Best places to use Hyatt Category 1-4 free nights in the US

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When the World of Hyatt Credit Card launched a few months ago, one of the awesome new perks is a free Category 1-4 free night after $15K spend per cardmember year. That’s in addition to the annual free night at anniversary and the points earned on your spend (which would be at least enough for a third night at a Category 4 hotel since they charge 15K points per night). At the Chicago Seminars this past weekend, someone suggested a post about the best places to use a Hyatt Category 1-4 certificate within the US. Here it is.

a fire pit with palm trees and chairs in front of a building
Hyatt Regency Coconut Point

Of course, “the best” place to use a free night certificate is a place where you need to stay on a night when you need a room. That is to say that saving your certificate with the hopes to use it at a place on a “best of” certificate is not as good a use for it as when you have an opportunity to save real cash on a night you need.

That said, in an effort to answer the question as to best places to use the certificates, I created a spreadsheet to do some comparison. For the purposes of the post, I am only comparing Category 4 Hyatts since these would be the top use of a certificate in terms of getting maximum point value.

In order to compare the 43 Category 4 Hyatt properties within the US, I decided to search room rates for three random dates: December 15 (a Saturday during winter), April 9th (a random Tuesday in Spring), and June 15th (a Saturday during summer). In cases where a hotel was not available on one of these days, I picked another similar day as best I could. Note that I compared to the best flexible rate since points are generally flexible. Prepaid rates are of course lower.

I then averaged the rate between those three data points for each hotel. While far from a perfect measurement, this gave me some sort of idea as to a general relative value. Here are the top 10 Category 4 Hyatt properties in the US in terms of cash rates spread across a date in winter, spring, and summer.

Hotel

December 15 

April 9

June 15

Average

Hyatt Regency Boston Harbor

a large building with a tower

134 411 316 287

Hyatt Centric Santa Barbara

a fire pit by a pool

220 252 414 295.3333333

The Bellevue Hotel

a building with many windows and balconies

284 329 309 307.3333333

The Confidante Miami Beach

a table and chairs on a balcony overlooking the ocean

289 329 329 315.6666667

Hyatt Place Nashville Downtown

a building with lights on the top

228 380 351 319.6666667

Hyatt Regency Cambridge, Overlooking Boston

a building with lights on it

144 541 275 320

Hyatt Centric South Beach Miami

a group of white and grey outdoor furniture

239 470 276 328.3333333

Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf San Francisco

a room with a fireplace and chairs

174 424 394 330.6666667

Hyatt Regency Boston

a city skyline with many buildings

166 490 490 382

Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa

a water park with a pool and slides

401 662 245 436

Of course, you should also consider the list as it matches up to your travel plans and keep in mind that I used three isolated dates.

Despite somewhat lower room rates, I thought a couple of other places were worth an honorable mention: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Andaz Savannah, and Hyatt at Olive 8 in Seattle all seemed worth a mention as room rates in those cities can sometimes be quite high.

Bottom line

These are the most expensive Category 4 Hyatt hotels over a random three dates over the next year. Does that make them the “best” hotels? Hardly. But it may make them some of the best values for Category 1-4 free night certificates.

What is your favorite Cat 1-4 Hyatt in the United States?

 

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