A list of hotel and resort properties which are increasing or decreasing in category was recently released for the World of Hyatt frequent guest loyalty program, with no hotel and resort property changing by more than one category…
List of Category Decreases 2020 — and Increases 2021 — for World of Hyatt Hotel and Resort Properties
…and of the total of 16 hotel and resort properties which are affected by the category changes, only four hotel and resort properties — or 25 percent — will require the redemption of an increased amount of World of Hyatt points per night effective as of sometime during March of 2021.
The good news is that the remaining twelve hotel and resort properties will require the redemption of fewer World of Hyatt points per night effective as of Thursday, October 29, 2020.
The hotel category award chart changes for 2021 by World of Hyatt — which typically occur during March of each year — has been suspended. This means that aside from the aforementioned 16 hotel and resort properties, most hotel and resort properties will remain in their current categories and require the same number of points to be redeemed for an award night in 2021 as they were in 2020.
Categories and World of Hyatt Points Required
Here is a list of categories and the amount of World of Hyatt points which are required to be redeemed for a stay of one night within each category:
| Hotel Category | Standard Room Points Per Night | Regency/Grand Club Points Per Night | Standard Suite Points Per Night |
Premium Suite Points Per Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5,000 | 7,000 | 8,000 | 10,000 |
| 2 | 8,000 | 12,000 | 13,000 | 16,000 |
| 3 | 12,000 | 17,000 | 20,000 | 24,000 |
| 4 | 15,000 | 21,000 | 24,000 | 30,000 |
| 5 | 20,000 | 27,000 | 32,000 | 40,000 |
| 6 | 25,000 | 33,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 |
| 7 | 30,000 | 39,000 | 48,000 | 60,000 |
| 8 | 40,000 | — | — | — |
Hotel and Resort Properties Requiring the Redemption of Fewer World of Hyatt Points
|
The Stonebridge Inn, A Destination Hotel
|
Snowmass Village, Colorado
|
5
|
4
|
20,000
|
15,000
|
|
Wailea Grand Champions Villas, A Destination Residence
|
Wailea, Hawaii
|
6
|
5
|
25,000
|
20,000
|
|
Wailea Ekolu Village, A Destination Residence
|
Wailea, Hawaii
|
6
|
5
|
25,000
|
20,000
|
|
Wailea Ekahi Village, A Destination Residence
|
Wailea, Hawaii
|
6
|
5
|
25,000
|
20,000
|
|
Lichenhearth, A Destination Residence
|
Snowmass Village, Colorado
|
6
|
5
|
25,000
|
20,000
|
|
Parker New York
|
New York, New York
|
6
|
5
|
25,000
|
20,000
|
|
Grand Hyatt Vail
|
Vail, Colorado
|
7
|
6
|
30,000
|
25,000
|
|
Mauna Lani Point, A Destination Residence
|
Waimea, Hawaii
|
7
|
6
|
30,000
|
25,000
|
|
Wailea Elua Village, A Destination Residence
|
Wailea, Hawaii
|
8
|
7
|
40,000
|
30,000
|
|
Kaanapali Alii, A Destination Residence
|
Lahaina, Hawaii
|
8
|
7
|
40,000
|
30,000
|
|
Vail Residences at Cascade Village, A Destination Residence
|
Vail, Colorado
|
8
|
7
|
40,000
|
30,000
|
|
The Lodge at Spruce Peak, A Destination Hotel
|
Stowe, Vermont
|
8
|
7
|
40,000
|
30,000
|
Hotel and Resort Properties Requiring the Redemption of More World of Hyatt Points
|
Hyatt Regency John Wayne Airport
|
Newport Beach, California
|
2
|
3
|
8,000
|
12,000
|
|
Hyatt House Nashville/Downtown-SoBro
|
Nashville, Tennessee
|
4
|
5
|
15,000
|
20,000
|
|
Mar Monte Hotel part of The Unbound Collection by Hyatt
|
Santa Barbara, California
|
4
|
5
|
15,000
|
20,000
|
|
Park Hyatt Aviara
|
Carlsbad, California
|
5
|
6
|
20,000
|
25,000
|
Summary
Most of the hotel and resort properties which will require the redemption of fewer World of Hyatt points per night effective as of Thursday, October 29, 2020 are Destination Residences which are located in Colorado and Hawaii.
Although only four hotel and resort properties — three of which are located in California — will require the redemption of an increased amount of World of Hyatt points per night effective as of sometime during the month of March in 2021, I am not sure that during the uncertainty of the current 2019 Novel Coronavirus pandemic was a good time to announce the category increase of any hotel and resort property.
All photographs ©2018 by Brian Cohen.
