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Hyatt Hotels & Resort is one of the smaller global hotel brands compared to behemoths like IHG, Marriot, and Hilton. However, despite its smaller footprint, the brand offers some excellent properties across a wide range of property types, from affordable to luxurious.
The hotel's loyalty program is World of Hyatt. This popular hotel loyalty program, like many others, lets you earn and redeem points for stays. But as you earn Hyatt points, you might wonder: “Do Hyatt points expire?”
Here's what you need to know about Hyatt's point expiration policy and how to keep your Hyatt points from expiring.
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Do Hyatt Points Expire?
Hyatt points expire if your account has no qualifying activity for 24 months. Per the World of Hyatt terms and conditions:
“If a Member’s account is inactive for twenty-four (24) consecutive months, all points in that Member’s account will be forfeited at that time, but the Member’s account will remain open (with the ability to earn new points thereafter) unless the Member’s account is otherwise terminated in accordance with these Terms.”
Once your Hyatt points expire, you can't reinstate your points. Again, per the terms and conditions:
“Under no circumstances will forfeited points be reinstated.”
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How Do You Keep Hyatt Points From Expiring?
So, which activities will prevent your Hyatt points from expiring? Several types of account activity count for resetting the 24-month clock and keeping your hard-earned points safe for another two years.
Earning points
- Earning points: Reset your expiration by earning points for stays at Hyatt Hotels or Avis car rentals. Also, World of Hyatt elite members can earn one bonus Hyatt point per dollar spent on American Airlines flights.
- Buy points: Buying World of Hyatt points counts as a qualifying activity and will keep your Hyatt points from expiring. See our post about when to buy Hyatt points for information about discounts, bonuses, and promotions.
- Hold a Hyatt credit card: The World of Hyatt Credit Card and World of Hyatt Business Credit Card will keep your points from expiring. Not only that, but you can earn elite-qualifying nights towards the next status tier by spending on these cards. That opens a fast track to World of Hyatt elite status. Also, you will earn 4x points at Hyatt hotels and resorts worldwide when paying with either card.
Transferring points
- Gifting points: Gifting your World of Hyatt points to another member is an eligible activity and will reset the 24-month activity clock. You can gift points from your account to another member's account to redeem for a particular award.
- Transfer Ultimate Rewards: Extend the validity of your Hyatt points for 24 months by transferring Ultimate Rewards points at a 1:1 ratio, usually instantly. Earn these points with cards like the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card or the Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card.
- Transfer Bilt Rewards points: Alternatively, you can transfer points from Bilt Rewards to World of Hyatt at a 1:1 ratio to extend the validity of your points.
- Combine points: Combining your points with another World of Hyatt member's account will reset your 24-month expiration clock.
- Convert Hyatt points to airline miles: Converting some of your Hyatt points into miles with nearly 30 airline partners will keep your account active and prevent your points from expiring. However, the transfer rate isn't great. For every 5,000 points you transfer, you receive 2,000 miles for most airlines. However, some programs offer a slightly better rate:
Redeeming points
- Redeem points for hotel nights: Redeem your points for a free night at one of Hyatt's properties.
- Use points to upgrade: Redeem points for room upgrades, available online.
- Redeem points for hotel purchases: If you don't want a free night, you can redeem your points for dining and spa activities at many participating Hyatt locations worldwide.
- Redeem points for a car rental: You can redeem 6,000 points for each day of an Avis car rental.
Note: Hyatt's terms explicitly note that canceled award reservations and no-shows don't count toward account activity. If you aren't sure you'll be able to complete a stay, consider using one of the other methods above.
Related: Get Free Breakfast on Your Next Hyatt Stay
Use AwardWallet To Track World of Hyatt Points Expiration
Keeping track of your points and miles can be tedious — especially if you have multiple accounts. Couple that with 24 months being on the long side of things, so it's just enough for you to forget about your Hyatt points expiration. Luckily, you can use AwardWallet to keep track of your World of Hyatt points balance and expiration date.
All you need to do is link your Hyatt account to your AwardWallet account, and then you're set. You will receive a timely reminder whenever your points are at risk of expiring, allowing you to take action to extend their validity.
Related: How To Track Your Rewards Using AwardWallet
Our Take
It's easy to generate activity in your World of Hyatt account, so there is no excuse for letting your Hyatt points expire. While a 24-month expiration policy is generous, the Hyatt program has many other strengths like Milestone Rewards, an easy-to-understand award chart, and valuable Globalist status.
