Hyatt 2025 Award Changes: 118 Increasing In Price, 33 Decreasing In Price

Update 3/24/25: Last chance to book under the new changes.

Hyatt has announced award changes for 2025. There is a spreadsheet found here for easy sorting. The main points are as follows:

  • Changes will go into effect on 3/25. Book by then to lock in pricing, if you book a property that decreases in price you’ll be automatically refunded.
  • 118 properties will be moving up categories and increasing in price
  • 33 properties will be moving down categories and decreasing in price

 
    William Charles
  • On March 24, 2025, 18:20
Tags: devaluationhyatt

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  • Look like the last 5000 point option in the Bay Area went up to 8000. Amazing that it actually lasted this long.

  • CSP 100k popping up same time as this. They knew what folks were eye-ing with that. Crap...

  • This is never a good thing but the value is still there mostly because prices are high still booking cash too (inflation, graph 5 years https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_inflation_rate_hotels_and_restaurants). If I can still get atleast 1.5cpp then I feel like im doing good based on the total % back on spend. Figure even not the best SUBS like the recent Ink Preferred 90K for $8K spend still work out to 16.8% back on spend. For things like Freedom or Ink Cash the 5x turns into atleast 7.5% back value on spend this means. Routine travel without any other discounts is 3X with Ink Preferred so at 1.5cpp hyatt that amounts to 4.5% which is not terrible and I really feel like 1.5cpp was the floor for my redemptions with many over 2cpp. Also dont forget BILT with the 1% back on rent adding up to a real 1.5% in hyatt points atleast. Still a good chain, good service, good redemptions even if we drop the 2cpp floor to 1.5cpp.

  • Super bummed about Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency. All of my family members stay there when coming in from out of state or leaving early, I can usually book them on points and have them pay me the cash. Won’t be nearly as good a value proposition now.

  • One day soon there will no longer be any 5,000/night Hyatt Places. Thats the bread and butter for my family with small kids.

  • Unless you are traveling with company’s money, there is really never a reason to use the hotel points. It’s a complete waste of time. 99.999% if you search for the hotel price on google, you can book it for 20% less, and if you try to price match it, they will deny it 200% of the time. Why pay extra for these loyalty points?

    • >Unless you are traveling with company’s money, there is really never a reason to use the hotel points

      What? If your company is paying for your hotel on a business trip ofc you're not going to use points.

      >It’s a complete waste of time. 99.999% if you search for the hotel price on google, you can book it for 20% less, and if you try to price match it, they will deny it 200% of the time. Why pay extra for these loyalty points?

      You're just way off base. Hyatt redemptions are one of the best, if not the best, value in the hotel points game. You'll basically always save money using their points. $130+ Hyatt places regularly go for 5K a night. Or $200+ Hyatt Regency for 7.5K/night. And if you think DOC readers are paying cash for Hyatt points, you must have never heard of Chase URs, Hyatt credit cards, partner transfers, etc.

      • what i meant is unless your company is paying for trip, it's never worth it moneywise to pay on your own dime to collect the hotel points because 110% of the time, you find cheaper options on Google.

        • You are way out of your depth here. Learn about the points and miles game before making pointless statements.

        • No one is paying for hotel stays simply to collect points, though. That's the problem with your argument. Hyatt points are being mostly obtained through credit card offers, transfer partners and bonuses, not to mention free-night certs. If someone is dping a mattress run, it's for tier credits or bonuses.

    • Yooo what? You call in and try to "price match" when booking with points? How do you value the points to know what number to ask for? Is it based on how much you paid to buy the points? I've never thought about this before but it would be crazy if I could negotiate a $300 Regency from 15,000 down to 10,000.

    • This is a weird comment considering we're on DOC. Hyatt is well known for having good redemptions and there's a reason it's one of most popular UR points transfer partners...

      I never saw a stay at a Hyatt via google search being cheaper than equivalent point redemption. Not to mention free cert via the Chase card which if you just stay at a Hyatt once a year pays for itself and then some (otherwise it's a sock drawer card).

      • what i am talking is the Hyatt equivalent. Say like Hyatt is $200/night, similar options at Marriott from google search is only $130 (but it will be $200/night on Marriott.com). 99.99% of the times, I saw way cheaper options from Google search. And yes, I have tried numerous time to try to price match and it's a complete waste of time. Do you think it's worth it to pay extra $70/night for the sake of collecting points?

      • Exactly! I think the poster above meant more for Hilton whose points value have gone down the gutter! Marriott isn’t far off, I ended up booking directly with better rates but Hyatt is honestly the only better hotel program out therethere.

        • Where I travel, 20,000 points/night for $300 incld. taxes and fees is not hard to find, 8,000 points for $130, etc... That's what I call a "good" redemption.
          We're not talking about Marriott here.

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