Right on the heels of United’s massive award chart devaluation (and Delta’s “interim” award chart enhancements), Hyatt announced that it’s updating its award chart effective January 7th, 2014. The full summary is on their website.
First, rooms are getting more expensive:
| Hyatt Gold Passport Points
Required Per Room, Per Night |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Night Award Category | Standard Room | Regency Club®/Grand Club® | Suite |
| 1 | 5,000 | 7,000 | 8,000 |
| 2 | 8,000 | 10,000 | 12,000 |
| 3 | 12,000 | 15,000 | 18,000 |
| 4 | 15,000 | 18,000 | 23,000 |
| 5 | 18,000 | 22,000 | 27,000 |
| 6 | 22,000 | 27,000 | 33,000 |
New Award Chart – Effective January 7, 2014:
| Hyatt Gold Passport Points
Required Per Room, Per Night |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Night Award Category | Standard Room | Regency Club®/Grand Club® |
Suite |
| 1 | 5,000 | 7,000 | 8,000 |
| 2 | 8,000 | 12,000 | 13,000 |
| 3 | 12,000 | 17,000 | 20,000 |
| 4 | 15,000 | 21,000 | 24,000 |
| 5 | 20,000 | 27,000 | 32,000 |
| 6 | 25,000 | 33,000 | 40,000 |
| 7 | 30,000 | 39,000 | 48,000 |
Second, as noted on the above award chart, Hyatt is creating a new Category 7, which will be occupied by the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek, Milan, Paris, Vendrome, Sydney, Tokyo, and Zurich. Some hotels are going down in category, but under the new award chart, will still cost more points per night than they did in the past.
Third, Hyatt’s points-based upgrades on paid stays is now switching to a per-night fee rather than a fee good for 4 nights (as advertised on View from the Wing).
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