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New parent uses credit card points to manage stress and maintain Hyatt elite status
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Erica Silverstein Managing editor | The Points Guy

As a new parent, one individual found creative ways to manage stress and maintain elite status with a hotel rewards program using credit card points. This approach allowed them to balance parenthood and leisure simultaneously.

Maintaining status levels in hotel rewards programs usually requires considerable travel or spending, but the individual wanted to hold onto the Hyatt Explorist status even while traveling less due to their new parental responsibilities. The Hyatt Explorist offers benefits like room upgrades and bonus points but requires 30 qualifying stays or $10,000 in spending annually.

To maintain their status, they devised a plan to book periodic one-night stays, or "staycations," at their local Hyatt Regency, alternating with their spouse to enjoy nights of respite from parenting duties.

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Thanks to a strategic approach to using credit card points, primarily through the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card, the individual was able to accrue points sufficient to fund these stays. The card offered 3 points per dollar on dining and select spending, and the points could be transferred to a World of Hyatt account at a 1:1 ratio.

By booking stays strategically during off-peak times, most nights cost only 3,500 points, allowing the individual to stay within their points budget. Over the year, 47,000 points were redeemed for 14 nights with a cash equivalent of $2,100.

The individual concluded the year with their status intact, benefiting from room upgrades and family enjoyments, proving the value of credit card rewards and strategic planning.

"Explorist is the middle level of Hyatt's three-tier elite status hierarchy," they said, emphasizing the need to meet annual requirements.

Ultimately, the strategy not only saved money but helped the family maintain mental wellness during a demanding period of parenting.

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