Which Hyatt Milestone Rewards should you choose?
World of Hyatt members can earn Milestone Rewards each calendar year as they reach specific thresholds for qualifying nights or base points. As a result of changes to the American Airlines and Hyatt partnership, you can now select some American Airlines perks as Hyatt Milestone Rewards. In this guide, we’ll look at the current Hyatt …

World of Hyatt members can earn Milestone Rewards each calendar year as they reach specific thresholds for qualifying nights or base points. As a result of changes to the American Airlines and Hyatt partnership, you can now select some American Airlines perks as Hyatt Milestone Rewards.
In this guide, we’ll look at the current Hyatt Milestone Rewards program, including a detailed discussion of each perk and how to choose the best benefits for you at each milestone. I’ll also tell you what Hyatt Milestone Rewards I’ll likely pick this year.
Hyatt Milestone Rewards overview
You’ll earn Hyatt Milestone Rewards starting at 20 nights or 35,000 base points within a calendar year. Since the World of Hyatt Credit Card offers cardholders five qualifying nights each year, cardholders only need to stay 15 nights (or accrue 35,000 base points) before earning their first Milestone Reward each calendar year.
Here’s an overview of the Hyatt Milestone Rewards you can earn after you reach select milestones each calendar year. Note these Milestone Rewards are separate from Hyatt elite status perks.
Milestone | Reward you automatically receive | Rewards from which you can choose one |
20 nights or 35,000 base points | None | A 2K Next Stay award, two club access awards, a $25 Find Experiences credit or 2 Preferred seat coupons on American Airlines |
30 nights or 50,000 base points | One Category 1-4 free night award | A 2K Next Stay award, two club access awards, a $25 Find Experiences credit or 2 Preferred seat coupons on American Airlines |
40 nights or 65,000 base points | One Guest of Honor award | 5,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a $150 Find Experiences credit or two Main Cabin Extra seat coupons on American Airlines |
50 nights or 80,000 base points | None | 5,000 bonus points, two suite upgrade awards, a $150 Find Experiences credit or two Main Cabin Extra seat coupons on American Airlines |
60 nights or 100,000 base points | Two Guest of Honor awards, one Category 1-7 free night award, two suite upgrade awards and access to My Hyatt Concierge | None |
70, 80 and 90 nights | One Guest of Honor award | 10,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a $300 Find Experiences credit or AAdvantage Gold status |
100 nights | One Category 1-7 free night award | 10,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a Miraval extra night award or AAdvantage Platinum status |
110, 120, 130 and 140 nights | One Guest of Honor award | 10,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a Miraval extra night award or AAdvantage Platinum status |
150 nights | One Ultimate free night award | 10,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a Miraval extra night award or AAdvantage Platinum status |
At the milestones that offer a choice, you must select a perk within 90 days of reaching the milestone. In the next section, we’ll discuss your Milestone Reward options in more detail.
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A detailed look at each Hyatt Milestone Reward
Before we discuss how to decide which perk to choose at the milestones that require choices, let’s take a closer look at each of the Hyatt Milestone Rewards.
2K Next Stay award
The 2K Next Stay award is an option you can choose at two milestones: 20 nights (or 35,000 base points) and 30 nights (or 50,000 base points). If you choose a 2K Next Stay award, you’ll earn 2,000 bonus Hyatt points on your next stay at a Hyatt House, Hyatt Place, Me and All Hotels, Hyatt Studios, Caption by Hyatt or UrCove hotel.
Based on TPG’s February 2025 valuations, 2,000 Hyatt points are worth $34. However, you must pay an eligible rate or redeem a free night award for a stay at one of these brands and check out within 180 days of selecting the 2K Next Stay award to earn the 2,000 bonus Hyatt points.
You can only earn bonus points from one 2K Next Stay award per stay. So, suppose you have multiple 2K Next Stay awards in your account. In that case, you’ll need to complete multiple stays at Hyatt House, Hyatt Place, Me and All Hotels, Hyatt Studios, Caption by Hyatt or UrCove properties to earn bonus points from multiple 2K Next Stay awards.
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Club access awards
At the 20 nights (or 35,000 base points) and 30 nights (or 50,000 base points) milestones, one of your choices is two club access awards. Each club access award — which you can gift to other Hyatt members online — can be used before check-in to obtain club lounge access on an eligible stay of seven consecutive nights or less at participating hotels and resorts with a club lounge.
However, club lounge access awards aren’t valid at Caption by Hyatt, Hyatt Place, Hyatt House, Me and All Hotels, Hyatt Studios, Hyatt Ziva, Hyatt Zilara, Miraval, Destination by Hyatt Residences or Hyatt Vacation Club hotels and resorts.
