Bits: register now for World of Hyatt’s new promotion, 80% bonus when you buy IHG points

News in brief:

Register now for the new World of Hyatt promotion

World of Hyatt has launched its Winter promotion, which is called ‘Bonus Journeys’. It is, effectively, a copy of the Spring 2021 promotion, but not necessarily any worse for that.

Here are the terms in a nutshell:

• the promotion runs from 15th January to 20th April

• registration closes early (boo!) on 15th March and can be done here

• you receive 2,022 bonus points for every two nights you stay

• nights do not need to be consecutive

• you can earn a maximum of 20,220 bonus points via this offer

• M life and Small Luxury Hotels nights will count

• reward nights will count

I value a World of Hyatt at 1.1p. This is a firm valuation, because Hyatt will give you that in cash if you choose to redeem 65,000 points for $1,000 of hotel credit to spend on food, drink or spa treatments. It is also easy enough to achieve this on a room redemption.

On this basis, you are getting £11 per night back as a bonus. This isn’t much of a return if you’re spend £300 at a top Park Hyatt, but if you find yourself at the Hyatt Place in Hayes as a dirt cheap Heathrow option, you will do OK.

You can find out more about Bonus Journeys, and register, here.

Remember that you can find ALL of the current hotel promotions outlined in one place on this page of HfP, which you can always find by looking under the ‘Hotel Offers’ tab at the top of the page.

Get an 80% bonus buying IHG Rewards points

Until 4th January, you can buy IHG Rewards – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – points with a bonus of up to 80%.

The page to buy points is here – log in and see what is available.

This is not the most generous offer IHG has had, and it is also staggered which is unusual:

• Buy 7,000-19,000 points, get a 40% bonus
• Buy 20,000-29,000 points, get a 60% bonus
• Buy 30,000+ points, get an 80% bonus

I wouldn’t buy speculatively with an 80% bonus as I am fairly sure that a 100% bonus for everyone will be along in a few months.  If you need to top up your account in advance of a planned short-term redemption, however, you might as well do it whilst the bonus is on.