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Best Hyatt hotels for your Category 1-4 Free Night

Updated Nov 13, 2026

Ranked from live Hyatt award rates. A Category 1-4 free-night certificate books any standard room at a Category 1-4 hotel, with no points cap — so it’s worth the most where nights run priciest, up to ~18k points.

A Hyatt Category 1-4 free night covers up to18k pointsa night

That’s a standard room worth up to $866 a night — free. 23 trophy picks where it clears the bar. Best right now: Me and All Hotel Dusseldorf — a $866/night room for a free cert.

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Top 87 for a Category 1-4 free night (23 trophy picks)

More Category 1-4-eligible hotels

#HotelCatFree night worthRating
13The Lowline Hotel Map
Charleston, United States
4$5495.0
14Hyatt Regency Jaipur Mansarovar Map
Jaipur, India
2$5274.6
15Hyatt Regency Sacramento Map
Sacramento, United States
3$5274.2
16Hyatt Vacation Club at Piñon Pointe Map
Sedona, United States
4$5214.2
17Hyatt House Charleston/Historic District Map
Charleston, United States
4$5204.2
18Alila Diwa Goa Map
Majorda, India
3$5174.5
19Hyatt Regency Long Beach Map
Long Beach, United States
4$5124.2
20Hyatt Place West Palm Beach/Downtown Map
West Palm Beach, United States
4$5084.1
21Hyatt House Anchorage Map
Anchorage, United States
4$5054.4
22Hyatt Place Chicago/Downtown-The Loop Map
Chicago, United States
4$5034.3
23Hyatt Place Pittsburgh-North Shore Map
Pittsburgh, United States
4$5034.1
24Hyatt Regency JFK Airport at Resorts World New York Map
Jamaica, United States
4$4664.2
25Hyatt House Tampa Downtown Map
Tampa, United States
3$4654.6
26Hyatt Regency Cologne Map
Cologne, Germany
4$4654.4
27Hyatt Place Delray Beach Map
Delray Beach, United States
4$4644.7
28Grand Hyatt Rio de Janeiro Map
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3$4594.4
29Hyatt Regency Chicago Map
Chicago, United States
4$4594.1
30Hyatt Regency Toronto Map
Toronto, Canada
4$4584.1
31Hyatt Place Washington DC/National Mall Map
Washington, United States
4$4554.2
32Grand Hyatt São Paulo Map
Sao Paulo, Brazil
3$4534.6
33Hyatt House Chicago / West Loop-Fulton Market Map
Chicago, United States
4$4374.5
34Hyatt Regency Kochi Malayattoor Map
Kochi, India
1$4345.0
35Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile Map
Chicago, United States
4$4274.5
36Hyatt House San Jose / Cupertino Map
Cupertino, United States
4$4244.6
37Hyatt Place Chicago / Wicker Park Map
Chicago, United States
4$4204.5
38Hyatt Place Tampa Downtown Map
Tampa, United States
3$4184.6
39Hyatt Regency Dehradun Resort and Spa Map
Dehradun, India
3$4174.5
40Hyatt Place Boca Raton/Downtown Map
Boca Raton, United States
4$4174.2
41Andaz Macau Map
Macau, Macau SAR
4$4165.0
42Hyatt Place Fort Worth / TCU Map
Fort Worth, United States
3$4164.6
43Hyatt House Chicago - Medical / University District Map
Chicago, United States
4$4164.4
44Hyatt Regency Boston Harbor Map
Boston, United States
4$4164.2
45Hyatt Regency Greenville Map
Greenville, United States
3$4154.1
46The Forester Hotel Map
Lake Forest, United States
3$4144.6
47Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center Map
Denver, United States
4$4144.5
48Hyatt Place Chicago – Medical / University District Map
Chicago, United States
4$4124.3
49Andaz Mexico City Condesa Map
Mexico City, Mexico
4$4114.2
50Hyatt Regency Sanya Tianli Bay Map
Sanya, China
2$4105.0
51Hyatt House Tempe / Phoenix / University Map
Tempe, United States
3$4104.2
52Hyatt House Raleigh North Hills Map
Raleigh, United States
3$4094.5
53Hyatt Place Columbia/Downtown/The Vista Map
Columbia, United States
3$4084.4
54Hyatt House Colorado Springs Airport Map
Colorado Springs, United States
