Hilton Award Category Changes For Fall: 21 Increasing & 33 Decreasing

Every quarter Hilton announces what properties will be changing award category (and assigning an award category for new properties), the changes for Fall 2016 will go into effect on October 12th, 2016.

Quick Stats

• 54 hotels will be changing category
  • 21 will have their category increases
  • 33 will have their category decreased
• 69 new hotels have been added

Our Verdict

Usually we see more properties increasing in value than decreasing, but 26 of the properties decreasing in value are in Turkey and 4 are in Miami (Zika virus and these are still only moving from category 9 to category 8). Biggest changes are in Turkey with two category five properties decreasing to category one (one night going from 30,000-40,000 to only 5,000 points). Majority of the hotels increasing in price are found in the United States with 15 out of 21 properties. All of the properties increasing in value are just being increased by a single category.

You can find the full lists here:

• Hotels decreasing in value
• Hotels increasing in value
• New hotels

Also it’s worth noting that Hilton has flexible award chart from category four onwards, where they are allowed to charge a range of 10,000 points, The award chart can be viewed below:

HOTEL CATEGORY	HHONORS POINTS REQUIRED FOR ONE FREE NIGHT
1	5,000 Points
2	10,000 Points
3	20,000 Points
4	20,000 to 30,000 Points
5	30,000 to 40,000 Points
6	30,000 to 50,000 Points
7	30,000 to 60,000 Points
8	40,000 to 70,000 Points
9	50,000 to 80,000 Points
10	70,000 to 95,000 Points

You may want to book properties that are going up in price now, or wait to book properties that are decreasing in price. Remember the new prices will be reflected on October 12th, 2016.