World Of Hyatt Bonus Journeys Promo: Earn Double Or Triple Points

A couple of weeks ago, World of Hyatt opened registration for its first global promotion of 2025, and the promotion is live for stays as of today. This is the first major promotion that we’ve seen from the program since last spring, so I’m sure many people will be happy to see this.

World of Hyatt 2025 global promotion details

Registration is open for World of Hyatt’s Bonus Journeys promotion, which is valid for stays over the coming weeks and months. This promotion will be valid for stays between January 27 and March 28, 2025. With this, you can earn 2x points for qualifying stays at more than 1,600 participating hotels, and 3x points for qualifying stays at Hyatt Place and Hyatt House properties.

There are some details to be aware of as, you’d expect:

• Registration is required prior to your first eligible stay, and between January 14 and March 10, 2025
• The date range for the promotion is based on checkout dates, so you must complete a stay by March 28, 2025, for it to be eligible
• You can earn a total of up to 30,000 bonus points with this promotion — 20,000 bonus points for the 2x points promotion, and 10,000 bonus points for the 3x points promotion
• The promotion kicks in starting with your first stay
• The promotion is valid not just for Hyatt properties, but also for stays at Mr & Mrs Smith properties, plus stays at The Venetian
• Any stay booked directly with Hyatt qualifies toward the promotion, including stays booked prior to the start of the promotion, as well as award stays (though you wouldn’t get any bonus points for the room rate, but you could earn bonus points on incidentals)
• Points will post within two to three weeks of completing an eligible stays
• Only one room can qualify toward this promotion; so while you can earn points for multiple rooms, you would only earn the bonus based on one room

Crunching the numbers on Hyatt’s promotion

How lucrative is World of Hyatt’s Bonus Journeys promotion? For context, I value World of Hyatt points at ~1.5 cents each. Just to recap World of Hyatt’s regular points earning rates:

• World of Hyatt members ordinarily earn 5x base points per dollar spent at Hyatt properties
• Elite members receive further bonuses — Discoverists earn an extra 0.5x points per dollar spent, Explorists earn an extra 1.0x points per dollar spent, and Globalists earn an extra 1.5x points per dollar spent
• If you pay with a co-brand Hyatt credit card you earn an extra 4x points per dollar spent

So with this promotion, you’d earn an incremental 5x points at most properties, and an incremental 10x points at Hyatt Place and Hyatt House properties. Based on my valuation of 1.5 cents per point, that’s like an incremental 7.5-15% return on Hyatt spending, which is potentially quite good.

Of course it’s important to keep in mind the caps. With the double points promotion, you’d reach the cap after $4,000 in spending, while with the triple points promotion, you’d reach the cap after $1,000 in spending.

As a World of Hyatt Globalist member paying with a co-branded Hyatt card, you’d ordinarily earn a total of 10.5x points per dollar spent. With this promotion, you’d earn 15.5-20.5x points per dollar spent.

Other ways to earn World of Hyatt points

If you’re looking to earn more World of Hyatt points, the good news is that Hyatt points are pretty easy to come by. In addition to being able to earn World of Hyatt points with the co-brand cards, you can also transfer over points from Ultimate Rewards. This is one of my favorite uses of Chase points.

On top of that, World of Hyatt frequently sells points at a discount. Also keep in mind other ongoing promotions offered by World of Hyatt:

• You can earn 500 bonus points when you stay at a new Hyatt hotel
• You can earn a free Category 1-4 free night when you stay at new Hyatt brands with the Brand Explorer promotion
• You can maximize value with Hyatt stays by booking through the Hyatt Privé program

Bottom line

World of Hyatt has just launched its first Bonus Journeys promotion of 2025. For stays between January 27 and March 28, members can earn double points at most brands, and triple points at Hyatt Place and Hyatt House properties.

This is essentially an opportunity to earn an incremental 5-10x points per dollar spent, so that could be quite a good deal. Just keep in mind the cap of only being able to earn up to 30,000 bonus points. This has the potential to be a very good deal, so I’m happy to see another global promotion from the program.

What do you make of the early 2025 World of Hyatt Bonus Journeys promotion?