Through May 11 Hyatt is offering a 90-day Platinum trial to those with Visa Signature credit cards (that includes the Chase Sapphire Preferred, United Explorer Visa, Alaska Airlines Visa, and many more). You simply have to go to this page and enter your card number to activate your 90-day trial.

Platinum is Hyatt’s entry level status, which offers free internet, a 15% points bonus, preferred rooms, and 2PM late check-out. It’s also worth noting that Hyatt Signature Visa cardholders get Platinum status for as long as they have the card.

Posted on April 2nd, 2012 by lucky
Filed under: Great Deals, Hotels, Hyatt | 39 Comments »

  1. April 2nd, 2012 at 7:02 pm

    CC said,

    I keep getting the following message:
    An unexpected error has occurred. Please try again later

  2. April 2nd, 2012 at 7:07 pm

    Sailor said,

    Giving me “An unexpected error has occurred. Please try again later.” with my chase sapphire preferred on two different browsers.

  3. April 2nd, 2012 at 7:07 pm

    Hyatt Platinum Trial | Traveling To… said,

    [...] One Mile at a Time mentions that Hyatt is offering a 90-day trial of its mid-tier Platinum status for Visa Signature card holders.  Notably, Platinum status comes with free internet access when staying at Hyatts. [...]

  4. April 2nd, 2012 at 7:15 pm

    Peetyrd said,

    If you have the Hyatt visa and are already platinum, is there a fast track to diamond, or would you still need to make 25 stays/ 50 nights?

  5. April 2nd, 2012 at 7:18 pm

    Kevin said,

    Keeps telling me that my session has timed out and I need to refresh or close my browser.

  6. April 2nd, 2012 at 7:25 pm

    RakSiam said,

    I keep getting the unexpected error too

  7. April 2nd, 2012 at 7:25 pm

    Brian said,

    Can I use this to get the two suite upgrades from cc signup?

  8. April 2nd, 2012 at 7:31 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Peetyrd — Unfortunately unless you have top tier status with another hotel program they won’t do a fast track.

    @ Brian — Yes, you should since you’d be an existing Platinum member.

  9. April 2nd, 2012 at 7:31 pm

    Steve said,

    fake website that just stole all your credit card info! lol

  10. April 2nd, 2012 at 7:32 pm

    Brian said,

    “unexpected error”

  11. April 2nd, 2012 at 7:45 pm

    Angelina said,

    same thing… unexpected error

  12. April 2nd, 2012 at 7:49 pm

    fosij said,

    What if you live in canada? Anyone with signature card nubmers?

  13. April 2nd, 2012 at 9:03 pm

    D said,

    The Visa Signature card page, after successful validation, sends you to this page:

    http://hyatt.com/gp/en/partnerpromo/offer.jsp?me02_mbr_src=VISAP

    It asks you there for your HGP #, so you may be able to navigate to it directly, bypassing the Visa page?

  14. April 2nd, 2012 at 9:13 pm

    Louie said,

    Worked for me. Though the sign up page opened up within a frame on the original page which made it difficult to enter my Hyatt number. I checked a couple of minutes after entering my number, and my status hasn’t updated yet nor have I received a confirmation e-mail.

  15. April 2nd, 2012 at 10:12 pm

    Phuc Nguyen said,

    worked for my in IE but not Firefox

  16. April 3rd, 2012 at 12:01 am

    fumi said,

    I tried on Firefox, Chrome, Safari and doesn’t work. IE works, but after registering it says successful, but I have checked my Hyatt account it hasn’t updated nor have I gotten an e-mail. I registered twice and both times it went through. Let’s see what happens over time

  17. April 3rd, 2012 at 2:00 am

    90 Day Hyatt Platinum Status | Million Mile Secrets said,

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  18. April 3rd, 2012 at 6:24 am

    mike said,

    is this a real 2 pm check out guaranteed or some flimsy promise that the hotel is free to disavow when someone actually demands to stay until 2 pm?

  19. April 3rd, 2012 at 7:17 am

    Free Hyatt Platinum Status For 90 Days « Point Rich, Cash Poor said,

    [...] to One Mile At A Time those with a Visa signature card (remember it doesn’t have to be your own) can get free [...]

  20. April 3rd, 2012 at 7:56 am

    Ryan H said,

    Worked for me in IE as well. Thanks!

  21. April 3rd, 2012 at 8:07 am

    lucky said,

    @ mike — I believe it’s guaranteed except at resorts, where it’s subject to availability.

