[Award Alert] Alila Ventana Big Sur Standard Rooms and Suites

We’ve all heard the rumblings about the Alila Ventana Big Sur — the idyllic, all-inclusive resort nestled along California’s famous Pacific coastline. We’ve also heard about how hard it is to get award rooms at this property. That’s why you should act fast; we’ve found lots of award availability in 2025 for both standard rooms and standard suites. Let’s take a look.

Plentiful 2025 Award Availability

There isn’t a whole lot of choice when it comes to all-inclusive chain properties within the U.S. Unless you’re looking for health-oriented options such as Miraval, your options are extremely limited when redeeming World of Hyatt points. The Alila Ventana Big Sur is an exception to this; although alcohol isn’t included with your booking, basically everything else is.

Historically, finding standard room rewards at this hotel has been difficult. It’s a highly desirable property, especially since you can use your Suite Upgrade Awards (SUAs) to nab yourself a suite.

Currently, however, we’re seeing award availability from January 2025 through July 2025. This is true for standard room awards, standard suites, and even premium suites.

Cash rates at this hotel hover around $2,300 per night for a base room.

At a rate of 45,000 points per night, you’re redeeming your World of Hyatt points at a rate of 5.9 cents each for this 3-night stay, more than triple our own valuation of World of Hyatt points of 1.5 cents each.

Finding Award Availability

It can be annoying trying to find award availability for these types of hotels, especially since they tend to be pretty limited across dates.

Your best bet for finding standard award availability is using Rooms.aero and setting your minimum night search to 3 nights since that’s the minimum stay requirement for this hotel. This allows you to find standard rooms — but be aware that availability is cached and may not be accurate unless you force an update (by setting an alert).

If you’re looking for a standard suite, the easiest and best method for finding rooms comes courtesy of MaxMyPoint. It’s updated more often and is great for Globalists with Suite Upgrade Awards to use since they can redeem an SUA award while booking, even when standard room rewards aren’t available.

Final Thoughts

The Alila Ventana Big Sur is a highly desirable property, and it’s not often that we see award availability for multiple dates. If you’re interested, run — don’t walk — to get yourself a booking.