Map: Hyatts with Club Lounges

Hyatt Club Lounges are one of our favorite hotel amenities especially as family travelers. It’s also a great possibility for someone who is not a Hyatt Globalist to enjoy free breakfast at more hotels. But Hyatt website or app doesn’t currently have a way to filter properties by which ones have a Club Lounge.

Our team worked to create this custom map that shows all the Hyatts we could find with open club lounges to make them easier to find and book. It is currently accurate in North America and we are adding locations throughout the world.

If you have a location we missed, please leave it in the comments!

Map: Hyatts with Club Lounges

This map is best viewed full screen from a computer.

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You will then be able to sort by hotel category. These are in rainbow order (red = cheapest).

We have also included notes on whether or not booking a suite gets you club lounge access.

What’s In a Club Lounge?

Club lounges vary by location. Generally speaking, they will include a buffet breakfast and cocktail hour in the evening. Cocktail hour typically includes some sort of alcoholic drinks as well as appetizers. These appetizers are often enough for our family to consider it to be dinner.

Generally speaking, the club lounges in Asia will be much more extensive than those in North America. Of the Hyatt club lounges we have been to, the one at the Grand Hyatt in Fukuoka, Japan was the most extensive — with lots of made to order items and delicious food.

Booking Hyatt Club Lounge Access With Points

When available, you can book directly into a room marked as having “Club Access” for a few more points. Check the pricing and availability to see if this is an option for you.

A Category 1 hotel in standard pricing costs 5,000 points per night. A club lounge access room would cost 7,000 points. This is when it makes sense to check if suites provide club lounge access (we have noted this on the map). Suites cost 8,000 points a night. So it may well be worth booking a suite to enjoy an upgraded room, too!

Booking Hyatt Club Lounge Access With Cash

If you’re paying with cash for a room, just like when booking with points, you can book directly into a room marked as having “Club Access” for a few more points (if available). Check the pricing and availability to see if this is an option for you.

Booking with Club Access Awards

If you earn 20 Qualifying Nights with Hyatt in a calendar year, you will earn a Milestone Reward. You can choose from three awards at this level — 2,000 points back on your next Hyatt Place or Hyatt House stay, 2 Club Access Awards, or a $25 Hyatt FIND credit.

You can also earn 2 more Club Access Awards at 30 Qualifying Nights.

The 2 Club Access awards have the most value potential if you have plans to use or gift them.

Each award can be applied to a stay of up to 7 nights. It’s important to note that you cannot use these awards if you booked the stay using a Free Night Certificate. You *can* use them if you book with points, but not a Free Night Certificate.

You earn Qualifying Nights when you stay at a Hyatt hotel. Each night of your stay equals one Qualifying Night (unless you are lucky and have a promotion) You can also earn Qualifying Nights with Hyatt credits cards.

If you hold the The World of Hyatt Credit Card, you will automatically earn 5 Qualifying Nights each year. You will also earn two additional Elite Qualifying nights for every $5,000 you spend on the card.

If you hold the World of Hyatt Business Credit card, you will earn 5 Qualifying Nights per $10,000 you spend. This is the card we use for any spend aren’t doing towards a minimum spend or bonus category spend in order to help us earn Milestone Rewards and Globalist status.

Gifting Club Access Awards

As of January 1, 2024 you can now give and receive Club Access awards to any World of Hyatt member. To do so, you can navigate to the “Award” section of your profile. Then you select the award you want to give, select “Gift” and then enter the member’s number and name.

These gifts are not reversible. Then the member who receives it will need to call Hyatt at 1-800-994-9288 to attach the award to an existing reservation.

Each Club Access award can be applied to a stay of up to 7 nights. It’s important to note that you cannot use these awards if you booked the stay using a Free Night Certificate. You *can* use them if you book with points, but not a Free Night Certificate.

Best Club Lounges

This is of course subjective but it’s important to note that not all club lounges are created equally.

Two very popular hotels to redeem Club Lounge Access for families are the Grand Hyatt Kauai and the Hyatt Regency Maui (see our review) . Getting free breakfast and free dinner in Hawaii will really cut down your vacation costs! As category 7 hotels, these hotels cost 30,000 points per night for the standard rate. Club lounge access will cost an additional 9,000 points per night (39,000 points total). If you can use a Club Lounge Access certificate for a 7 night stay, you’re getting a huge value!

In February, we are staying for 6 nights at the Hyatt Regency Merida which is the only Category 1 Hyatt with a Club Lounge in North America. From photos I’ve seen online, it looks like it might also be one of the best Club lounge breakfasts in North America so I can’t wait to try it and report back.