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World of Hyatt has launched its latest “buy points” promotion, but this time the discount is larger than usual. Between now and December 30, 2021, members can receive a 30% discount when buying at least 5,000 points.

Members can buy up to 55,000 points per year (before any bonus). Sometimes Hyatt runs a 30-40% bonus offer (which makes the price 1.71 – 1.84 cents per point) and sometimes it offers a 25% discount (which makes the price 1.8 cents).

This 30% discount brings the per-point price down to 1.68 cents – which at current exchange rates is about 1.25p!

Is it Worthwhile?

I have sometimes found it worthwhile to buy Hyatt points to immediately make an award booking. Here’s the new award chart with peak and off-peak pricing…

At 1.68 cents per point, you could get yourself an off-peak night (3,500 points) at a Category 1 hotel for ~£44 ($58.80). Even the cheapest Category 1 hotels are still likely to charge a paid rate higher than that.

And at the high end, Hyatt’s best hotels (not SLH) could cost 35,000 points, which would cost you ~£440 ($588). Again this is potentially quite the bargain, although you would quickly run into the 55,000 point annual cap if you were looking for a longer stay.

Don’t Forget Cashback

Hyatt sells its points via Points.com, which means that you can earn 2.5% cashback via the USA version of TopCashback (note, not the UK site).

If you are not yet a member of TopCashback USA, you can earn an additional $15. Simply sign up using this referral link – http://www.topcashback.com/join-us/inside-flyer/ref/craigsowerby – and earn $10 of cashback.

You would have to buy $400 worth of Hyatt points to pick up $10 of cashback from a single transaction, but you can also earn cashback in many other ways, including hotel stays with a number of major chains…

You can easily cash out your TopCashback USA account from the UK via Paypal.