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Why does the app show “do not expire” next to my Hyatt points. I thought Hyatt points expired after 2 years with no activity. Thanks!
Oh that’s strange. You’re right that Hyatt points can expire after two years of inactivity. I’d recommend reaching out to the support team at support@awardwallet.com as they can take a closer look to see why it might be showing that way.
This may be be a silly question, but does the combining of points work in both directions? In other words, my spouse transferred 2K points to me. Does that reset my clock too? Thanks!
If you were to transfer points back and forth, it technically would be qualifying activity. But I wouldn’t suggest relying on this – especially if you have a larger balance you want to protect.
This does not appear to work for the annual free night awards.
Unfortunately not. Only points can be extended with activity. Free night certificates can’t be extended – unless you’re able to get an agent to approve it.
Do you happen to know how long it takes Hyatt points to post? I need to extend points that happen to expire right around the same time as Hyatt’s June 2021 Covid extension date. And, since my mother is 87 and no one else is around, I can’t really use them, besides the virus, and will have to buy some, or a drink at a Hyatt bar/restaurant, or something. Thanks.
It depends on the qualifying activity. For example, an actual stay at a Hyatt will post very quickly, within 2 days or so, sometimes same day. Which extending activity were you targeting exactly?
To prevent expiration, dining at a Hyatt restaurant (even if you are not staying) *might* work, but you are better off calling and asking in advance if they will credit points for a non-stay restaurant purchase.
They also currently paused points expiry to June 30, 2021!
Thanks a lot for this, helps me keep my points alive while traveling is still down.
It’s never a problem for those of who earn Chase points since Hyatt is the best value Hotel transfer partner by far. I’m currently taking advantage of staying at Hyatts for work, so my points are being reset that way for now. The next way I want to reset the date is by using them. Earn and burn
Thanks for the reminder to check these. Hard to use during the pandemic but not so hard to keep alive!
Thanks for the reminder to check the expiration dates on some of my accounts.
Thanks for the reminder. I just checked both my Hyatt and Mlife accounts; I’m good until 1Q2022. If/when I do fear point expirations, then the cheapest/easiest remedy, for me, would be to transfer a Chase UR point.
Keep track of the expiration dates during these difficult periods is such a torture.
Speaking as someone with over 70 loyalty accounts: indeed it is! Thankfully AwardWallet does a lot of the heavy lifting for me. And this is a resource that I use myself to check if a program has announced an expiration pause: https://awardwallet.com/blog/airlines-hotels-suspended-point-expiration/
I didn’t know that the points didn’t expire with activities in 24 months. Thanks.
Are they extending the expiration deadline during Covid non-travel time as many other programs have done? Otherwise, I will need to do a transfer soon. TIA
Hyatt has paused expiration through 12/31/2020. Hopefully, they will extend the pause for longer. See the latest here: https://awardwallet.com/blog/airlines-hotels-suspended-point-expiration/
Thank you for the information. I was not aware that just having the Hyatt credit card keeps my points from expiring.
Gifting points to keep them active is a great method! Is there a minimum #?
I don’t see a minimum listed. However, it’s not the easiest process to go through. You have to fill out a PDF (https://world.hyatt.com/content/dam/HGP/HyattFinalImages/world-of-hyatt/Point_Combining_RequestForm_En.pdf) and email it to Hyatt.
I find it idiotic that Hyatt says that “points do not expire” but are “forfeited after 2 years of inactivity.” It reminds me of something Gilligan (as in Island) or a child would say!
Seriously. Just be forthright that the points expire!
Very good information, thank you. It is a crime to let the points beat.
I have some WoH points expiring end of Dec and was contemplating either transferring some points or purchasing some. Given that purchasing about 1000 points is at the cost of 2.4 cpp seems like doing a transfer is a better option.
Either way works. 2.4 cpp isn’t a bad rate if you consider it ~$18 of value and ~$6 for the ease of not having to generate activity another way. But you can’t beat the cost of transferring points (free!).
This is a good reminder to check your points expiration dates. A number of programs have extended their expiration dates due to COVID.
Joined WoH during our last family vacation. Great post; it really helps me figure out how we can earn points and keep them active until we’re ready to redeem.
Does AwardWallet typically not show Hyatt point expiration dates when it updates the point balance? Mine doesn’t.
My points expire in 2 days, can i sign up for the credit card today and keep my points? (if instantly approved)
If I purchase Hyatt Point, does it reset the two year clock from the day I purchase the points?
Yes. The clock resets from the day the points post, which should be the same day as the purchase.
