@370Z wrote:The annual fee is not waived if applying on the Hyatt website. The $75 AF is charged right away, and a $50 statement credit is applied after the first purchase.
Other Chase hotel card options are:
IHG - free night, $49 AF
Marriott - free night, $85 AF, metal card
With the marriot card you get a free night and then after meeting the spend which I believe is 1k within three months you get 70k marriott points, which gets you another 4 nights at lower level properties like fairfields/courtyards or 2 nights in some prime locations where the room would cost $400 a night (to get value out of your points you have to reasearch though). Its a decent bonus for those looking to get a couple of hotel room stays, especially since there is no annual fee in the first year. Beyond that the AF pays for itself with the free room, but you don't make a huge profit on it since they are all category 1-4 certificates (figure the rooms in those categories can run from $89- $159 a night on average). If you are staying at marriotts for travel anyway though its probably worth it. The hyatts tend to be nice, but just remember the free nights aren't for every hyatt just categories 1-4 so it helps to reasearch if there are hyatts in the location you are visiting (hyatt does not have the huge footprint of a marriott/hilton etc, so it can be difficult to find them in some locations). If there is a hyatt in the area you are visiting then you need to make sure its in a category that would allow you to use the free certificate.
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The 70k bonus on the marriott card may be a targetted offer to me, so I would double check prior to applying as I have seen offers of 50k as well.
@CreditScholar wrote:
@red259 wrote:
@370Z wrote:The annual fee is not waived if applying on the Hyatt website. The $75 AF is charged right away, and a $50 statement credit is applied after the first purchase.
Other Chase hotel card options are:
IHG - free night, $49 AF
Marriott - free night, $85 AF, metal card
With the marriot card you get a free night and then after meeting the spend which I believe is 1k within three months you get 70k marriott points, which gets you another 4 nights at lower level properties like fairfields/courtyards or 2 nights in some prime locations where the room would cost $400 a night (to get value out of your points you have to reasearch though). Its a decent bonus for those looking to get a couple of hotel room stays, especially since there is no annual fee in the first year. Beyond that the AF pays for itself with the free room, but you don't make a huge profit on it since they are all category 1-4 certificates (figure the rooms in those categories can run from $89- $159 a night on average). If you are staying at marriotts for travel anyway though its probably worth it. The hyatts tend to be nice, but just remember the free nights aren't for every hyatt just categories 1-4 so it helps to reasearch if there are hyatts in the location you are visiting (hyatt does not have the huge footprint of a marriott/hilton etc, so it can be difficult to find them in some locations). If there is a hyatt in the area you are visiting then you need to make sure its in a category that would allow you to use the free certificate.
In terms of sheer niceness of properties, Hyatt Categories 1-4 blow Marriott's 1-5 out of the water. Yes their locations may be more limited, but if you're travelling to a major city you'll probably find a Hyatt there.
This is true. Hyatts tend to be more upscale. The takeaway is to research ahead of time to make sure that there are locations you want to use those free certificates to make sure the card is worthwhile as there may be hyatts in the cities you want to visit, but they could be in higher categories.