Update 3/17/19: Today is your last day to book under the old pricing.
Hyatt is the latest hotel chain to announce property award category changes for 2019. The full list can be found here and will go live on March 18th. As long as you book before that date you’ll keep the price you paid if it’s increasing in price, if it is decreasing in price you’ll automatically receive a points refund. Some statistics:
- 259 hotels are changing category
- 130 properties are increasing in price
- 129 properties are decreasing in price
- 18 properties are increasing to category 5 (no longer possible to use the Chase free night certificate)
- 12 properties are decreasing to category 4 (now possible to use the Chase free night certificate)
Compared to other category changes this isn’t so bad, although I haven’t had an in depth look at the list as of yet.
Has anybody gotten their points refunded yet? I had a 2 night stay that was booked when the hotel was a cat 4 and went down to cat 3 but I have not seen the 6k points refunded yet.
Looks like the changes are finally live!
Glad it still hasn’t gone up! Just booked a 16 night stay and saved 48000 points!
when does it go live?
Old award pricing still in effect as of 5:45am Pacific Time. I’m wondering if the changes will take effect March 19th instead.
Even though i was a few hours late, i was able to book regency coconut still at the “old” category just now 15k points per night. thanks for the reminder
I believe the changes go into effect at 11:01pm CT on March 18th. So late on Monday night
I had booked a 3 night stay as Hyatt Place Chesapeake in VA a while ago for a wedding in May, cat 2 8000 pts. It’ll drop to 5000, so I just cancelled my reservation and will book again tomorrow. 9k in the bank for me. But sad about the other stuff.
No need to rebook, hyatt automatically refunds the difference if it’s lower
Just a quick look and I see Hyatts in places like Phoenix and Seattle going up across the board. Interestingly, Tamaya in New Mexico is a really nice property and it is dropping from a 4 to a 3.
Even the hotels in Micronesia went up. That drastically changes things for me :(.