This is a bit of old news, but you’ll have to forgive me. Hyatt has made changes to 8 properties award categories, 7 hotels are moving up a category (costing more) and 1 property is moving down a category (costing less). These changes have already gone into effect on December 13th. The award carts are below so you can see the difference.
The changes are as follows:
Increasing
- Hyatt Place Orlando Airport: Category 1 to category 2
- Hyatt Place Orlando/Lake Mary:Â Category 1 to a Category 2
- Hyatt Place St. Paul: Category 1 to a Category 2
- Hyatt Place Augusta: Category 2 to a Category 3
- Hyatt Place Santa Cruz: Category 2 to a Category 4
- Highlands Inn Carmel: Category 6 to a Category 7
- Hyatt Place Long Island City/New York City: Category 2 to a Category 3
- Hyatt Place Shenzhen: Category 1 to a Category 2
Decreasing
- The Confidante Hotel Miami Beach: Category 6 to a Category 4
Our Verdict
Obviously it’s never great when properties increase in cost, but at least these are relatively minor changes to a relatively small amount in properties. That being said they did already make a number of changes earlier this year (56 properties changed categories). It’s also somewhat surprising to see a hotel drop two categories, but it looks like the Confidante was extremely overvalued previously. That will now be bookable with the Hyatt free night certificate Chase cardholders get.
Hat tip to View From The Wing
Thanks, Darv!