We’ve posted about using hotel annual night certificates before. However, Hyatt free night award certificates deserve a post of their own because they have so many different ways to earn and redeem them.
 

Earning Hyatt Free Night Award Certificates

Only one credit card, the World of Hyatt personal card, gives you a free night certificate every year just for having the card. You can use that card on a 1-4 Hyatt category hotel. For best redemptions, I try to use it on a category 4 hotel but have also used it on a category 3 when that was all they had where I was traveling. Free is free. This free night will expire after 12 months.
 

 

Here are some other ways to earn free night certificates:

• Spend $15,000 on that WOH personal card shown above. Once you earn this free night for a category 1-4 hotel, you have 12 months to use it.
• Earn another free night certificate for a category 1-4 hotel as part of the Milestone Program when you have reached 30 elite nights. You only have 6 months to use this certificate.
• Earn a free night certificate at a category 1-7 hotel when you have reached 60 elite nights AND reached Globalist.  Again, you will have 6 months to use this certificate.
• Play Hyatt “bingo,” also known as the Hyatt Brand Explorer Award. For every five “first-time” stays at one of the Hyatt brands, you get a free night certificate for a 1-4 category hotel. These expire in 12 months.

 

How to Book a Hyatt Free Night Certificate Stay

Once logged into your account, you will see “My Awards” on the right side. Hit that to see what awards you have available. As you can see, Lee has one category 1-4 available for use.

 

 

I hit the + sign by the available free night. I can then hit the blue button that says “Explore Rewards” and start a search with my free night.

 

 

I actually want to stay in Denver tomorrow night because we are meeting friends for dinner, and then the grandchildren have basketball and volleyball up there on Saturday. This is the perfect use of a certificate that we need to use soon. A map shows up and I input “Denver” into the search. I find several options (they have to be for 15,000 points or under).

 

 

 

If I book this room, they will have the information on check-in that we are using a free night certificate. We won’t have to pay any taxes and fees but will be charged for parking because it is my husband’s certificate. I have Globalist status, but he doesn’t. The room on these dates sells for $203, a fair redemption on my $95 annual fee. (Usually, I would make a better redemption – this is just a very convenient one for our needs).

 

Bottom Line

Hyatt free night award certificates are especially useful as we can earn more than one a year. When you and P2 put yours together, you can have a nice weekend escape together or even longer, depending on how many you earn.