Reward Changes in new Ritz Carlton Reward Tiers

The good news for Marriott Rewards members is the one-night rate has gone down for all but three Ritz-Carlton hotels. The bad news is the new Ritz-Carlton hotel reward tiers have increased the cost for the majority of hotel rewards on multiple night stays compared to the old Ritz-Carlton hotel partner rewards available through Marriott Rewards.

Ritz Carlton Hotel rewards changed to a five tier system of hotels today.

Yesterday, before the changes, the partner hotel rewards for Ritz-Carlton Hotels only used two tiers. Hotels formerly in Tier 1 are now in the new Tiers 1 and 2 with the exception of Ritz Carlton Sanya China, a beach resort and Abama Golf & Spa Resort in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain both going from Tier 1 in the old chart to Tier 3 in the new rewards chart. Seven night stays at these two hotels have increased by 71% in points cost.

Award cost changes for two hotels in Spain rising from old Tier 1 to new Tier 3.

The good news is the cost of hotels in the new Tier 1 have dropped for reward stays of one to six nights. The bad news is the hotels in the new Tier 2 have gone up in cost for any stay longer than one night.

Ritz-Carlton Hotels formerly in Tier 2 yesterday are now redistributed in the new Tiers 3, 4, and 5. The good news is hotels in the old Tier 2 Marriott Rewards now in the new Ritz-Carlton Rewards Tier 3 have only increased in cost for 7-night stays compared to the former reward cost.

There are also at least 5 hotels that were Tier 2 in the old rewards chart and are now in Tier 1 or Tier 2 in the new rewards. You will find much cheaper rewards now for Ritz Carlton Doha, Qatar and RC Shenzhen, China in the new Tier 1.

Ritz Carlton Bahrain, Ritz Carlton Istanbul and Ritz Carlton Osaka in the new Tier 2 were in the old tier 2.

 

The Tier 1 and Tier 3 hotels are the best points deals in this new system compared to the old rewards.

Here is the list of current tiers for Ritz-Carlton Hotels from the Marriott Rewards site. I added the former Tier 1 or Tier 2 designation in parentheses next to each hotel. Unfortunately I did not copy the old Ritz Carlton Hotels tier list yesterday, so I am working off a list from six months ago. If anyone has a recent copy of the Tier 1 and Tier 2 Ritz-Carlton hotels before the changes, please send me a copy. The old tiers information is now gone from the Marriott Rewards site.

Ritz Carlton Hotel Reward Tiers

Tier 1    30,000 points per night  (20 hotels)

• The Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead , Atlanta, Georgia (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton Beijing, Financial Street (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Beijing (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou, China (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Doha, Qatar (2)
• Sharq Village & Spa , Doha, Qatar (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place , Indonesia (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Jakarta, Indonesia(1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia(1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Seoul (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt(1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Shenzhen, China (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, Arlington, Virginia (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner, Virginia (1)

 

Tier 2   40,000 points per night  (26 hotels)

• The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles (?)
• Hotel Villa Padierna, Marbella, Spain (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation, Georgia (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain Hotel & Spa (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Berlin (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun, Mexico (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Denver (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Marina Del Rey (1)
• Penha Longa Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort, Portugal (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort, Rose Hall Jamaica (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove, Miami (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans  (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Westchester, New York (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Osaka (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples, Florida (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Santiago, Chile (1)
• The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai, China (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota, Florida  (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain, Marana, Arizona (?)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Wolfsburg, Germany (1)

 

Tier 3   50,000 points per night  (18 hotels)

• The Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Moscow (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton Highlands, Lake Tahoe (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Naples , Florida (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, San Juan , Puerto Rico(2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel , California(2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Sanya, China (1)
• Abama Golf & Spa Resort , Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (1)
• The Ritz-Carlton Georgetown, Washington D.C.  (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Washington D.C.  (2)

  

Tier 4    60,000 points per night  (7 hotels)

• Hotel Arts Barcelona (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman (2)
• Phulay Bay, A Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Thailand (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach , Miami(2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo (2)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch, Colorado (2)

  

Tier 5    70,000 points per night  (1 hotel)

• The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park (2) 

How long do you think the Ritz-Carlton New York Central Park will remain the lone hotel in Tier 5? 

Here is the complete list of Ritz-Carlton Hotels globally and organized by geographic region, including hotels that are not participating in Ritz Carlton Rewards.

Below are tables showing the impact of the new Ritz-Carlton Hotel reward tiers today compared to the former Marriott Rewards partner hotel rewards for Ritz-Carlton discontinued on September 14, 2010.

Links: Ritz Carlton Rewards new tiers and points cost for reward stays.

PointSavers for Ritz-Carlton reward stays reduce the nightly cost by 10,000 points per night and are eligible for 5th night free reward stays.

 

Ritz-Carlton Hotels partner hotel rewards old chart (discontinued September 14, 2010) provided lower per night point rates for longer stays:

 

Loyalty Traveler related post: Ritz Carlton Rewards Loyalty Program Launching Sep 15 

Barbara De Lollis,  Hotel Check-In, USA Today Sep 13, 2010 Marriott Customers can now earn Ritz-Carlton points for free stays, experiences