Quick hits: rollovers (hitting); awards (waiting); Chase targeted offers (missed me so far)
/There are quite a few current and expired offers floating around right now that I want to put in one place to make it easy for readers (and me) to keep track of.
Hyatt elite night and Delta Medallion Qualifying Mile rollovers
Your 2020 Hyatt elite nights are not technically being rolled over into 2021. Rather, as long as you register by January 15, 2021, all the elite nights you earn between October 1, 2020 and February 28, 2021 “count twice:” once in the year they’re earned, and once in 2021. I don’t have any travel planned before the end of February, but since the only three Hyatt nights I earned in 2020 were at the end of December, the promotion effectively allowed me to roll those nights into 2021. Those 2021 nights have already posted to my Hyatt account.
For the past few years, Delta has allowed their Medallion members to roll over any MQM in excess of their elite status requirements into the following year. This year, they’re rolling all MQM over from 2020 to 2021. I earned a few thousand MQM by putting spend on my American Express Delta Platinum Business card last year, and they’ve already posted as 2021 MQM.
I am probably not going to pursue status in either program in 2021, but if you are, your elite qualifying nights and miles should be appearing shortly.
Hyatt $4,000-spend free night award
As I wrote in November, Hyatt credit cardholders were able to stack two promotions to great effect at the end of 2020:
Earn 3 World of Hyatt points per dollar spent at grocery stores, up to $1,500 per month, during each of November and December, 2020.
Receive a Category 1-4 free night award when you spend $4,000 on your card between October 27 and December 31, 2020.
That made it a no-brainer to manufacture $4,000 on the card in negative-cost grocery store spend during the spate of great Giant and Safeway promotions. My bonus points posted as expected with my December Hyatt credit card statement, but I just squeaked under the wire meeting the $4,000 spend threshold on December 30, 2020, and my free night award has not yet posted. I’m not terribly worried about it yet, but I’ll be keeping a close eye on my account until the award night posts.
Chase co-branded card offers
If you have any Chase co-branded credit cards, check them to see if you’ve been targeted for bonus earnings at grocery stores, gas stations, drugstores, or when meeting spend thresholds in the first quarter of 2021.
My only co-branded Chase credit card is the legacy Hyatt card, and I’ve been unable to register using the dedicated Hyatt link or the generic link. Since I’m going to be forced into an upgrade on January 11 my hope is registration will open for me then and I’ll still have plenty of time to meet the bonus spending threshold by March 31, 2021.
Conclusion
Finally, I try to keep my Hotel Promotions page relatively up to date both for my own reference and for the use of readers, so pop over there to make sure you’re registered for the several Hilton and Hyatt promotions that have been extended into 2021, and to check if your hotel loyalty accounts were targeted for any current promotions.
