World of Hyatt's long-awaited, or perhaps dreaded, award chart changes are now in effect. On May 20, the popular hotel loyalty program moved from a three-tiered to a five-tiered redemption pricing model with significantly higher rates on new Upper and Top dates.
The program gave members several months' warning of the upcoming changes — allowing travelers to lock in bookings at existing rates — and disclosed the new award chart and what properties would change categories. What we didn't know until May 20 was how many nights at each property would fall into each of the new award pricing tiers.
For example, some travelers feared all the previous Peak nights would switch to Top pricing, making award nights significantly more expensive. But now we can definitively say how the changes affected award pricing at some of the best Hyatt hotels and resorts, including how many future dates fall into each of the five new award pricing tiers.
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