{"id":2489,"date":"2014-03-14T13:30:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T20:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2014-04-29T09:29:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T16:29:45","slug":"im-getting-17-hyatt-stays-top-20-elite-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2014\/03\/im-getting-17-hyatt-stays-top-20-elite-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"How I’m Getting 17% off Hyatt Stays on Top of the 20% My Elite Rate"},"content":{"rendered":"

If ya’ll are not yet aware, Platinum & Diamond members received 20% off<\/a> reservations at select locations until Dec 31, 2014. All you have to do is log in to see the “My Elite Rate” tab and make a reservation.<\/p>\n

Well here is how I am getting an additional 17% off my stays. The tools I’m using are Milepoint Premium and my American Express Simply Cash business.<\/span>card.<\/p>\n

Milepoint Premium (currently sold out) lets me purchase giftcards up to $5,000 for the year at a 10% discount. Note that the giftcards are only valid in the US.<\/p>\n

Because I have the Amex Simply Cash business.<\/span>card which is automatically enrolled in the Open Savings Benefit<\/a>, I get 5% off Hyatt purchases. I wasn’t sure if these gift cards would give me the statement credit but I can confirm that it does.<\/p>\n

\"open<\/a>In addition to this benefit, the card comes with the option to choose a 3% cash back category. The options to choose from are airfare, hotels, car rentals, U.S. gas stations, U.S. restaurants, U.S. purchases for advertising in select media, and U.S. purchases for shipping.<\/p>\n

Well I selected the hotel option and according to the agent I spoke with, this is stackable with the Open Savings Benefit. My monthly statement has not closed yet so I can’t officially state if it will give me cash back for this but I’m positive it will.<\/p>\n

So if I were to maximize my 5k purchase of Hyatt GCs, I would save $500 from Milepoint, $225 from Open Savings, & $135 from the category bonus. The total of $860 gives me an effective savings of 17%. That is pretty good savings on Hyatt stays!<\/p>\n

Also don’t forget to go through a shopping portal before making a Hyatt booking such as TopCashBack <\/a>which currently gives you 3% cash back or Ebates <\/a>which currently gives you 1.5% cash back.<\/p>\n

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