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Hold Your Breath! 2015 Hyatt Award Chart Changes Announced! (And It Ain’t That Bad)

Shawn Coomer
Shawn Coomer

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Hyatt Award Chart Changes

2015 Hyatt Award Chart Changes

I have fallen hard for Hyatt this year. This past summer I was able to complete the Hyatt Diamond challenge (no longer available) and enjoy their top tier status. Through about 20 stays this year, I have really grown to love Hyatt.

Last year they made quite a few changes to the Gold Passport program including the addition of Points + Cash bookings and the My Elite rate (positives) and a new Category 7 (a negative). Even with the slight devaluation and addition of a category, they still didn’t make too many waves.

Fortunately I can report this year brings even smaller changes. Effective 1/22/2014, 48 properties will be going down a category while 22 will be going up a category. At this time we still don’t know the fate of the My Elite rate which is set to expire at the end of the year. (Update: The My Elite rate will end on December 31. Details here.)

Notable Hotels Moving Up A Category

  • Park Hyatt Maldives from Category 6 to 7
  • Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht from Category 5 to 6
  • Grand Hyatt Macau from Category 4 to 5
  • Grand Hyatt Taipei from Category 3 to 4

Notable Properties Moving Down A Category

  • Hyatt Regency Osaka from Category 3 to 2
  • Grand Hyatt San Antonio from Category 4 to 3
  • Hyatt Regency Mexico City from Category 4 to 3
  • Hyatt French Quarter from Category 5 to 4
  • Park Hyatt Washington from Category 6 to 5

Conclusion

In the end this is mostly good news. There are always going to be category adjustments based on a number of factors. In this case a lot more properties are moving down than moving up and that is positive news in my opinion. You can find the full list of category changes here.

HT: Pizza In Motion

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Shawn Coomer
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Shawn Coomer earns and burns millions of miles/points per year circling the globe with his family. An expert at accumulating travel rewards, he founded Miles to Memories to help others achieve their travel goals for pennies on the dollar. Shawn also runs a million dollar reselling business, knows Vegas better than most and loves to spend his time at the 12 Disney parks across the world.

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