You must pay an eligible rate or redeem points for a standard room free night award, a suite free night award or a points plus cash stay to use a club lounge access award. The World of Hyatt terms and conditions specifically state that you can’t use a club lounge access award on any stay that includes other free night awards, such as Hyatt Category 1-4 free night awards from credit cards.
If you choose two club lounge access awards, your awards will be valid for the rest of the year you earned them, plus 14 additional months.
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Find Experiences credit
You can choose a Find Experiences credit at the 20 nights (or 35,000 base points), 30 nights (or 50,000 base points), 40 nights (or 65,000 base points) and 50 nights (or 80,000 base points) milestones, plus the 70, 80 and 90 nights milestones. The amount of the credit increases as you reach higher milestones, starting at $25 for 20 and 30 nights but jumping to $300 for 70, 80 and 90 nights.
If you choose a Find Experiences credit, it will be valid for the rest of the calendar year it is issued, plus 14 additional months. You’ll get the credit via email as a code, and you can apply it to your Find Experiences account or redeem it at checkout when you book a Find Experience.
Seat coupons on American Airlines
As of Jan. 1, 2025, you can select two Preferred seat coupons on American Airlines at the 20 nights (or 35,000 base points) and 30 nights (or 50,000 base points) milestones. You can also select two Main Cabin Extra seat coupons on American Airlines at the 40-night (or 65,000 base points) and 50-night (or 80,000 base points) milestones.
Each seat coupon is valid for one seat on one flight operated by American Airlines or American Eagle. Preferred seats don’t have extra legroom but are in better locations, such as near the front of the aircraft. Meanwhile, Main Cabin Extra seats board with Group 5, have extra legroom and get complimentary beer, wine and spirits on flights with full drink service.
Once you select seat coupons as a Milestone Reward, you must use them for travel within the next 365 days. You can’t use seat coupons for American Airlines basic economy fares, and you can’t apply a coupon retroactively if you’ve already paid to select a seat. You can redeem seat coupons for other passengers in your reservation, but you can only apply seat coupons from one AAdvantage account per reservation.
Category 1-4 free night award
Once you accrue 30 nights or 50,000 base points within a calendar year, you’ll get a Category 1-4 free night award. That’s right, you don’t even need to choose it. This Category 1-4 free night award is valid for 180 days from when it is issued (which should occur shortly after you earn it), and you must check out of the stay you book with it before or on its expiration date. You can book a standard room at a Category 1, 2, 3 or 4 Hyatt hotel using this free night award.
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Guest of Honor award
Hyatt members earn one Guest of Honor award after 40 nights or 65,000 base points in a calendar year; two after 60 nights or 100,000 base points; one after 70, 80 and 90 nights; and one after 110, 120, 130 and 140 nights.
On a Guest of Honor stay of up to seven consecutive nights at a single property, the guest will get all in-hotel benefits typically reserved for World of Hyatt Globalist members. Members can gift Guest of Honor stays to other members, but Hyatt members without Globalist status can also use Guest of Honor awards to obtain Globalist perks. If you gift a Guest of Honor award you earned to another member, you’ll get one tier-qualifying night once the other member completes their Guest of Honor stay.
Once you earn a Guest of Honor award as a Milestone Reward, it is valid for the rest of the year you earned it, plus 14 additional months. You can apply Guest of Honor awards to paid reservations booked via an eligible rate, free night award stays and points and cash stays at most World of Hyatt properties.
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Bonus points
You can select 5,000 or 10,000 bonus points at most milestones. Based on TPG’s February 2025 valuations, 5,000 Hyatt points are worth $85, and 10,000 Hyatt points are worth $170.
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Suite upgrade award
Starting at 40 nights or 65,000 base points, you get or can select one or two suite upgrade awards at each milestone. You can use these awards to obtain a standard suite when you pay an eligible rate, redeem points for a standard-room or club-level free night award or book a standard room points plus cash award for a stay of up to seven nights. However, you can’t use a suite upgrade award if you redeem any other free night awards, including Category 1-4 certificates earned via credit cards or the Hyatt Brand Explorer perk.
You can redeem each suite upgrade award when making an eligible reservation for a stay at select Hyatt hotels and resorts that offer suite accommodations (excluding suite award-ineligible properties as noted in the World of Hyatt terms and conditions, Residences at Grand Hyatt Deer Valley and Hyatt Vacation Club resorts). Suite upgrade awards are valid for the year you earned them, plus 14 additional months.
