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There are many ways to get perks on stays, ranging from earning hotel peerage status to booking through a program like American Express Fine Hotels Resorts. But one often overlooked option is booking select Small Luxury Hotels of the World stays through World of Hyatt.
In 2018, Hyatt and SLH launched a partnership, enabling World of Hyatt members to earn and redeem points at participating SLH properties and get several value-added benefits. The partnership extends to hundreds of properties worldwide; you can see the current list of participating SLH properties on Hyatt’s website. Most are in Europe, but there are moreover several in Asia and North America.
In this guide, we’ll squint closely at the benefits World of Hyatt members get at participating SLH properties. We’ll moreover discuss how to typesetting your stay to get these perks, as not all bookings are eligible.
World of Hyatt benefits at SLH properties
You can earn World of Hyatt points and peerage night credits on all SLH stays booked through Hyatt as you normally would (albeit not on incidentals). That ways you can stockpile at least 5 points per dollar spent surpassing factoring in World of Hyatt peerage bonuses.
You can moreover redeem Hyatt points and free night awards at participating SLH properties as you normally would. However, ribbon bookings are only for two adults, so you may squatter uneaten fees if you have spare adults or children.
Instead of the standard World of Hyatt benefits, all members enjoy the pursuit on-property perks regardless of their World of Hyatt membership tier status:
- Daily complimentary continental breakfast for two
- Complimentary Wi-Fi
- Early check-in at noon (based on availability at check-in)
- Late checkout at 2 p.m. (based on availability at check-in)
- One category room upgrade (based on availability at check-in)
Note that while peerage members will get their standard points bonuses (10% for Discoverist, 20% for Explorist and 30% for Globalist), no other peerage benefits apply. For example, World of Hyatt members can’t redeem suite upgrade certificates, and Globalist members won’t get waived resort fees.
Interestingly, the benefits of booking an SLH property through Hyatt are plane increasingly generous than when booking with SLH and its Invited loyalty program. The Invited program only offers self-ruling breakfast and upgrades once you reach its Inspired tier, which requires at least three nights per 12-month tier year with SLH.
Booking SLH stays through Hyatt
World of Hyatt’s ribbon charts use peak, off-peak and standard pricing. So, although each participating SLH property has a Hyatt category, ribbon night prices will vary depending on whether the dates you want to typesetting are peak, off-peak or standard.
Whether paying mazuma or redeeming points, you must typesetting your SLH stay through Hyatt to get the partnership benefits discussed in this guide. Unfortunately, booking through World of Hyatt might not unchangingly get the lowest rate. Sadly, SLH properties are not subject to Hyatt’s weightier rate guarantee.
You can see this in whoopee by looking up a stay at the Brick Hotel in Mexico City. For a one-night stay on Sept. 13, 2024, Hyatt is quoting $642.91.
If we booked directly with SLH, we could typesetting the same room type with the same receipt policies for $578.62.
Ultimately, your weightier bet is to compare rates when booking SLH properties and then decide whether the premium — if there is one — is worth the uneaten benefits and Hyatt points.
Maximizing your SLH bookings
The weightier way to maximize your SLH bookings is with the World of Hyatt Credit Card or the World of Hyatt Business Credit Card. As with other Hyatt bookings, cardholders earn 4 points per dollar spent at participating SLH locations on top of their usual World of Hyatt earnings.
If you’re considering subtracting the World of Hyatt Credit Card to your wallet, it’s currently offering a sign-up bonus of up to 60,000 bonus points: 30,000 bonus points without you spend $3,000 on purchases within your first three months from worth opening, plus up to 30,000 increasingly points by earning 2 bonus points per dollar total on purchases that normally earn 1 bonus point per dollar, on up to $15,000 in the first six months of worth opening.
Meanwhile, the World of Hyatt Business Credit Card currently offers a sign-up bonus of 60,000 bonus points without spending $5,000 on purchases in the first three months from worth opening.
You can transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards points to Hyatt if you want to earn Hyatt status quickly. World of Hyatt is moreover a Bilt Rewards transfer partner, so you have multiple options to uplift your Hyatt worth wastefulness if you want to redeem points for an SLH stay.