🤯 Book hotel nights for just 1,600 points

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Happy weekend, friends!

Aaaaand, a very merry Super Bowl LX to all my sports people out there.

Me personally? I’m in it for the Bad Bunny concert. 😎

Before you dive headfirst into buffalo chicken dip and boneless wings, let’s spend just a few minutes running through last week’s top travel happenings.

🦄 This unicorn transfer bonus could help you fly business class to Japan for less than 60k points (ends Feb. 28!)

💙 Want to earn a massive stash of Delta SkyMiles? Jk, I already know the answer.

🪦 Here’s everything you need to know about Capital One lounge access changes (it’s not good).

🎥 Which Trusted Traveler Program is best? This week’s Daily Drop YouTube video will help you answer that question.

🏆 Our Favorite Pick: Hyatt Bonus Journeys is back (and it stacks!)

Hyatt promotions are like Justin Bieber albums.

We used to be able to count on them popping up pretty regularly.

Now, we don’t see them as often as we used to, which is probably why this feels like such a win (as does the very recent “SWAG” album… to finish up that analogy).

Anywaaays, Hyatt Bonus Journeys is officially back, and here’s how it works:

Earn 3,000 bonus points for every three eligible nights (up to 21k points total)
Earn an extra 1,000 points per three nights at Hyatt Place and Hyatt Select hotels (up to 7k points total)
Nights don’t have to be consecutive
Award nights count too
Valid for stays completed by April 15, 2026

At the very least, you’re earning about 1,000 points back per night, which doesn’t sound flashy… until you remember how cheap some Hyatt award nights already are.

Hyatt Category 1 hotels start at just 3,500 points per night. When you layer Bonus Journeys on top, you’re effectively rebating points back into your account.

For example, you could stay at the (very comfortable) Hyatt Place Krakow for just 3,500 points for a night.

Hyatt Place Krakow

And even if you weren’t looking to go international, there are solid Category 1 options around the U.S. where this math still checks out, like Waco, TX. 👇

Hyatt Place Waco - South

Y’all… the value here adds up very quickly if you’re doing multiple short stays or a longer trip with a few different hotels.

Now, let’s talk about stacking.

This promo works alongside Hyatt’s extended-stay offer at Hyatt House and Hyatt Studios, where you earn 5,000 bonus points for every 5-night stay (and you can do that up to ten times, through the end of 2026).

👉 More deets on Hyatt’s extended-stay offer here!

Stack the two promos together, and longer stays at Hyatt’s more budget-friendly brands start to look very sweet, especially if you’re booking with points.

👀 Pro Tip: This is an ideal promo for the “in-between” parts of a trip (like stopovers, repositioning nights, work trips, or any trip where you don’t want to burn a huge chunk of points).

And because Hyatt points are so easy to earn (hello, 1:1 transfers), this is one of the easiest ways to turn a stash of points into way more hotel nights than you planned.

Bottom Line: If you have even one Hyatt stay between now and April 15, this is worth registering for. There’s no minimum stay and no complicated strategy required… just extra points showing up later for trips you were already planning.

(Just make sure you register before your stay. Hyatt is very literal about that part.)

👀 This Week’s Must-Reads

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