Category 1-7 free night award
When you reach the 60 nights (or 100,000 base points) and 100 nights milestones, you automatically get a Category 1-7 free night award.
This Category 1-7 free night award is valid for one standard room award night at a Category 1 through 7 property or a Category A through D all-inclusive property, as defined by the World of Hyatt award chart. Once a Category 1-7 free night award is in your account, you can use it for a stay with a checkout date within 180 days of its issuance.
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My Hyatt Concierge
My Hyatt Concierge — a benefit you unlock at 60 nights or 100,000 base points — is another Hyatt Milestone Reward you don’t have to choose. Instead, you get it as a perk of reaching 60 nights or 100,000 base points with Hyatt within a calendar year. This benefit gives you access to a dedicated agent for the rest of the calendar year you earned the My Hyatt Concierge benefit, plus 14 additional months.
Some travelers interact frequently with their My Hyatt Concierge and get much value from the dedicated contact. However, most of the value I get from My Hyatt Concierge stems from knowing I can contact the broader My Hyatt Concierge team via phone to resolve issues.
AAdvantage elite status
At the 70-, 80- and 90-nights milestones, you can select AAdvantage Gold status as a Milestone Reward. And at the 100-, 110-, 120-, 130-, 140- and 150-nights milestones, you can select AAdvantage Platinum status as a Milestone Reward.
Interestingly, the duration of your AAdvantage status depends on when you earn this Milestone Reward, not when you select it. Specifically, your status will be valid as if you earned AAdvantage status during the qualification period during which you earned the Milestone Reward. For example, if you select AAdvantage Platinum status as a Milestone Reward on July 1, 2025, it’s valid through March 31, 2027.
Miraval extra night award
If you accrue 100, 110, 120, 130, 140 or 150 nights within a calendar year, you can choose a Miraval extra night award as a Milestone Reward. You can redeem a Miraval extra night award for an additional consecutive night of free accommodation at a Miraval property when you pay an eligible rate, redeem a free night award or book a points plus cash stay for a night on the same stay. You can redeem Miraval extra night awards for standard rooms up to double occupancy, but you won’t get a nightly resort credit on these award nights.
Once you select a Miraval extra night award, it is valid for 180 days. You can use multiple Miraval extra night awards during a single stay, but your free nights must be equal to or less than the number of eligible nights booked with points, cash or a combination.
Related: Does it make sense to redeem World of Hyatt points for all-inclusive resorts?
Ultimate free night award
Finally, if you accrue 150 nights within a calendar year, you’ll earn an Ultimate free night award.
You can redeem the Ultimate free night award for a standard room at a Category 1-8 hotel or resort, a Category A-F all-inclusive resort or a Miraval resort. You’ll need to redeem and stay using your Ultimate free night award within 180 days of its issuance (which should occur shortly after you reach 150 nights within a calendar year).
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Which Hyatt Milestone Rewards should you choose?
Now, let’s discuss how to decide which Hyatt Milestone Reward you should choose at each milestone that offers a choice. I’ll also share what I plan to choose at each milestone.
20 nights or 35,000 base points
Once you accrue 20 nights or 35,000 base points with Hyatt within a calendar year, you can choose a 2K Next Stay award, two club access awards, a $25 Find Experiences credit or two Preferred seat coupons on American Airlines.
Suppose you don’t have Hyatt Globalist status — which automatically confers club lounge access — and plan to stay at one or more Hyatt properties with club lounges before this award expires. In that case, club lounge access awards will likely provide the most value. Otherwise, the 2K Next Stay award will likely be the most valuable if you expect to stay at a Hyatt House, Hyatt Place, Me and All Hotels, Hyatt Studios, Caption by Hyatt or UrCove property within 180 days.
As a Globalist elite member, I already get club lounge access, and I frequently stay at hotels that are eligible for the 2K Next Stay award. So, I’ll select the 2K Next Stay award at the 20 nights or 35,000 base points milestone.
30 nights or 50,000 base points
At the 30 nights or 50,000 base points milestone, you’ll get a Category 1-4 free night award, and you can choose a 2K Next Stay award, two club access awards, a $25 Find Experiences credit or two Preferred seat coupons on American Airlines.
As the options you can choose are the same as at the 20 nights or 35,000 base points milestone, look at the previous section for my thoughts on what to choose. However, suppose you selected two club access awards at the previous milestone. In that case, you may want to select something different at this milestone unless you have a lot of upcoming stays planned at Hyatt properties with club lounges.
I’ll select another 2K Next Stay award at the 30 nights or 50,000 base points milestone.