2$4084.3
55Hyatt House Santa Clara Map
Santa Clara, United States
4$4064.3
56Hyatt Centric The Loop Chicago Map
Chicago, United States
4$4064.2
57Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine Map
San Diego, United States
4$4044.1
58Hyatt House Manchester Map
Manchester, United Kingdom
2$4024.8
59Hyatt Place Anchorage-Midtown Map
Anchorage, United States
4$4004.3
60Hyatt Place Fort Lauderdale Cruise Port & Convention Center Map
Fort Lauderdale, United States
3$3994.2
61Hyatt Place Washington DC/White House Map
Washington, United States
4$3994.1
62Hyatt Place Whitehorse Map
Whitehorse, Canada
3$3974.3
63Hyatt Place Indianapolis / Downtown Map
Indianapolis, United States
3$3954.4
64Hyatt Regency Sydney Map
Sydney, Australia
4$3954.0
65Hyatt Regency Phuket Resort Map
Phuket, Thailand
4$3934.6
66Hyatt Place Long Island City / New York City Map
Long Island City, United States
4$3934.4
67Lindner Hotel Mallorca Portals Nous Map
Portals Nous, Spain
4$3914.5
68Hyatt Regency Manchester Map
Manchester, United Kingdom
2$3904.6
69Grand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk Map
San Antonio, United States
3$3874.3
70Hyatt Centric The Pike Long Beach Map
Long Beach, United States
4$3874.3
71Hyatt Regency Orlando Map
Orlando, United States
4$3844.4
72Andaz Savannah Map
Savannah, United States
4$3804.5
73Dream South Beach Map
Miami Beach, United States
4$3774.3
74Hyatt Place St. Petersburg / Downtown Map
St. Petersburg, United States
4$3744.4
75Beldersoy Resort & Spa Map
Beldersoy, Uzbekistan
3$3735.0
76Hyatt Place Long Island/East End Map
Riverhead, United States
4$3734.5
77Hyatt House San Jose/Silicon Valley Map
San Jose, United States
4$3734.4
78Grand Hyatt Fukuoka Map
Fukuoka, Japan
4$3704.2
79Hyatt House Washington DC / Downtown / Convention Center Map
Washington, United States
4$3704.2
80The Pell Map
Middletown, United States
4$3704.0
81Hyatt Regency Belgrade Map
Belgrade, Serbia
2$3684.5
82Hyatt Regency Barcelona Tower Map
Barcelona, Spain
4$3684.4
83Hyatt House London Stratford Map
London, United Kingdom
3$3674.5
84Hyatt Centric Arlington Map
Arlington, United States
3$3664.3
85Hyatt Regency Indianapolis Map
Indianapolis, United States
3$3624.2
86Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City Map
Salt Lake City, United States
4$3614.4
87Grand Hyatt Berlin Map
Berlin, Germany
4$3604.6

How we score it

A Hyatt free night is a card-perk certificate with no top-off — it covers one standard-room award night outright, capped only by the hotel’s award category. The cert is flat — peak or off-peak, same cert — so it’s worth the most where rooms run priciest. But even a lazy burn returns something: a typical Category 1-4 redemption gets you about $250 of room, so a hotel only counts as worthy when it clears that bar.

We rank every Category 1-4-eligible hotel by its 90th-percentile award-available night’s cash across our ~1-year scan — a rate it reaches regularly, not a single spike date.Category 5-8 hotels are excluded — this cert tops out at Category 4 (a Cat 1-7 cert covers 5-7; nothing covers 8).

Good to know

  • A Hyatt free-night cert covers a standard room on any date with standard award availability — peak or off-peak, same cert. So burning it in peak season extracts the most value; we rank by what a night there reliably costs.
  • The Category 1-4 cert tops out at Category 4. Category 5-7 needs the Cat 1-7 cert (a World of Hyatt 60-night milestone); Category 8 isn’t cert-eligible at all — points only.
  • Worth figures are each hotel’s 90th-percentile standard-award night’s cash in our ~1-year scan — your dates may differ. Confirm on hyatt.com before booking.
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