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... Read More →
Tag - devaluation
AirFrance/KLM FlyingBlue No Notice Award Devaluation
AirFrance/KLM FlyingBlue has just made an overnight no notice award devaluation with flights now costing up to 25% more. This has been confirmed to be intentional by OMaaT unlike a glitch that occurred a few weeks ago. FlyingBlue claims... Read More →
Hyatt 2024 Award Changes: 137 Increasing In Price, 46 Decreasing In Price
Hyatt has announced award changes for 2024. There is a spreadsheet found here for easy sorting. The main points are as follows: Changes will go into effect on 3/26. Book by then to lock in pricing, if you book a property that decreases... Read More →
Vacasa Devalues Wyndham Redemptions
Vacasa has devalued Wyndham redemptions. Previously you had been able to book properties that cost up to $500 per room after taxes & fees (up to $350 before taxes & fees) for 15,000 points. Now the maximum is $350 per room... Read More →
Brex Devalues Reward Points By 40% With No Notice
Brex has devalued reward points by 40% without any notice at all. Previously points were worth 1¢ per point and could be transferring to travel partners at a 1:1 rate. You now get 0.6¢ per point or can transfer 1,670 Brex points for... Read More →
Starbucks To Devalue Rewards Program In 2023
Starbucks has announced changes to the Starbucks Rewards program that will go into effect on February 13, 2023. Starbucks last made major changes in 2019. Unfortunately these new changes are negative: Earning rates will stay the same at... Read More →
Hertz Devalues Points Without Notice
Hertz sent out an e-mail to readers on 8/9/22 stating that changes were being made without any warning. As always this was positioned as a positive change but it’s actually a negative. Hertz uses an award chart (new chart... Read More →
Negative American Airlines Changes Incoming
Update: These changes are imminent and expected either 10/26 or 10/27. According to AA insider @xJonNYC we should expect some negative changes to the American Airlines program in less than three weeks. I’m expecting these... Read More →
Radisson Rewards To Devalue Program As Part Of Program Split (62% Increasing In Price)
Earlier in April it was announced that Radisson Rewards would be splitting into two programs (Radisson Rewards & Radisson Rewards America). Apparently this was done because of requirements by the U.S. government over data concerns... Read More →
Southwest Devalues Points – Now Worth A Base Rate Of 1.2¢ (Down From 1.28¢)
Southwest has made a no notice devaluation to the value of points. Southwest points are worth a fixed value when redeeming for wanna get away fares (Southwest’s lowest fare class), the value is now 83 points per $1 (1.2¢)... Read More →
IHG Massively Devalues Points (Pricing Reverted To Lower Levels)
Update 4/8/21: Seems pricing as reverted to the old lower pricing at most if not all properties. Something similar happened when IHG first announced the variable point pricing model as well. Let’s hope the lower pricing remains... Read More →
Expedia: Points Can No Longer Be Used For Flights
Earlier this year Expedia devalued points by removing the double value you got on VIP properties. Expedia have now made another unannounced change and you can no longer used points on flights. Hopefully readers have already used their... Read More →
British Airways Devalues Short Haul Flights (Increase of 750 Miles)
British Airways has increased the price of short haul flights, these now cost an additional 750 miles. This affects zone 1, 2 and 3 but doesn’t affect zone 4-9. For example the pricing for zone 1 is now as follows: Off-peak... Read More →
Delta Devalues Partner Awards, Again
Last October Delta devalued partner awards by as much as 40% during a global pandemic without any notice. Unfortunately Delta has now devalued partner awards again. Delta doesn’t publish an award chart any longer meaning they can... Read More →
Expedia: Points No Longer Worth Double On VIP Properties Effective 2/1/2021
Update 1/30/21: Reminder to use your points. Code SLVCJANFUTURE should work for 9% off, stack with a portal if possible as well (might invalidate the portal but worth a shot). Hat tip to lotso-bear Expedia has sent out an e-mail to... Read More →