40 nights or 65,000 base points
Once you accrue 40 nights or 65,000 base points with Hyatt within a calendar year, you’ll earn a Guest of Honor award and a choice of 5,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a $150 Find Experiences credit or two Main Cabin Extra seat coupons on American Airlines.
Based on TPG’s February 2025 valuations, 5,000 bonus points are worth $85. So, if you’d use a $150 Find Experiences credit, that’s likely the best option here. However, if you don’t plan on reaching the 50 nights or 80,000 base points milestone — or have a lot of upcoming stays where suite upgrade awards would be useful — it may be better to select a suite upgrade award here. Likewise, if you have eligible American Airlines flights coming up where the Main Cabin Extra seat coupons would be helpful, that could be a choice worth considering.
I already have some Find Experiences credit and expect to earn two suite upgrade awards at both the 50- and 60-night milestones. As such, I’ll likely select the $150 Find Experiences credit once I reach the 40 nights or 65,000 base points milestone to add to my existing Find Experiences credit.
50 nights or 80,000 base points
The choices at the 50 nights or 80,000 base points milestone — 5,000 bonus points, two suite upgrade awards, a $150 Find Experiences credit or two Main Cabin Extra seat coupons on American Airlines — are similar to the previous milestone. The difference is that you can choose two suite upgrade awards at this milestone.
The availability of two suite upgrade awards at this milestone is compelling, so I plan to choose suite upgrade awards at the 50 nights or 80,000 base points milestone.
60 nights or 100,000 base points
You don’t need to choose this milestone. Instead, all Hyatt members who accrue 60 nights or 100,000 base points within a calendar year get two Guest of Honor awards, one Category 1-7 free night award, two suite upgrade awards and access to My Hyatt Concierge.
70, 80 and 90 nights
Once you reach the 70-, 80- and 90-night milestones, you’ll get a Guest of Honor award and a choice of 10,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a $300 Find Experiences credit or AAdvantage Gold status.
TPG’s February 2025 valuations peg the value of 10,000 Hyatt points at $170. So, if you don’t have American Airlines elite status but occasionally fly the airline or could benefit from Oneworld Ruby status, it may be worth selecting AAdvantage Gold status. Alternatively, if you plan to book any Find Experiences, the $300 credit is a compelling option if you don’t need (or already have) AAdvantage status. Otherwise, the 10,000 bonus points will likely provide more value than a suite upgrade award. Still, don’t hesitate to snag suite upgrade awards at these milestones if you are running low.
I already have AAdvantage Platinum Pro status. So, if I reach 70 nights (and perhaps 80 or 90 nights) this year with Hyatt, I’ll likely select 10,000 bonus points, unless I’ve been using a lot of suite upgrade awards and think another one would be useful. Alternatively, I may select the $300 Find Experiences credit if I find an experience I want to use.
100 nights
If you reach the 100-night milestone, you’ll earn a Category 1-7 free night award and a choice of 10,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a Miraval extra night award or AAdvantage Platinum status.
The Miraval extra night award is the easy choice if you want to stay at a Miraval resort soon. I loved my stay at Miraval Austin, so I can attest to the appeal and value of a Miraval extra night award. However, AAdvantage Platinum status could be valuable for its Oneworld Sapphire status and some incremental benefits when flying American Airlines. If neither of these choices is appealing, then the choice of 10,000 bonus points or a suite upgrade award will boil down to whether you can use another suite upgrade award.
If I made it to 100 nights in a calendar year with Hyatt, I’d choose the Miraval extra night award, especially since I could pair the extra night with a night I book with Hyatt points.
110, 120, 130 and 140 nights
Once you accrue 110, 120, 130 and 140 nights in a calendar year with Hyatt, you’ll get a Guest of Honor award and a choice of 10,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a Miraval extra night award or AAdvantage Platinum status. The choices at these milestones are the same as at 100 nights, and the logic in choosing is about the same.
I’d likely choose a few more Miraval extra night awards at these thresholds to build a reasonable-length Miraval stay. After all, you can use multiple Miraval extra night awards on a stay if you pay eligible rates or redeem Hyatt points for at least half the nights.
150 nights
Finally, suppose you accrue 150 nights within a calendar year with Hyatt. In that case, you’ll earn an Ultimate free night award and a choice of 10,000 bonus points, one suite upgrade award, a Miraval extra night award or AAdvantage Platinum status. The choices at this milestone are the same as at 100, 110, 120, 130 and 140 nights, so you likely know whether you can use another suite upgrade award or an additional Miraval extra night award.
Bottom line
The Hyatt Milestone Rewards program offers a lot of choices. Just be sure to pick within 90 days of reaching each milestone, as there isn’t a default option you automatically get if you forget to choose.