As part of the World of Hyatt program, rooms at the Alila Ventana Big Sur can be booked with Hyatt points.

It’s a Category 8 property, so a standard room will require 35,000 points for off-peak, 40,000 points for standard nights, and 45,000 points for peak nights. Booking one of the Alila Ventana’s suites can reach 90,000 points per night for a premium suite during peak season.

While that’s not a small number of points to pay for a night at a Hyatt, or anywhere, the value is significant when compared to cash prices which can easily top $2,000 a night for a standard room.

To book with points, start by searching for the Alila Ventana Big Sur at hyatt.com. Fill in your dates and select the option to “Use Points.”

How To Get Hyatt Points

Aside from earning points on stays, you can earn points by spending on the The World of Hyatt Credit Card. For a $95 annual fee, you can earn a welcome bonus of 30,000 bonus points after spending $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months of account opening, plus up to 30,000 more bonus points by earning 2 bonus points per dollar spent in the first 6 months on purchases that normally earn 1 bonus point on up to $15,000 spent. In addition to the bonus, you’ll earn 9 points total per dollar spent at Hyatt – 4 bonus points per dollar spent at Hyatt hotels and 5 base points per dollar from Hyatt as a World of Hyatt member. Earn 2 bonus points per dollar spent at restaurants, on airline tickets purchased directly from the airlines, on local transit and commuting and on fitness club and gym memberships and 1 point per dollar on all other eligible purchases.

If you need World of Hyatt points for a stay like this and don’t have a Hyatt credit card, you can transfer flexible rewards from a couple of programs. Chase offers several cards that allow Ultimate Rewards® points to be transferred to Hyatt at a ratio of 1:1. The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card, Chase Sapphire Reserve® and Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card can all transfer to Hyatt, to boost your points total.

Bilt Rewards points also transfer to Hyatt at a 1:1 ratio from the Bilt World Elite Mastercard® (rates & fees). Bilt is famous for being the first card to offer the opportunity to earn points while paying rent, up to 100,000 points in a calendar year. You must use the card five times each statement period to earn points (rewards & benefits).