Hyatt has a relatively small footprint compared to Marriott and Hilton. But what really shines at Hyatt is its loyalty program. The Hyatt World.
It’s not just about doing that Hyatt Awards Chart While offering great value, Hyatt offers unique guest perks that allow members to sometimes benefit from top tier globalists Hyatt Globalist Status. This is something you need to know about winning and using the Hyatt Guest of Honor Awards.
What is Hyatt Guest of Honor?
The Hyatt Guest of Honor Award offers onsite globalist benefits for eligible stays of up to 7 nights. When booking eligible paid leave fees, or Redeem Hyatt Points For standard rooms, suites, or points and cash.
The Guest of Honor Award cannot be applied to reservations that include free night awards that can be won. World of Hyatt Credit Card (look Fees and fees), Brand Explorer Promotion Milestone Rewards Program. Additionally, the Guest of Honor Award cannot be applied to your stay in a selected property, including all Hyatt Vacation Club properties.
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How to win the Hyatt Guest of Honor Awards
You can earn it through the Guest of Honor Awards Hyatt’s Milestone Rewards Program. Specifically, you will win the Hyatt Guest of Honor Awards at each of the next milestones in each calendar year.
- 40 Qualifying Night or 65,000 Base Points: One of the Honorary Awards
- 60 Qualifying Night or 100,000 Base Points: 2 Guests of Honor Awards
- 70, 80, 90 Qualifying Night: One Honorary Award
- 110, 120, 130, and 140 Qualifying Night: 1 Guest of Honor Award
The Guest of Honor Awards, which were won through the Milestone Rewards program, are valid for 14 months in addition to the year they were won. Therefore, if you win the Guest of Honor Award in 2025, you must use it to stay on checkout dates before February 28th.
moreover, Lifelong Globalist Members earn lifetime status and then win five Guest Honor Awards on the 1st of March each year. These Guest of Honor Awards are valid for 12 months from insurance.
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How to Use the Hyatt Guest of Honor Awards
When logging in to World in your Hyatt account, click on the name in the top right corner and select “My Awards.”
You can use the Hyatt Guest of Honor Award for yourself or someone else. We’ll explain both options in detail.
Use the Hyatt Guest of Honor Award
If you don’t have Hyatt Globalist status, we recommend using the Guest of Honor Award to earn Globalist benefits on your future stay. There are two ways to win the Hyatt Guest of Honor Award without having globalist status. Someone can give you a Guest of Honor Award.
In any case, if your account has a Guest of Honor Award, you will receive additional options when you book an eligible stay on a eligible website. Run the reservation process as normal until you select a property. The page where you can see the types of rooms available for a particular stay will display the honors of guests listed as awards that are applicable if their stay is qualified.
If you are applying for a Guest of Honor Award for this stay, please select the award and continue booking as usual.
Use the Hyatt Guest of Honor Awards for someone else
You can also use the Guest of Honor Award for someone else’s stay. If you have a globalist position, this is the only way to gain value through using these awards.
When booking a stay in someone else’s name, you can contact Hyatt to exchange the Guest of Honor Award. In this case, you can redeem points from your account to book a stay or book eligible paid fees.
However, it is easy to do Another Hyatt member will receive a Guest of Honor Award online. From the My Awards page above, click on the three dots next to the award, select Give Award, confirm your account via text message or email, and enter the world of recipients for your Hyatt number and last name.
When you present the Guest of Honor Award, members can book their stay using points or alternative payment methods. Plus, every time another member stays with the Guest of Honor Award you gave them, you will win a tier-qualified night.
However, if you give away the award, even if the members decide not to use it, they will not be able to regain it. Therefore, if you are not sure your members will use your stay, instead of giving away the Guest of Honor Award, we recommend booking your stay by name. Although Tia will not obtain a Tier-qualified night after she has been there, she will retain the Guest of Honor Award if a member cancels her stay.
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Hyatt Guest of Honor benefits
Members staying at the Guest of Honor Award Stay will enjoy the on-site perks normally offered to Hyatt Globalist members. These benefits include:
- As the hotel decided, room upgrades to the best available rooms upon check-in (including standard suites and rooms with club lounge access, if available)
- Club lounge access at the property with club lounge, and a complimentary daily full breakfast at the property without open club lounge (one appetizer or standard buffet and juice and coffee)
- Check out at 4pm on request (available at hotels with casinos, Hyatt Resorts and destinations at Hyatt Residence locations. Not offered at Hyatt Vacation Club properties)
- Exempt resorts, destinations and facility fees when paying the eligible fee
- Free parking when redeem points for your stay
For some stays, such as the Hyatt Place Property, Guest of Honor benefits are not very worth it. However, when awarded in urban areas at a resort with high parking fees and expensive breakfast fees, or a lovely club lounge, honorary benefits can offer great value.
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Conclusion
The Hyatt Guest of Honor Awards allows you to enjoy the benefits of globalists in one stay if you reach 40 qualifying nights or 65,000 base points within a calendar year. Additionally, the Guest of Honor Awards allowed globalist members to share interests with others several times each year.
World of Hyatt gives members a tier-qualified night each time another member stays as a guest of the talented Honor Award. Therefore, Hyatt will incentivize members and present Guest of Honor Awards to other members. So if your globalist friend does not have globalist status but is planning to book a Hyatt stay where you can enjoy the benefits of globalist, it will feel bad to ask your globalist friend if you are willing to present a guest award.
