How to Stay in Hotels and Resorts for Free Using Chase Ultimate Rewards Points!

How to get free nights stays at hotels and resorts!

What if I told you that we have never once paid for a hotel stay of a particular hotel loyalty program from the power of Ultimate Rewards points from using Chase credit cards? This is actually quite possible and easier than most people think!

Chase Ultimate Rewards Program

In case you don’t know, Chase Bank has its own unique set of travel credit cards that it promotes and it comes with its own points system and set of benefits. Most people, including ourselves at one time, would go to redeem the UR points for travel and get a basic redemption of a 1 to 1.5 cent-per-point valuation on flights and maybe hotels. However, we want to show you a simple method, using Chase’s transfer partners, where you will be able to redeem your UR points for usually at least 2 cents-per-point (possibly even more)! Transfer partners can sometimes be intimidating for a beginner, but this simple strategy has made it so that we never have to pay for a hotel stay ever again!

The Easiest Method to Redeem Chase UR Points for Free Hotel Nights

Transferring Points to Hotel Partners

Instead of taking the easy way of redemption by using the Chase Rewards Portal to get a measly 1 cent-per-point value for your hard earned UR points (or 1.25 to 1.5 with the Sapphire cards, which would be a bit better), we want to show you a simple method of utilizing transfer partners to increase the value of your points of up to 2 cents and beyond! We know as a beginner that transfer partners can be a bit intimidating, especially when you are first starting out in the credit card points and miles game. However, we will give you a step-by-step guide that will give you a basic understanding of how to utilize this method, and you will be redeeming free hotel nights in no time!

Step-By-Step Method

• You will go to World of Hyatt, and sign-up to be a member if you are not one already (free to sign up)!
• Once you have a membership in the World of Hyatt hotel program, you will link your account to in Chase by going to transfer partners (must have one of the Sapphire cards), going into hotel partners, and selecting the World of Hyatt program.
• From here you will be able to transfer your earned Chase UR points directly into your World of Hyatt account to start redeeming free nights!

In our opinion, World of Hyatt is one of Chase’s most valuable transfer partners due to the value of Hyatt points and the ease to book a rewards nights! World of Hyatt has a points chart with all of the points rates for every room type and certain category hotels (higher the category, the more luxurious the property). It includes off-peak, normal, and peak season pricing and there are also no black-out dates when booking free nights!

World of Hyatt also includes a chart for all-inclusive resorts and a separate one for Miraval Resorts.

We will go through a few example hotels in the U.S. to show you how valuable Hyatt points can be!

Hotel Examples of a Good Redemption Value

Park Hyatt New York

The typical Chase UR point is valued around 1 cent-per-point to 1.25 or 1.5 cent-per-point with one of the Sapphire cards. 45,000 UR points would be valued up to $450.00 or anywhere between $562.50 and $675 with the Sapphire benefits used in the Chase travel portal. However, if you were to transfer your 45,000 UR points to World of Hyatt, you could potentially book this Park Hyatt in New York, costing around $2,156.00 for one night! That is a value of nearly 4.8 cents-per-point, which is quadruple the value of what you would be getting if you had redeemed your UR points in the Chase travel portal!

Alila Ventana Big Sur

Similar to the Park Hyatt New York, 45,000 UR points would be worth $450.00 for a statement credit or $562.50 and $675 in the travel portal of Chase with one of the Sapphire cards. Alternatively, you could transfer the 45,000 UR points to World of Hyatt to boo