The Chase Sapphire Preferred Card and Chase Sapphire Reserve Card are both compelling travel rewards credit cards. In this Chase Sapphire Preferred vs. Reserve showdown, I’d like to compare the two cards — while they have a lot of similarities, they also have a lot of differences. And with the Sapphire Preferred’s June 2026 refresh, the gap between them has shifted in both directions the Preferred picked up a bigger bonus, a bigger hotel credit, and new bonus categories, while the Reserve became the only Ultimate Rewards card with the 1:1 World of Hyatt transfer ratio.
Delta SkyMiles and World of Hyatt are launching a new loyalty partnership with dual earning benefits, coming just as Hyatt ends its American AAdvantage alliance.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig9 Sept
American AAdvantage and World of Hyatt are ending their enhanced partnership, though the real loss is the unofficial annual status challenge, not points earning.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig9 Sept
Over the years we’ve seen some pretty major changes to hotel loyalty programs, particularly when it comes to the execution of elite perks, and also when it comes to the value of points. While I do think the World of Hyatt program has seen some negative changes in recent times, Globalist status in the program is still my favorite top tier hotel status, and I’d like to share why. But first let me talk about my current overall hotel strategy.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig24 Aug
World of Hyatt is my favorite hotel loyalty program, and I find top-tier Globalist status to be incredibly valuable. However, I realize I don’t talk much about World of Hyatt’s mid-tier elite level, Explorist status, so I want to take a closer look at that in this post (separately, I’ve written about entry-level Discoverist status).
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig14 AugWorld of Hyatt is my favorite hotel loyalty program, and I find top-tier Globalist status to be incredibly valuable. However, I realize I don’t talk much about World of Hyatt’s mid-tier elite level, Explorist status, so I want to take a closer look at that in this post (separately, I’ve written about entry-level Discoverist status).
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig14 Aug
While World of Hyatt ismy all-around favorite hotel loyalty program, I consider it to truly get valuable withtop-tier Globalist status. I’ve reviewed World of Hyatt’s mid-tier Explorist status, and in this post, I’d like to take a look at entry-level Discoverist status. Does this tier offer any real perks? Let’s cover how you can earn it, and then what the benefits are.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig10 Aug
World of Hyatt has just launched a promotion on purchased points, which is the program’s third such offer of the year. World of Hyatt is a useful points currency, and there’s definitely value to be had here for some, especially if you don’t have access to World of Hyatt points via transferable points currencies.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig6 Aug
The World of Hyatt Business Credit Card is a popular hotel credit card, which can help supercharge the World of Hyatt points you earn. It’s the best card for earning World of Hyatt status through spending, which I’d say is one of the main reasons to consider this card.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig16 Jul
Its common for airline and hotel loyalty programs to have partnerships, given that those who are frequent flyers are also often frequent hotel guests. Along those lines, we’ve just seen Air Canada Aeroplan and World of Hyatt launch a new partnership, offering reciprocal status, rewards, and points opportunities, for members who link their accounts. There are some potentially lucrative aspects to this…
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig15 Jul
There are pros and cons to each major hotel loyalty program, especially when it comes to elite perks. Personally, World of Hyatt Globalist status is my favorite hotel loyalty status that I have, and that goes beyond Hyatt having the best suite upgrade policy for Globalist members.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig14 Jul
We recently saw World of Hyatt make massive changes to its award pricing. While the program is maintaining a published award chart, it has increased the range of pricing, meaning that peak season award stays cost more than ever before. This is clearly part of Hyatt’s efforts to improve the profitability of its loyalty program.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig6 Jul
World of Hyatt has has just opened registration for its newest global promotion, offering 2,000 bonus points after every two nights, for a total of up to 8,000 bonus points, but only starting with the second stay. On the plus side, we weren’t expecting a global promotion in summer, so this is good news. However, it’s also hard to get too excited here. But hey, something is better than nothing.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig23 JunThe Chase Sapphire Preferred Card and Chase Sapphire Reserve Card are both compelling travel rewards credit cards. In this Chase Sapphire Preferred vs. Reserve showdown, I’d like to compare the two cards — while they have a lot of similarities, they also have a lot of differences. And with the Sapphire Preferred’s June 2026 refresh, the gap between them has shifted in both directions the Preferred picked up a bigger bonus, a bigger hotel credit, and new bonus categories, while the Reserve became the only Ultimate Rewards card with the 1:1 World of Hyatt transfer ratio.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig21 Jun