Hilton Property Category Changes Effective July 13th, 2016: 20 Going Up, 13 Going Down

Hilton has released their list of properties that will be changing award category, these changes will go into effect on July 13th, 2016. Some properties that have recently been opened/added to the Hilton collection are also having award categories add.

Properties Decreasing Categories

HOTELS WITH CATEGORY DECREASE

Hotel Name
City
State
Country
Previous Reward Category
New Reward Category
Effective Date
Hilton Kuching Kuching Malaysia Category 4 Category 2 July 13, 2016
Hilton Blackpool Blackpool United Kingdom Category 6 Category 4 July 13, 2016
Hampton by Hilton Exeter Airport Exeter United Kingdom Category 4 Category 3 July 13, 2016
Hilton at the Ageas Bowl Southampton Southampton United Kingdom Category 6 Category 5 July 13, 2016
Hampton Inn Shreveport Shreveport LA United States Category 4 Category 3 July 13, 2016
Homewood Suites Houma Houma LA United States Category 5 Category 4 July 13, 2016
Hampton St Robert/Ft Leonardwood St Robert MO United States Category 4 Category 3 July 13, 2016
Hampton Inn Havelock NC Havelock NC United States Category 4 Category 3 July 13, 2016
Hampton Inn Butler Butler PA United States Category 5 Category 4 July 13, 2016
Hampton Inn Kenedy Kenedy TX United States Category 6 Category 5 July 13, 2016
Hilton Garden Inn San Antonio at The Rim San Antonio TX United States Category 6 Category 5 July 13, 2016
Hilton Garden Inn Woodbridge Woodbridge VA United States Category 5 Category 4 July 13, 2016
Homewood Suites Woodbridge Woodbridge VA United States Category 5 Category 4 July 13, 2016

The first two properties are decreasing by two categories, everything else is decreasing by a single category.

Properties Increasing Categories

HOTELS WITH CATEGORY INCREASE

Hotel Name
City
State
Country
Previous Reward Category
New Reward Category
Effective Date
Hilton Garden Inn Trabzon Trabzon Turkey Category 1 Category 2 July 13, 2016
Hampton Inn Los Angeles / Carson / Torrance Carson CA United States Category 3 Category 4 July 13, 2016
Hilton Los Angeles Airport Los Angeles CA United States Category 4 Category 5 July 13, 2016
Embassy Suites Los Angeles – International Airport/South El Segundo CA United States Category 5 Category 6 July 13, 2016
Embassy Los Angeles Intl Airport North Los Angeles CA United States Category 5 Category 6 July 13, 2016
DoubleTree by Hilton Marina del Rey Marina Del Rey CA United States Category 6 Category 7 July 13, 2016
Hampton Inn & Suites San Francisco International Airport Burlingame CA United States Category 6 Category 7 July 13, 2016
Hilton Garden Inn Los Angeles Marina Del Rey Marina Del Rey CA United States Category 6 Category 7 July 13, 2016
Hampton Inn Port Charlotte / Punta Gorda Port Charlotte FL United States Category 3 Category 4 July 13, 2016
Hampton Inn & Suites Port St. Lucie / West Port St Lucie FL United States Category 4 Category 5 July 13, 2016
Hampton Inn Titusville Titusville FL United States Category 4 Category 5 July 13, 2016
Homewood Suites by Hilton Miami Airport / Blue Lagoon Miami FL United States Category 5 Category 6 July 13, 2016
Hampton Inn Atlanta / Peachtree Corners / Norcross Norcross GA United States Category 2 Category 3 July 13, 2016
Hampton Inn Kinston Kinston NC United States Category 2 Category 3 July 13, 2016
DoubleTree by Hilton Las Vegas Airport Las Vegas NV United States Category 3 Category 4 July 13, 2016
Hampton Inn Kingston Kingston NY United States Category 5 Category 6 July 13, 2016
Hampton Inn Spearfish Spearfish SD United States Category 5 Category 6 July 13, 2016
Hilton Garden Inn Nashville Airport Nashville TN United States Category 4 Category 5 July 13, 2016
Hampton Inn Houston / Baytown Baytown TX United States Category 2 Category 3 July 13, 2016
Hampton Inn Petersburg / Hopewell Hopewell VA United States Category 2 Category 3 July 13, 2016

All of these properties are increasing by one category.

Our Verdict

Hilton has moved from a once annual change to rolling updates. No massive changes here, for easy reference this is how much each category will cost you in Hilton points:

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

Also currently all of the Hilton co-branded credit cards have increased sign up bonuses, you can read about these offers by clicking the links below:

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Kent C
Kent C (@guest_271860)
June 30, 2016 11:07

Interesting how the LA properties going up in value including El Segundo, Carson are all within a few miles of the where the LA Rams will be playing and where their new stadium will be built.