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Hyatt Milestone Rewards overview
You’ll earn Hyatt Milestone Rewards starting at 20 nights or 35,000 base points within a calendar year. Mile Note these Milestone Rewards are separate from Hyatt elite status perks.
Milestone
Reward you automatically receive
Rewards from which you can choose one
| 20 nights or 35,000 base points | None | A 2K Next Stay award, two club access awards, a $25 Find Experiences credit or 2 Preferred seat coupons on American Airlines |
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| 30 nights or 50,000 base points | One Category 1-4 free night award | A 2K Next Stay award, two club access awards, a $25 Find Experiences credit or 2 Preferred seat coupons on American Airlines |
| 40 nights or 65,000 base points | One Guest of Honor award | 5,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a $150 Find Experiences credit or two Main Cabin Extra seat coupons on American Airlines |
| 50 nights or 80,000 base points | None | 5,000 bonus points, two suite upgrade awards, a $150 Find Experiences credit or two Main Cabin Extra seat coupons on American Airlines |
| 60 nights or 100,000 base points | Two Guest of Honor awards, one Category 1-7 free night award, two suite upgrade awards and access to My Hyatt Concierge | None |
| 70, 80 and 90 nights | One Guest of Honor award | 10,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a $300 Find Experiences credit or AAdvantage Gold status |
| 100 nights | One Category 1-7 free night award | 10,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a Miraval extra night award or AAdvantage Platinum status |
| 110, 120, 130 and 140 nights | One Guest of Honor award | 10,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a Miraval extra night award or AAdvantage Platinum status |
| 150 nights | One Ultimate free night award | 10,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a Miraval extra night award or AAdvantage Platinum status |
| At the milestones that offer a choice, you must select a perk within 90 days of reaching the milestone. In the next section, we’ll discuss your Milestone Reward options in more detail. | Related: 6 reasons I love my World of Hyatt Card and plan to keep it for the long term | A detailed look at each Hyatt Milestone Reward |
Before we discuss how to decide which perk to choose at the milestones that require choices, let’s take a closer look at each of the Hyatt Milestone Rewards.
2K Next Stay award
The 2K Next Stay award is an option you can choose at two milestones: 20 nights (or 35,000 base points) and 30 nights (or 50,000 base points). You Based However, you must pay an eligible rate or redeem a free night award for a stay at one of these brands and check out within 180 days of selecting the 2K Next Stay award to earn the 2,000 bonus Hyatt points.
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You can only earn bonus points from one 2K Next Stay award per stay. If In that case, you’ll need to complete multiple stays at Hyatt House, Hyatt Place, Me and All Hotels, Hyatt Studios, Caption by Hyatt or UrCove properties to earn bonus points from multiple 2K Next Stay awards.
Related: Your ultimate guide to Hyatt hotel brands
Club access awards
At the 20 nights (or 35,000 base points) and 30 nights (or 50,000 base points) milestones, one of your choices is two club access awards. Club The The World of Hyatt terms and conditions specifically state that you can’t use a club lounge access award on any stay that includes other free night awards, such as Hyatt Category 1-4 free night awards from credit cards.
If you choose two club lounge access awards, your awards will be valid for the rest of the year you earned them, plus 14 additional months.
Related: How and when to use Hyatt upgrade certificates
Find Experiences credit
You can choose a Find Experiences credit at the 20 nights (or 35,000 base points), 30 nights (or 50,000 base points), 40 nights (or 65,000 base points) and 50 nights (or 80,000 base points) milestones, plus the 70, 80 and 90 nights milestones. The You’ll get the credit via email as a code, and you can apply it to your Find Experiences account or redeem it at checkout when you book a Find Experience.
Seat coupons on American Airlines
As of Jan. 1, 2025, you can select two Preferred seat coupons on American Airlines at the 20 nights (or 35,000 base points) and 30 nights (or 50,000 base points) milestones. You can also select two Main Cabin Extra seat coupons on American Airlines at the 40-night (or 65,000 base points) and 50-night (or 80,000 base points) milestones.
Each seat coupon is valid for one seat on one flight operated by American Airlines or American Eagle. The Main B Seat You can redeem seat coupons for other passengers in your reservation, but you can only apply seat coupons from one AAdvantage account per reservation.
