Chase Hyatt Credit Card: 60,000 Point Bonus Returns (30k Requires $15k Spend)

Update 2/5/23: Deal is back.

The Offer

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• Chase is offering a bonus of up to 60,000 points on the Chase Hyatt card. Broken down as follows:
  • 30,000 bonus points after $3,000 in spend within the first three months of account opening
  • 2 points total per $1 spent, up to $15,000 in spend for the first six months

Card Basics

• This product is available to you if you do not have this card and have not received a new cardmember bonus for this card in the past 24 months 
• Annual fee of $95
• Card earns at the following rates:
  • 4x points per $1 spent on Hyatt hotels (they advertise this as 9x, but it’s 4x plus the 5x you normally get anyway)
  • 2x points per $1 spent on local transit and commuting (including taxis, mass transit, tolls and ride-share serivces)
  • 2x points per $1 spent on restaurants, cafes and coffee shops
  • 2x points per $1 spent on airline tickets purchased directly from the airlines
  • 2x points per $1 spent on fitness clubs and gym memberships
  • 1x points per $1 spent on all other purchases
• Receive up to two free nights annually:
  • One free night at any category 1-4 Hyatt property every year after your card member anniversary
  • An additional free night at any category 1-4 Hyatt property if you spend $15,000 during your card member anniversary year
• Status:
  • World of Hyatt Discoverist status for as long as the card is open
  • 5 qualifying night credits towards your next tier status every year
  • An additional 2 qualifying night credits towards your next tier every time you spend $5,000 on the card (no limit)

Our Verdict

We’ve previously seen a 60,000 offer that only required $6,000 in total spend, whereas this new offer requires $15,000. Even the targeted 70,000 offer only required $10,000 total spend. The offer seems misleading as it’s total of 2 points per $1 spent, so really only an additional 1 point per $1 spent. That makes the bonus actually a maximum of 45,000 points, worse than the standard offer of 50,000 points that requires only $6,000 in total spend.  The 50,000 point offer is still available via referral.

Because of that reason I won’t add this to the best credit card bonuses.

Post history:

• Update 5/13/21: Deal is due to end on May 26. Hat tip to EosHuffer