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Hyatt Globalist status is among the best hotel elite statuses you can earn. Many travelers — myself included — would argue it is the absolute best. Although my husband and I maintain high-tier elite status with multiple hotel loyalty programs, we prioritize requalifying for Hyatt Globalist status each year.

Qualifying for World of Hyatt Globalist status isn’t easy, as you need 60 tier-qualifying nights or 100,000 base points per calendar year. There aren’t many shortcuts for Hyatt Globalist status, although you’ll have lifetime Globalist status once you’ve accrued 1,000,000 lifetime base points. However, 1,000,000 lifetime base points require about $200,000 of spending with Hyatt.

Check out our guide to Hyatt Globalist status to learn why many travelers love having top-tier World of Hyatt elite status. In this guide, I’ll discuss three primary ways to get Hyatt Globalist status.

Tier-qualifying nights

As mentioned above, you can earn Hyatt Globalist status by staying 60 tier-qualifying nights with Hyatt during a calendar year. Specifically, you’ll have Globalist status through February of the second calendar year following qualification.

Hyatt defines “tier-qualifying nights” as when you stay overnight at a Hyatt hotel or resort, pay an eligible rate or redeem a free night award and associate your membership number with the reservation. However, if you book a promotional rate that gives a free night — such as a “stay four nights and get a fifth night free” rate — the free night won’t count toward your tier-qualifying nights. Likewise, stays placed on or settled to a group master account won’t give you tier-qualifying nights.

You could stay with Hyatt for 60 tier-qualifying nights within a calendar year to obtain Hyatt Globalist status. If these nights were each at off-peak Hyatt Category 1 hotels, you could snag Globalist status for just 210,000 Hyatt points each calendar year. Likewise, paying an average of $150 per night could get you Hyatt Globalist status for $9,000 each calendar year.

But, as I’ll discuss in the following subsections, there are ways to decrease the number of nights you must stay with Hyatt each year if you want to qualify for Globalist status via tier-qualifying nights.

Related: How much value does World of Hyatt status provide when you book directly?

Double elite night promotions

Hyatt occasionally offers promotions that let you earn twice as many tier-qualifying nights. For example, Hyatt members could earn twice as many tier-qualifying night credits at Thompson and Dream hotels in early to mid-2024.

If you think you’ll otherwise fall short of the 60-night requirement for Hyatt Globalist status, it can be worth rearranging your travel schedule to maximize a double elite night promotion.

Spend on Hyatt credit cards

If you want to get Hyatt Globalist status, you should seriously consider adding the World of Hyatt Credit Card or the World of Hyatt Business Credit Card to your wallet. Both cards let you earn Hyatt points on purchases and provide various benefits to Hyatt loyalists. But these cards also let you earn tier-qualifying nights.

With the World of Hyatt Credit Card, you’ll get five tier-qualifying night credits every calendar year, and you’ll earn two additional tier-qualifying night credits every time you spend $5,000 on your card (you’ll get these nights credited to the calendar year in which the spend occurred). As such, you could spend $140,000 on your World of Hyatt card each calendar year to get Hyatt Globalist status.

And with the World of Hyatt Business Credit Card, you’ll earn five tier-qualifying night credits for every $10,000 in purchases each calendar year. As such, you could spend $120,000 on your World of Hyatt Business card each calendar year and maintain Hyatt Globalist status without any stays.

However, as I’ll discuss later in this guide, very few Hyatt loyalists will get Globalist status solely from credit card spending. Instead, most loyalists earn tier-qualifying nights through various other means.

Gift Guest of Honor awards

In late 2023, World of Hyatt announced changes to how its popular Guest of Honor benefit works. Now, Hyatt members can earn Guest of Honor awards through the Hyatt Milestone Rewards program, and lifetime Globalist members get five Guest of Honor awards annually.

Hyatt members who gift a Guest of Honor award to another member now earn one tier-qualifying night credit when the member to which they gifted their Guest of Honor award completes their stay. So, gifting Guest of Honor awards is now a way to earn a few tier-qualifying nights each calendar year.

Related: How and why you should maximize your hotel stays by using multiple loyalty programs

Spend with Hyatt

You’ll also qualify for Hyatt Globalist status any calendar year in which you accrue 100,000 base points. And you’ll earn lifetime Globalist status once you accrue 1,000,000 base points over your lifetime.

Base points are different from bonus points. In particular, you’ll only earn base points on eligible rates, eligible incidental charges and eligible nonstay charges at Hyatt properties. Specifically, on these eligible expenses, you’ll earn 2.5 base points per dollar at Hyatt Studios hotels and 5 base points per dollar at other Hyatt properties.

You can earn base points on up to three rooms per night. However, the member must pay an eligible rate for all the rooms and occupy at least one of them, and the rooms must all be within the same hotel or resort.

To get Hyatt Globalist status, you’ll need to spend $20,000 on eligible expenses at Hyatt properties (that aren’t Hyatt Studios hotels, which earn at a lower rate) each calendar year. This spending could occur on one short but ultra-luxurious stay or across many practical stays throughout the year.

Related: The 23 best Hyatt hotels in the world

Status match

World of Hyatt doesn’t usually offer public status match offers. However, in 2023 we saw a 90-day World of Hyatt trial and challenge for Bilt Rewards members that made it possible to get Globalist status after just 20 nights. In late 2023, some AAdvantage members got a Hyatt status challenge offer through the American AAdvantage and World of Hyatt partnership. Finally, Concierge Key members get Globalist status once they link their AAdvantage and Hyatt accounts.

If you’re looking for a shortcut to World of Hyatt status, it may be worth linking your AAdvantage and Hyatt accounts and participating in the Bilt Rewards program, since we’ve seen previous opportunities via these programs.

Related: What are hotel and airline status matches, and how do you get one?

Decide how you will get Hyatt Globalist status

Unfortunately, there’s no way to earn Hyatt Globalist status via a mixture of base points and tier-qualifying nights. So you’ll want to consider early each year whether you plan to get Hyatt Globalist status via tier-qualifying nights or base points.

If you plan to qualify via base points, you’ll want to focus on paid Hyatt stays at eligible rates. You’ll also want to ensure you charge all eligible expenses to your room to maximize the number of base points you earn.

But if you plan to get Hyatt Globalist status via tier-qualifying nights, you’ll likely want to earn these nights through a combination of methods. For example, this year I expect to get the following:

• 49 tier-qualifying nights from stays at Hyatt hotels and resorts
• Five tier-qualifying nights as a World of Hyatt Credit Card holder
• Six tier-qualifying nights by spending $15,000 on my World of Hyatt Credit Card
• Two tier-qualifying nights from gifting Guest of Honor awards

Out of my 49 tier-qualifying nights, I’ve booked paid rates for 15 nights, used free night certificates for five nights and redeemed 382,000 points for the other 29 nights. I’ve earned most of my Hyatt points through spending on my Hyatt credit card, utilizing Hyatt promotions and transferring Chase Ultimate Rewards points to Hyatt.

Related: Why I aim to spend $15K on my World of Hyatt Credit Card each year

Bottom line

Hyatt Globalist status is valuable due to the perks it provides on stays. However, the status’ required 60 tier-qualifying nights or 100,000 base points can be difficult for loyalists to earn each calendar year — especially since the shortcuts for these requirements are minimal. But, with some planning and the World of Hyatt Credit Card or the World of Hyatt Business Credit Card in your wallet, it’s possible to get Hyatt Globalist status without spending 60 nights or $20,000 with Hyatt each year.