  22. April 3rd, 2012 at 8:23 am

    oneeyejack said,

    platinum isn’t entry level, gold is entry level. =P

  23. April 3rd, 2012 at 8:45 am

    Michael said,

    I got the confirmation page (about 2 hours ago) but my account is still at ‘gold’ level. It may take awhile. Meanwhile, I did save a screen shot of my confirmation page just in case. Happy travels and thanks Lucky! Love your blog!

  24. April 3rd, 2012 at 8:54 am

    Nick said,

    It worked for me, but not in Firefox. Tried 3X in Firefox to no avail. Then went to IE and it worked, and I received the confirmation page. My account still shows at “gold” level, however. Maybe it takes a while as Michael has pointed out.
    ?

  25. April 3rd, 2012 at 9:27 am

    BostonFlyer said,

    As other have stated the from only works on IE (nice crappy programing visa). Still showing as gold hopefully it changes to Plat as I have a upcoming stay soon:). Also Thanks Ben for posting this little things like this make traveling easier.

  26. April 3rd, 2012 at 11:46 am

    Rodney said,

    It seemed to have worked for me in Safari, but as others have noted my status is still showing as Gold. However, in the fine print it mentions that it will take up to 48 hours for the status change to appear. So hopefully everything is fine, will just check it a few days later.

    I’m hoping to piggyback off this offer to nab the two suite upgrades from the Hyatt Chase CC signup :)

  27. April 3rd, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    Krish said,

    Im showing Platinum now.. Thanks a lot.

  28. April 3rd, 2012 at 3:28 pm

    Sean M. said,

    Worked for me with a non-US (but otherwise legit/qualified) Visa Signature Card. Platinum status showed up instantly.

  29. April 3rd, 2012 at 3:50 pm

    Larry said,

    This is great, lucky. It seems ideal for anyone getting ready to apply for the credit card, because it gets you the 2 suite upgrades.

  30. April 3rd, 2012 at 5:06 pm

    Rodney said,

    shows platinum for me now!

  31. April 3rd, 2012 at 8:20 pm

    tp said,

    Thanks for the heads up. I’ll probably sign up closer to the end of the promotion since I don’t have any stays planned through the end of the month.

  32. April 3rd, 2012 at 11:17 pm

    FREE Hyatt Platinum Status for 90 Days | Field Of Burch said,

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  33. April 4th, 2012 at 8:57 pm

    Rebecca D. said,

    If I sign up for the 90 day Platinum trial (i have the Sapphire Preferred) now and then apply for the Chase Hyatt Visa in a few weeks will I be able to get the two suite upgrade certificates that come with the card as an existing Platinum member?

  34. April 4th, 2012 at 9:17 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Rebecca D. — Absolutely, you would get the two suite upgrades since you’d be an existing Platinum member.

  35. April 5th, 2012 at 7:13 am

    Rebecca said,

    Great! One more question: if I get the Chase Hyatt now in 2012, with the 2 free nights and 2 suite upgrades, can I redeem them in January 2013? Or do the free nights and suite upgrades expire at the end of 2012? Thanks!

  36. April 5th, 2012 at 11:59 am

    G!Man said,

    Hi, I’m from Europe and I don’t have a Visa card, but was wondering if I give you my Hyatt Gold Passport number, could one of you be so kind and upgrade mine as well? (511812906V)

  37. April 7th, 2012 at 11:14 am

    RakSiam said,

    I finally got this to work last night using IE. And just checked my status and it is already Plat. So that was fairly quick. Now I just need to figure out when to apply for the Hyatt visa and dump the BA…

  38. May 10th, 2012 at 10:44 pm

    ThunderStorm said,

    Hey G!Man

    I tried to upgrade you using my Signature Visa, but it wouldn’t let me. Not sure why… Either because I had already used that same Visa for myself or because the Offer has expired as its almost May 11th (I’m on the West Coast so a little behind from the rest of America), even though it let me upgrade myself a number of times using the same card number and the same Passport number … (I did it two or three times first because I couldn’t see an immediate upgrade and then because I wanted to take a screenshot of the confirmation).

    I hope perhaps you got it done or someone else did it for you.

    All the best.

  39. May 10th, 2012 at 10:45 pm

    ThunderStorm said,

    I could email you a confirmation screenshot and you could try convincing Hyatt that it had gone through…

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