World Of Hyatt Brand Explorer: Free Night Awards For Staying At New Brands

There are several ways to earn World of Hyatt free night award awards. In this post, I’d like to talk about one of the often overlooked ways to earn Hyatt free nights, which is with World of Hyatt’s ongoing Brand Explorer promotion. This offers World of Hyatt members the opportunity to earn free night awards for exploring Hyatt’s portfolio. Given the huge brand inflation that Hyatt has seen in recent years, this can potentially offer up to seven free night awards, and counting. How to earn Hyatt Brand Explorer free night awardsHow to redeem Hyatt Brand Explorer free night awardsWorld of Hyatt’s current 38 hotel brandsBrand Explorer is a great way to engage membersBottom line With World of Hyatt’s Brand Explorer promotion, you can earn a Category 1-4 free night certificate for every five unique Hyatt brands you stay at. When it comes to earning Hyatt Brand Explorer free night awards, here’s what you should know: As of now Hyatt has 38 brands, meaning you can earn up to seven free night certificates with Brand Explorer (which you’d get for staying at 35 brands); Hyatt’s number of brands continues to increase, particularly thanks to Hyatt’s expansion in the all-inclusive resort space There’s no registration required for the Hyatt Brand Explorer promotion, and it’s open to all World of Hyatt members, so you don’t need elite status or a credit card to qualify A qualifying stay for the purposes of Hyatt Brand Explorer is any eligible stay that’s credited to your account, whether you’re paying cash or redeeming points, and there’s no minimum stay required; so third party bookings wouldn’t typically qualify for this Hyatt Brand Explorer isn’t in any way tied to the calendar year or typical membership year, but rather you can earn these free night certificates for stays over several years if you’d like; for example, if you stay at one new Hyatt brand every year, you’d get a free night certificate after five years If you want to see how many Hyatt brands you’ve stayed at, you can do so either through the World of Hyatt website or mobile app. Just go to the “Brand Explorer” section, and there will be a display showing how many unique brands you’ve stayed at (including which ones), and also how many free night certificates you’ve earned. The Hyatt Brand Explorer dashboard How to redeem Hyatt Brand Explorer free night awards When it comes to redeeming Hyatt Brand Explorer free night awards, here’s what you should know: The free night certificate earned with Hyatt Brand Explorer is valid for one year from when it’s issued, and you need to complete your stay by that date, rather than just having to book by then The free night award works similarly to all of Hyatt’s free night awards, in the sense that it’s valid for a free night in a standard room at any Category 1-4 property; so if the property isn’t higher than a Category 4 and you can redeem points for it, then you can also use your certificate there You receive all World of Hyatt elite perks when redeeming free night awards, and the stay also counts as a further elite night toward status qualification As is the case with points redemptions, resort and destination fees are waived when redeeming free night awards, and World of Hyatt Globalist members receive complimentary parking on these stays When you earn a Hyatt Brand Explorer free night, you should receive an email from World of Hyatt informing you of this; when you’re ready to book, just go to the “Awards” tab of your World of Hyatt account, or search a hotel using the “Use Points” function, and then the free night option will show up Like all other World of Hyatt free night awards, the ones earned through Brand Explorer can also be gifted to others Of course you’ll maximize value with Brand Explorer by redeeming your free night award at an eligible Hyatt property when the cash rate would be as high as possible. World of Hyatt Category 4 properties can cost as much as 25,000 points per night, and in some situations, could retail for over $300 per night. So if you can find a hotel anywhere in that range, it’s a great way to maximize value. Earn free nights when you explore Hyatt’s portfolio World of Hyatt’s current 38 hotel brands Hyatt currently has 38 brands, which are as follows: Alila Alua Andaz Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts Breathless Bunkhouse Caption by Hyatt Destination by Hyatt Dream Hotels Dreams Grand Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt Centric Hyatt House Hyatt Place Hyatt Regency Hyatt Select Hyatt Studios Hyatt Vacation Club Hyatt Zilara Hyatt Ziva Impression by Secrets Joie de Vivre Me and All Hotels Miraval Mr & Mrs Smith Park Hyatt Secrets Sunscape The Standard The StandardX Thompson The Venetian Resort Las Vegas Unbound Collection Unscripted by Hyatt UrCove Vivid Zoetry So as you can see, you’d need to stay at 35 brands to earn seven free night awards. If/when Hyatt adds two more brands, it’ll be possible to earn eight free night awards. Hyatt now has 38 hotel brands for Brand Explorer Brand Explorer is a great way to engage members The World of Hyatt Brand Explorer offer is a fun way for the program to engage members and try to get them to try more brands. At least in one case it impacted where I chose to stay, because I do love checking this dashboard every so often, both to see the progress that I’m making, and be reminded of all the brands I’ve stayed at. Even though I’ve had top tier status with World of Hyatt for over a decade and have now earned lifetime Globalist status, I haven’t even stayed at half of Hyatt’s current brand portfolio. As a matter of fact, I’ve only stayed at 13 of the 38 brands, so that’s just over one-third of properties. Looking at the Hyatt brands I haven’t stayed at, most of them are all-inclusives, as that’s an area where Hyatt is growing significantly. However, in general this has limited appeal to me, based on the type of travel that I do. I’m sure I’ll knock out a few more brands in the coming years — maybe I’ll get to 15 brands, though I doubt I’ll make it to 20 brands in the foreseeable future. Miraval is one of the brands that I most recently checked out Bottom line With World of Hyatt’s ongoing Brand Explorer promotion, you can earn a free Category 1-4 free night awards for every five Hyatt brands you stay at. This is a way to earn up to seven free nights over time, based on Hyatt’s current portfolio of 38 brands. As Hyatt’s portfolio continues to grow, the opportunities to earn free nights continues to increase. However, staying at Hyatt’s all-inclusive properties requires some effort, given that they’re not typically places you just drop into for a night. Given how easy Hyatt makes it to track this, I’m curious — how many Hyatt brands have you stayed at? Which OMAAT reader has the record for the most brands? 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