Category 1-4 free night award
Once you accrue 30 nights or 50,000 base points within a calendar year, you’ll get a Category 1-4 free night award. You You You can book a standard room at a Category 1, 2, 3 or 4 Hyatt hotel using this free night award.
Related: The best Hyatt Category 4 hotels to maximize your free night award certificate
Guest of Honor award
Hyatt members earn one Guest of Honor award after 40 nights or 65,000 base points in a calendar year; two after 60 nights or 100,000 base points; one after 70, 80 and 90 nights; and one after 110, 120, 130 and 140 nights.
On a Guest of Honor stay of up to seven consecutive nights at a single property, the guest will get all in-hotel benefits typically reserved for World of Hyatt Globalist members. Hy If you gift a Guest of Honor award you earned to another member, you’ll get one tier-qualifying night once the other member completes their Guest of Honor stay.
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Once you earn a Guest of Honor award as a Milestone Reward, it is valid for the rest of the year you earned it, plus 14 additional months. You can apply Guest of Honor awards to paid reservations booked via an eligible rate, free night award stays and points and cash stays at most World of Hyatt properties.
Related: 3 ways to earn Hyatt Globalist elite status
Bonus points
You can select 5,000 or 10,000 bonus points at most milestones. Based on TPG’s February 2025 valuations, 5,000 Hyatt points are worth $85, and 10,000 Hyatt points are worth $170.
Related: The ultimate guide to redeeming your World of Hyatt points
Suite upgrade award
Starting at 40 nights or 65,000 base points, you get or can select one or two suite upgrade awards at each milestone. These Hy Suite upgrade awards are valid for the year you earned them, plus 14 additional months.
Category 1-7 free night award
When you reach the 60 nights (or 100,000 base points) and 100 nights milestones, you automatically get a Category 1-7 free night award.
This Category 1-7 free night award is valid for one standard room award night at a Category 1 through 7 property or a Category A through D all-inclusive property, as defined by the World of Hyatt award chart. Once a Category 1-7 free night award is in your account, you can use it for a stay with a checkout date within 180 days of its issuance.
Related: The 16 best Hyatt all-inclusive resorts in the world
My Hyatt Concierge
My Hyatt Concierge — a benefit you unlock at 60 nights or 100,000 base points — is another Hyatt Milestone Reward you don’t have to choose. You This benefit gives you access to a dedicated agent for the rest of the calendar year you earned the My Hyatt Concierge benefit, plus 14 additional months.
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Some travelers interact frequently with their My Hyatt Concierge and get much value from the dedicated contact. However, most of the value I get from My Hyatt Concierge stems from knowing I can contact the broader My Hyatt Concierge team via phone to resolve issues.
AAdvantage elite status
At the 70-, 80- and 90-nights milestones, you can select AAdvantage Gold status as a Milestone Reward. And at the 100-, 110-, 120-, 130-, 140- and 150-nights milestones, you can select AAdvantage Platinum status as a Milestone Reward.
Interestingly, the duration of your AAdvantage status depends on when you earn this Milestone Reward, not when you select it. Your If When You can redeem Miraval extra night awards for standard rooms up to double occupancy, but you won’t get a nightly resort credit on these award nights.
Sleeping meditation at Miraval Austin. You You can use multiple Miraval extra night awards during a single stay, but your free nights must be equal to or less than the number of eligible nights booked with points, cash or a combination.
Related: Does it make sense to redeem World of Hyatt points for all-inclusive resorts?
Ultimate free night award
Finally, if you accrue 150 nights within a calendar year, you’ll earn an Ultimate free night award.
You can redeem the Ultimate free night award for a standard room at a Category 1-8 hotel or resort, a Category A-F all-inclusive resort or a Miraval resort. You’ll need to redeem and stay using your Ultimate free night award within 180 days of its issuance (which should occur shortly after you reach 150 nights within a calendar year).
Related: 22 best Hyatt hotels in the world
Which Hyatt Milestone Rewards should you choose?
Now, let’s discuss how to decide which Hyatt Milestone Reward you should choose at each milestone that offers a choice. I’ll also share what I plan to choose at each milestone.
