{"id":263492,"date":"2026-05-20T23:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T23:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/?p=263492\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T22:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:22:09","slug":"how-bad-is-hyatts-new-award-chart-we-compared-before-and-after-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/news\/world-of-hyatt\/new-award-chart-first-impressions\/","title":{"rendered":"How Bad Is Hyatt\u2019s New Award Chart? We Compared Before and After Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Hyatt announced that it was revamping its award chart — moving from three possible tiers per category to five<\/a> — I was a little concerned. Scratch that, a lot<\/em> concerned.<\/p>\n

World of Hyatt<\/a> is beloved in the award travel community because of its reasonable and predictable award chart, while other hotel chains have shed award charts for dynamic pricing<\/a>. Hyatt has done its best to maintain good value for its members while still dealing with the reality of price inflation.<\/p>\n

Hyatt moved to Peak, Standard, and Off-Peak<\/strong> pricing in 2021, meaning that each hotel category had three potential price tiers. Then, most recently, Hyatt announced that it would become five categories<\/a>: Lowest, Low, Moderate, Upper, and Top<\/strong>. Not only did the number of tiers increase, but the points required from the old Standard to the new Moderate (middle tiers) were going up across the board.<\/p>\n

What We Expected From Hyatt's Changes<\/span><\/h2>\n

Needless to say, the award travel community — myself included — was bracing for the worst. Even though there is technically still an award chart, it seemed that since the pricing bands within a category were so broad, this was more like dynamic pricing<\/a> veiled in an award chart.<\/p>\n

I expected a lot of Upper and Top nights in the new charts for popular properties, which could effectively mean an increase from 45,000 points to 75,000 at a category 8 property.<\/p>\n

Now that May 20 is here, I've analyzed some of the changes at a variety of properties. While we would rather Hyatt have left the award chart as is, I am pleasantly surprised at how modest the changes are in some cases. Let me show you what I mean by looking at the findings.<\/p>\n

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Park Hyatt Niseko. Credit: Cameron Laufer\/AwardWallet<\/em><\/enter><\/figure>\n

Hyatt Award Chart Change Examples<\/span><\/h2>\n

I took screenshots of a diverse set of properties before the changes took place, trying to focus on popular properties and dates. While this post isn't a deep analysis across a wide breadth of properties, it does show that generally, there is reason for some optimism. Most of these properties I have stayed at or booked, so I was generally interested in how the new charts impacted them.<\/p>\n

Before we dive into the details, here's a summary of the properties we analyzed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Property<\/th>Month Analyzed<\/th>Avg. Before<\/th>Avg. After<\/th>% Change<\/th>Category<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Hyatt Place Gainesville Downtown<\/td>March 2027<\/td>15,387<\/td>15,774<\/td>+2.5%<\/td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grand Hyatt Vail<\/td>January 2027<\/td>35,000<\/td>35,000<\/td>0%<\/td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hotel du Louvre<\/td>February 2027<\/td>28,333<\/td>41,667<\/td>+47.1%<\/td>7 -> 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress<\/td>December 2026<\/td>16,174<\/td>21,957<\/td>+35.8%<\/td>4 -> 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thompson Central Park New York<\/td>October 2026<\/td>29,000<\/td>30,000<\/td>+3.4%<\/td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dream Nashville<\/td>April 2027<\/td>21,862<\/td>18,345<\/td>-16.1%<\/td>5 -> 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Hyatt Place Gainesville<\/span><\/h3>\n