You Have Until November 15 to Save This Perk

American Airlines and Hyatt announced on Wednesday that they are ending their enhanced loyalty partnership, closing a chapter that let members of AAdvantage and World of Hyatt convert effort in one program into status and rewards in the other. In a joint statement the two companies said they have mutually decided not to continue their enhanced relationship. Neither side gave a reason, and the language was notably neutral for a split that removes one of the more useful cross-brand earning arrangements in American travel loyalty.

There is a deadline, and it is the part worth acting on. Members who want to preserve what they can must link their AAdvantage and World of Hyatt accounts by 15 November. AAdvantage members who meet that date can continue earning World of Hyatt awards through Loyalty Point Rewards until 28 February 2027. World of Hyatt members who link by the same date can keep earning AAdvantage awards through Milestone Rewards until 31 December this year. Accounts left unlinked after 15 November lose access to those earning paths entirely.

Nothing breaks immediately. Both companies said customers will see no interruption in earning, selecting and redeeming their eligible benefits for the remainder of the current earning year in each program, and described themselves as committed to preserving what members can earn within that window. One modest piece of the relationship also survives the split: AAdvantage members can still choose to collect 500 American Airlines miles instead of World of Hyatt points on eligible Hyatt stays, simply by giving their AAdvantage number at check-in.

The split did not happen in isolation. Hours after confirming the end of the American arrangement, Hyatt announced a long-term loyalty collaboration with Delta Air Lines that will link World of Hyatt and Delta SkyMiles for elite members. For anyone who built a travel pattern around pairing American flights with Hyatt stays, the practical question is now whether to spend the next two months harvesting what remains of the old arrangement, or to start re-planning around a different airline entirely.

Sources: TravelPulse, The Points Guy