20 nights or 35,000 base points
Once you accrue 20 nights or 35,000 base points with Hyatt within a calendar year, you can choose a 2K Next Stay award, two club access awards, a $25 Find Experiences credit or two Preferred seat coupons on American Airlines.
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Suppose you don’t have Hyatt Globalist status — which automatically confers club lounge access — and plan to stay at one or more Hyatt properties with club lounges before this award expires. Club The The If In that case, you may want to select something different at this milestone unless you have a lot of upcoming stays planned at Hyatt properties with club lounges.
I’ll select another 2K Next Stay award at the 30 nights or 50,000 base points milestone.
40 nights or 65,000 base points
Once you accrue 40 nights or 65,000 base points with Hyatt within a calendar year, you’ll earn a Guest of Honor award and a choice of 5,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a $150 Find Experiences credit or two Main Cabin Extra seat coupons on American Airlines.
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Based on TPG’s February 2025 valuations, 5,000 bonus points are worth $85. If If Likewise, if you have eligible American Airlines flights coming up where the Main Cabin Extra seat coupons would be helpful, that could be a choice worth considering.
I already have some Find Experiences credit and expect to earn two suite upgrade awards at both the 50- and 60-night milestones. The The difference is that you can choose two suite upgrade awards at this milestone.
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The availability of two suite upgrade awards at this milestone is compelling, so I plan to choose suite upgrade awards at the 50 nights or 80,000 base points milestone.
60 nights or 100,000 base points
You don’t need to choose this milestone. Instead, all Hyatt members who accrue 60 nights or 100,000 base points within a calendar year get two Guest of Honor awards, one Category 1-7 free night award, two suite upgrade awards and access to My Hyatt Concierge.
70, 80 and 90 nights
Once you reach the 70-, 80- and 90-night milestones, you’ll get a Guest of Honor award and a choice of 10,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a $300 Find Experiences credit or AAdvantage Gold status.
Hyatt House Johannesburg Sandton in South Africa. KATIE GENTER/THE POINTS GUIDE
According to TPG’s February 2020 valuations, 10,000 Hyatt Points are worth $170. If you are not an American Airlines elite member but fly with them occasionally or would benefit from Oneworld Ruby Status, then it might be worth choosing AAdvantage gold status. If you are planning to book any Find Experiences and don’t have AAdvantage Status, you can take advantage of the $300 credit if you do not need it. The 10,000 bonus points are likely to be more valuable than a suite award. If you’re running out of points, it is worth getting a suite upgrade award at these milestones. If I achieve 70 nights with Hyatt (and maybe 80 or 90) in this year, I will likely choose 10,000 bonus points unless I have been using suite upgrade awards a lot and I think another would be helpful. Alternatively, I may select the $300 Find Experiences credit if I find an experience I want to use.
100 nights
If you reach the 100-night milestone, you’ll earn a Category 1-7 free night award and a choice of 10,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a Miraval extra night award or AAdvantage Platinum status.
Miraval Austin. The Miraval Extra Night Award is the best choice for anyone who wants to visit a Miraval Resort soon. Miraval Austin was a wonderful resort and I can attest that the extra night award is worth it. If neither of these options appeals to you, then the choice between 10,000 bonus points or a suite upgrade award will come down to whether you can use another suite upgrade award. After you reach 110, 120 and 130 nights with Hyatt in a year, you will receive a Guest Of Honor Award and have the option to choose between 10,000 bonus points, a suite upgrading award, Miraval Extra Night award, or AAdvantage platinum status. These milestones offer the same choices as 100 nights and the reasoning behind the choice is similar. I’d choose to add a few extra Miraval night awards when reaching these milestones in order to create a Miraval stay that is reasonable. After all, you can use multiple Miraval extra night awards on a stay if you pay eligible rates or redeem Hyatt points for at least half the nights.
150 nights
Finally, suppose you accrue 150 nights within a calendar year with Hyatt. You’ll receive an Ultimate free-night award as well as a choice between 10,000 bonus points or one suite upgrade, a Miraval additional night award, or AAdvantage Platinum Status. Hyatt Milestone rewards program has a wide range of options. You must choose within 90 days after reaching each milestone. There is no default choice if you don’t.
