138. The BEST Hotel Chain for Using & Earning Points

Points Talk®: Your Travel Dreams, Made Possible by Points

Alex, Pam and Jess

Places & Travel, Education, Society & Culture, How To

4.9 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

When choosing where to spend your hard-earned hotel points, the options can feel overwhelming. Each major hotel chain promises value, but the reality often falls short when you discover that dream property costs triple what you expected in points. This week, the Travel Mom Squad takes a dive deep into why one hotel program stands head and shoulders above the rest.

Through specific strategies for earning points, maximizing elite benefits, and leveraging unique program features, you'll discover how to unlock luxury hotel stays without breaking the bank. Whether you're booking a $1,000-per-night property in Maui or securing a hotel room during a big sports event, you'll learn exactly how this amazing hotel chain's program structure creates consistent value that other dynamic pricing models can't match.

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0:00.0	You have a lot of options when it comes to using your points for hotel stays.
0:04.0	Listen in as we take a deep dive into the Hyatt program and share why it's our absolute favorite.
0:08.8	Welcome to Points Talk with the Travel Mom Squad.
0:11.8	We are three moms who've discovered how to leverage credit card welcome offers to get hundreds of thousands of dollars of travel expenses for nearly free.
0:20.2	We've used credit card points of miles
0:21.8	to take vacations to places like Hawaii, Paris, Greece, Maldives, Japan, and so much more. And the
0:28.5	best part, we each still have 800 plus credit scores. Imagine being able to take the vacation of your
0:34.4	dreams for nearly free. It's totally possible and we're here to show you how.
0:39.6	Hey, I'm Alex. And I'm Pam, Alex's mom. And I'm Jess. Let's Talk Points. Today we are talking all about
0:48.2	our absolute favorite hotel chain. You're going to be shocked when I tell you which one it is.
0:54.1	That's right. It is Hyatt.
0:55.9	You may hear us talk about Hyatt frequently and wonder why we're so obsessed with it.
1:01.2	We are going to tell you all about why Hyatt deserves all the praise that it gets in today's
1:07.9	episode. And we do have an episode about Hyatt already because obviously it was one of
1:13.6	the things we wanted to talk about most when we first started our podcast. But things have
1:18.2	significantly changed in the world of Hyatt in the last two years since that episode came out.
1:24.4	And so we wanted to update that and give some more input into why we love Hyatt so much.
1:30.0	So Alex, kick it off with one of the top reasons why Hyatt comes out on top for us.
1:35.7	Yeah. So Hyatt is the only main hotel brand that still has an award chart. And if you're listening,
1:43.1	you're like, okay, cool, what's
1:44.5	like an award chart? Like, it doesn't sound that exciting. But when I tell you the details,
1:49.3	it is actually really exciting. So when you have an award chart, the points per night are capped.
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