Las Vegas: VIP Line Night Club Access, Buffet Line Passes, & More With Hyatt at MGM Hotels

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M life is the loyalty program of MGM Resorts.  M life members earn points when staying at MGM Resorts.

You get the benefits of both memberships if you’re a Hyatt Gold Passport member and a M life member when you stay at participating MGM Resort hotels in Las Vegas or any Hyatt hotel worldwide.  So you can earn both Hyatt and M life points, room discounts, VIP Line night club access, buffet line passes, and more!

Update:   Read my post to learn about changes to Hyatt’s loyalty program.  Some Las Vegas hotels have changed categories.

Hyatt and M Life Partnership

Link:   Hyatt and M Life

If you’re a Hyatt Gold Passport member and a M life member, you get the benefits of both hotel chains when you stay at Hyatt and at M life hotels in Las Vegas.

M life hotels in Las Vegas include:

• Aria
• Bellagio
• Excalibur
• Luxor
• Mandalay Bay
• MGM Grand
• Mirage
• Monte Carlo
• New York, New York
• The Signature at MGM Grand
• THEhotel at Mandalay Bay
• Vdara

Earn Hyatt Points at M life Las Vegas Hotels

Link:   Hyatt Gold Passport program

Link:   M life program

You can earn Hyatt points when you stay at participating M life resorts in Las Vegas booked through the Hyatt website, the MGM website or calling Hyatt at 800-591-1234.

If you book directly through the hotel’s website, use a card such as the Chase Sapphire Preferred, Chase Ink Plus, or (no longer offered) Chase Ink Bold to earn 2X Chase Ultimate Rewards points.  And the Chase Hyatt card earns you 3 Hyatt points per $1 spent at Hyatt.  However, the MGM hotels in Vegas won’t earn you 3x points at Hyatt.  Or use your Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite Mastercard for 2.1% back as a statement credit.

Bookings through online travel agencies like Expedia and Orbitz do NOT count.  However, it could be worth giving up the Hyatt points if you can find a really cheap rate.

To earn Hyatt points, you have to be a Hyatt Gold Passport member AND an M life member.  Tell the front desk that you want to earn Hyatt points for the stay.  And put your Hyatt Gold Passport number and M life numbers on the reservation.

You’ll earn 5 Hyatt points per $1 of eligible spending which includes your room costs and up to $5,000 in M life charges to your room.  You do NOT earn Hyatt points on casino spending.  This is probably so folks don’t buy casino chips and cash them out to earn points.

Redeeming Hyatt Points at M life Las Vegas Hotels

You can redeem Hyatt points at any of the participating M life hotels as follows:

1.   25,000 Hyatt points per night

• Aria
• Bellagio
• Mandalay Bay
• THEhotel at Mandalay Bay

2.   20,000 Hyatt points per night

• MGM Grand
• Mirage
• The Signature at MGM Grand
• Vdara

3.   15,000 Hyatt points per night

• Monte Carlo
• New York, New York

4.   12,000 Hyatt points per night

• Luxor

5.   8,000 Hyatt points per night

• Excalibur

But unlike using Hyatt points at Hyatt hotels where the resort fee is waived, you WILL pay the resort fee when you use Hyatt points at M life hotels.  And sometimes M life hotels in Las Vegas are really cheap.

For example, to stay at the Excalibur on the night of November 17, 2014, you would pay ~$53.  If you used Hyatt points, you would pay 8,000 Hyatt points.  So you’d only get a value of ~0.7 cents per Hyatt point ($53 cash cost of room / 8,000 Hyatt points).

But the same 8,000 Hyatt points could be used for 1 night at the Grand Hyatt Amman in Jordan instead of paying ~$252 a night!  Which means you get a value of ~3 cents per Hyatt point.

So it might not be worth using your Hyatt points to stay at M life hotels.  But you should always do what’s best for you.

You can also use the 2 free nights from the Hyatt card at M life hotels.

Hyatt Platinum & Diamond Benefits

If you’re a Hyatt Platinum elite member or Hyatt Diamond elite member, you will NOT get free internet and breakfast (Hyatt Diamond elite members).

And you can NOT use your Diamond suite upgrade certificates at the M life resorts.  But you will get the 15% (Hyatt Platinum elite) and 30% (Hyatt Diamond elite) Hyatt point bonus on your stay.

Benefits for Matching Your Hyatt Status to MGM

Hyatt Platinum members get the same benefits as M life Gold members such as access to the VIP Line to night clubs for you and a guest.

You do get benefits at M life hotels in Las Vegas IF you match your Hyatt Platinum or Hyatt Diamond status.

So if have Hyatt Platinum status, you would get M life Gold status.  And as a Hyatt Diamond member, you’d get M life Platinum status.

M life Gold status gets you:

• Room upgrades
• Priority check-in
• Priority Fine dining reservations
• VIP Line Night Club access
• 10% shopping discount

M life Platinum status gets you:

• Room upgrades
• Priority check-in
• Turndown service
• Instant access to pool cabanas and bungalows
• Concierge phone line
• First access to spa and salons reservations
• Priority Fine dining reservations
• VIP Line Night Club access
• Priority valet and taxi service
• 15% shopping discount

You can get Hyatt Platinum status for free with the Hyatt credit card.

And as a Hyatt Diamond member, you’d get M life Platinum status.  Don’t forget that you can do a Hyatt Diamond Challenge to get Hyatt Diamond status.  And then claim your M life Platinum status!

How to Connect Your Hyatt Account to M life

You must have an M life account to get a status match.  So I’ll show you how to create one.

Step 1 – Join Now

Open an M life account by clicking “Join Now” on the M life website.

Step 2 – Enter Email

Enter your email address and click “Submit.” 

Step 3 – Create Account

Enter your details to create your M life account and click “Submit.”

Step 4 – Verify Your Email

Enter your verification code to verify your email address and click “Submit.”

Step 5 – Opt-In to Match Your Hyatt Status to M life

You have to opt-in on the Hyatt M life page to match your Hyatt status to M life.  Sign-in to your Hyatt account.

Step 6 – Sign-In to M life

Click the “Sign in to M life” button.

After you’ve signed into your M life account, you’ll get a confirmation that your Hyatt status was matched.

Bottom Line

You get the benefits of both memberships if you’re a Hyatt Gold Passport member AND a M life member when staying at participating M life hotels in Las Vegas and any Hyatt hotel worldwide.

This means you’ll earn both Hyatt and M life points for your stay.  And you’ll get room upgrades, priority check-in, VIP line night club access and more!

You earn 5 Hyatt points per $1 spent on eligible spending which includes your room and up to $5,000 in incidentals.  But it does NOT include gambling!  And you have to book your hotel through Hyatt or MGM Resorts.

You can redeem Hyatt points at Las Vegas M life hotels but you will pay resort fees.  And it might not be worth using Hyatt points if you can get a cheap hotel rate.

You do NOT get free internet and breakfast as a Hyatt Platinum or Hyatt Diamond elite member.  And you can NOT use a Diamond suite upgrade.

What’s been your experience with matching your Hyatt elite status to M life?