Hyatts too much and just have Discoverist status. That would be an excellent perk to obtain IMO.