Hyatt Announces 2020 Award Category Changes (117 Increasing In Price, 100 Decreasing In Price)

Hyatt has announced it’s annual award category shuffle for 2020, these changes will go into effect on March 22nd, 2020 (book by March 21st to be safe). In total:

• 117 Increasing In Price
• 100 Decreasing In Price

If you book a property now and it increases in price you won’t be charged the difference. If you book a property now and it decreases in price you’ll automatically receive a points refund. In addition to these category changes Hyatt is also introducing peak and off peak pricing (discussed previously here). The actual property changes don’t look to bad, but obviously this is offset by the introduction of peak and off peak pricing. The real test will be in 2021 (for example Marriott didn’t do a big category reshuffle with the introduction of peak and off peak pricing but the following year they did a massive devaluation).