Best Hyatt Category 4 hotels in the US and abroad to use your free night certificate

One highlight of the World of Hyatt program is that it still uses award charts to determine the points you’ll need to redeem for a free night. The World of Hyatt award chart for Hyatt hotels and resorts has eight categories. Award prices range from 3,500 points for an off-peak Category 1 night to 45,000…

Sapphire Reserve cardholders can now access select Air Canada lounges

The Chase Sapphire Reserve® is one of our favorite travel cards and provides excellent travel benefits, including some of the best lounge access. This week, Chase expanded its lounge offerings. Now, Sapphire Reserve cardholders have access to select Air Canada Maple Leaf lounges worldwide. How to access Air Canada Maple Leaf lounges The Chase Sapphire…

Quick Points: Earn elite nights on award stays with these hotel loyalty programs

Hotel elite status provides plenty of benefits to make your next stay more comfortable, including room upgrades, early check-in and late checkout, bonus points and complimentary breakfast. These can be valuable, especially for top-tier elite members who receive far more perks than nonmembers in most loyalty programs. You probably know that you can redeem hotel…

Hyatt officially owns lifestyle hotel group Standard International. Now what?

Does this week mark the day the lifestyle hotel died? Depends on who you ask. Hyatt officially closed this week on its asset-light takeover (meaning Hyatt will own the operations but not the real estate) of Standard International. Standard, the still-trendy-at-25 chain of lifestyle hotels, encompasses brands like The Standard, StandardX, Bunkhouse Hotels and The…