Hi Howie,
Does this article apply to Chase Hyatt Creditcard holder as well? I thought it mentioned Points (both earned and bonus point) will not expire as long as we have keep Hyatt Visa opened.
I am having 45k points from the spending bonus. Will it expire after 24 months if I dont use it (asumming I don’t do any steps in the “how to keep Hyatt account opened”)
Thank you
Correct, you’re good. Just need to have the card.
Good to know for those of us still holding onto the original card because we’re always over 5/24 🙂
What about a convention stay that ended up being covered by the master bill and thus ineligible for points? My account lists the stay as: “Stay – Points earned: 0” Do you think that resets the clock? Thanks.
highly unlikely.
Can you book using points say a month out and then cancel a few days later? Would this count as activity?
As the specific terms read, this does seem to be a valid form of activity.
My 24 months is up in Nov/18. If I book a reward stay in, say, Oct./18 for a stay in Dec., will that count as activity even though the stay itself is after the 24 months?
Add your account to AwardWallet and make the booking. Then, refresh your account with AwardWallet. You’ll see the results and will be happy.
Have you ever heard of any circumstances where the points have been reinstated.
Personally, I have not.
I have a measly 1,071 Hyatt points, but they’re expiring soon, so I created a Hyatt account for my husband thinking I could transfer my points to him. However, the T&C on the Point Combining Request Form says that “only the number of points necessary to redeem the specific award for which the transfer is being requested may be combined.” My husband isn’t planning any award redemptions right now, and of course 1,071 points isn’t even enough for an award, so would my request to combine the points be granted?
You can transfer all the points to him and should have no problem at all.
You should still transfer to him with no problems. I just did it to my brother who used Hyatt (I haven’t a clue as to how I accumulated these points).. filled out the form and it was done the same day.
My brother doesn’t have any immediate plans, he’s researching where he wants to go now.
You’ll be fine transferring over… enjoy!
Thanks, Marty and Howard! I’m glad it will work!
I have 91K points with Hyatt, but can’t use them anytime soon and don’t have anyone I can transfer them to. My last hyatt visit was in September of 2016 So if I buy 1,000 points for $24 as it says on the sight, I reset the 2-year clock from today or from September 2018?
Thanks for the help.
You got it!
Gotcha… Thanks! It still was under the transfer to a family member or friend page, so was confusing. Thanks!!
Somehow I ended up having about 3300 Hyatt points. I don’t stay at Hyatt so not sure how I earned them.. Regardless, I don’t want them to go to waste and I have until 3/31/18 before they expire.
I have UR and was thinking of maybe transferring some to Hyatt just to transfer back out as miles. You need a minimum of 5000 Hyatt points to transfer to miles.
Math isn’t my thing, and I know UR will only transfer in 1,000 increments. Would it make sense to transfer miles from UR to Hyatt to transfer back?
I think UR transfer to Hyatt 1:1, so with my current math skills (ha!), transferring 2,000 miles to Hyatt, just to put me over 5000 points, would only transfer back 2000 miles. So I think it’d be a waste.
Are there any survey sites or anything like that, that participate with Hyatt for points? Trying to figure out a way to earn a point or two just to keep it alive… or donate them.
Thanks!
Do you have someone else that you can transfer the points to? Transfers are free and will make sure your points don’t expire.
Hey Howie —
I looked into it but the page I see says if I wanted to transfer the 3K points to my brother, it’d cost $72. : (
Am I looking in the right place? I went to world.hyatt.com and clicked on “Give the gift to family and friends” section.
Thanks!!
You’re looking at the wrong page — that is to PURCHASE points. Hyatt allows you to transfer points for free to anyone. This is what you need: https://world.hyatt.com/content/dam/HGP/HyattFinalImages/world-of-hyatt/Point_Combining_RequestForm_En.pdf
Please confirm that you could avoid your Hyatt points expiring by staying at a Hyatt NOT as pay but for award points.
Redeeming points for a stay at a Hyatt property is considered eligible activity and will extend the life of the points in your account.
It’s nice to have so many options to keep points alive.
A Chase UR transfer would also reset the clock, no?
Yes, indeed it would. I’ve updated the post to explicitly call that out.
Good program even though quite upscale.
Great program if you can build up points. Some awesome properties out there. Free transfer is a great way to keep points alive
Dining at Hyatt (without staying) seems a cheap way
Transferring has always been my go to method. It’s endless if you are able to transfer back and forth such as with SPG and Marriott.