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World of Hyatt Credit Card: terms, score and downsides

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Rubric score 60.7% across 78 cards. Issuer page ↗

Downsides first

• $95 annual fee (CFPB TCCP; issuer page did not render a clear fee)
• APR up to 27.99% if you carry a balance
• Penalty APR up to 29.99%
• Late fee up to $40
• 4X Hyatt, 2X airline tickets bought direct and gyms not modeled.

Terms & fees

• IssuerChase
• Typetravel
• Annual fee$95 (CFPB TCCP; issuer page did not render a clear fee) files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Regular purchase APR19.49%–27.99% variable creditcards.chase.com, 2026-10-12
• Rewards1% base; 2% dining; 2% transit creditcards.chase.com, 2026-10-12
• Sign-up bonus (≈$)not found creditcards.chase.com, 2026-10-12
• Intro APRnone No intro APR shown creditcards.chase.com, 2026-10-12
• Foreign transaction feenone files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Penalty APRup to 29.99% Chase's CFPB-filed agreements list a penalty APR of 'up to 29.99%'; agreements are not labeled by product, so this is issuer-level consumerfinance.gov, 2026-06-30
• Late feeup to $40 up to (first and repeat late fee) files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Balance transfer fee5% files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Cash advance fee5% files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Credit needed620–719, 720+ (CFPB TCCP targeted tiers) files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Grace period21 days files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Cash advance APR28.49% files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• CFPB survey APR (2025-12-31)19.24%–27.74% files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31 older; issuer figure above is newer

Complaint record (CFPB)

• Complaints, last 12 months26,196
• Trend▲ 14.2% (last 12 mo 26,196 vs prior 12 mo 22,932)
• Timely response (last 36 mo)100.0%
• Per $1B deposits (12 mo)9.29
• Top issueManaging an account
• Insurance statusFDIC-insured: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (cert 628, active; deposits $2,820.3B as of 06/30/2026)

Company-level (JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.), all products, as of 2026-10-12. Chase (JPMorgan Chase) complaints: full record → Shown for context; does not change the score.

Score breakdown

• Annual fee 8.0/10Annual fee $95 (CFPB TCCP; issuer page did not render a clear fee) (as of 2025-12-31). Rubric: $0=10, ≤$95=8, ≤$395=5, ≤$695=3, more=1 (perks/credits are not counted).
• Rewards rate 4.5/10Base 1% on everything, top category 2% (as of 2026-10-12; points/miles valued at 1¢). Score = base/2%×7 + min(top,6)/6%×3. 1% base; 2% dining; 2% transit
• Sign-up bonus n/a/10not found — unknown, scored 2.7/10 (lower of neutral 5 and comparison median)
• Intro 0% APR 0.0/10No intro APR shown (as of 2026-10-12). Score = months/21×10.
• Regular APR 7.3/1019.49%–27.99% variable (as of 2026-10-12); midpoint 23.74%. Score = (34 − midpoint)/1.4, 0–10.
• Foreign transaction fee 10.0/10No foreign transaction fee (as of 2025-12-31).
• Regulatory record (CFPB) 10.0/10Issuer Chase: Base 10, no actions in last 5 yrs found. Note: No CFPB enforcement action against JPMorgan Chase found in the last 5 years (CFPB enforcement database lists a 2017 action)

0.143×8.0 + 0.143×4.5 + 0.143×2.7* + 0.143×0.0 + 0.143×7.3 + 0.143×10.0 + 0.143×10.0 = 6.07 → 60.7% (* unknown, imputed)

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FAQ

What is the World of Hyatt Credit Card annual fee?

$95 (CFPB TCCP; issuer page did not render a clear fee)

What is the World of Hyatt Credit Card APR?

19.49%–27.99% variable

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