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Chase World of Hyatt: elite status

What the Chase World of Hyatt's elite status covers as its issuer summarises it, which cards with dated benefits list the same thing for a lower fee, and whether the card's rewards pay its fee before the benefit is counted.

Read this first

This list comes from each issuer's benefit summary, read on the month shown beside each card. Summaries leave out the exclusions, the claim limits per year and the conditions — often that the whole trip or purchase has to go on the card — so read the card's full guide to benefits before you rely on one. 64 of the 118 cards in the catalogue have no benefits recorded here yet and are left out, so a card missing from this list may still have it.

What the summary says

World of Hyatt Discoverist status for as long as the account is open

The summary states no limit for it. That means none was written down, not that there is none — the guide to benefits has the figure.

Read from the issuer's benefit summary 2026-11.

Who it is worth it for

If hotel elite status is the reason you are looking at the Chase World of Hyatt, the American Express Hilton Honors Card lists it too, with no annual fee — $95 a year less. 3 cards here carry it for a lower fee in all. What the difference buys is the rest of the Chase World of Hyatt: its rewards and the other benefits below. Compare the two summaries before deciding they are the same cover.

On rewards alone, the illustrative household spending $2,205 a month (the assumption, in full) earns about $522 a year on the Chase World of Hyatt, or $427 once its $95 fee is paid. So the rewards pay the fee before this benefit is counted: for somebody who spends like that household, the benefit comes on top.

Every card here with hotel elite status

CardAnnual feeWhat the summary saysRead
none
Automatic Hilton Silver status
2026-09
none
Automatic IHG One Rewards Silver Elite status
2026-11
none
Automatic Marriott Bonvoy Silver Elite status, renewed each calendar year
2026-11
$95
Automatic Marriott Bonvoy Silver Elite status each calendar year
2026-11
Chase World of Hyatt (this card)
$95
World of Hyatt Discoverist status for as long as the account is open
2026-11
$99
Automatic IHG One Rewards Gold Elite status, and Platinum Elite after $15,000 of spend in a calendar year
2026-11
$150
Automatic Hilton Gold status
2026-09
$250
Complimentary Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite status
2026-10
$250
Automatic Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite status each calendar year
2026-11
$550
Automatic Hilton Diamond status
2026-09
$650
Automatic Marriott Bonvoy Platinum Elite status
2026-09
$695
IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite status
2026-11
$795
IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite status through 31 December 2027
2026-11
$795
IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite status through 31 December 2027
2026-11

The Chase World of Hyatt's other dated benefits

Questions people ask

Does the Chase World of Hyatt come with hotel elite status?

Yes. Its benefit summary, read 2026-11, says: “World of Hyatt Discoverist status for as long as the account is open”. The full guide to benefits sets the conditions, so read it before relying on the elite status.

Which credit card has hotel elite status for a lower annual fee than the Chase World of Hyatt?

The American Express Hilton Honors Card lists it with no annual fee, $95 a year less. 3 cards with dated benefits carry it for a lower fee in all.

What the Chase World of Hyatt earns, category by category · Every card with hotel elite status · How the data here is kept