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Category Archives for hotel reward category.
In early February 2018 SPG published a list with 131 hotels scheduled to drop in reward category on March 6, 2018. There were 54 hotels in North America and 77 hotels in other global regions. Turns out 5 international hotels did not change category and one Luxury Collection hotel appears to have left Starwood Hotels.…
While 1,083 Marriott brand hotels increased in points cost for reward nights on March 6, 2018, there were also 45 hotels that dropped from category 6 to category 5 making them newly eligible for free reward night certificate redemptions. Category 6 reward nights at 30,000 points dropping to category 5 at 25,000 points is a…
Club Carlson is raising reward rates at 55 hotels on March 1, 2018. That is not an alarming number of hotels in a portfolio of 1,500+ hotels worldwide. What blows my mind is 11 of these 55 hotels are places I have stayed in the past three years or plan to be in 2018. Loyalty…
This post lists 248 hotels dropping in points reward category including five Ritz-Carlton Hotels dropping one tier. Marriott Rewards is raising 1,083 hotels to higher points categories for reward nights using points on March 6, 2018. Four previous articles covered 1,083 hotels rising in Marriott Rewards hotel reward category. Analysis – Marriott Rewards category 1,083…
Marriott Rewards is raising 1,083 hotels to higher points categories for reward nights using points on March 6, 2018. There are 248 hotels dropping one category. This post lists 262 hotels rising from category 3 (15,000 points) to category 4 (20,000 points). 185 hotels rise from category 4 to category 5 (25,000 points). Three previous…
Marriott Rewards is raising the points category for 1,083 hotels on March 6, 2018 and dropping points category for 248 hotels. This post lists 88 hotels rising from category 1 (7,500 points) to category 2 (10,000 points) and 241 hotels rising from category 2 to category 3 (15,000 points). Two previous articles cover hotels in…
Marriott Rewards is raising the reward night category of 1,083 hotels on March 6, 2018. There are 248 hotels dropping in reward category. There are 181 hotels rising in category 6, 7 and 8. 69 hotels Category 6 (30,000 points) to Category 7 (35,000 points) 90 hotels Category 7 (35,000 points) to Category 8 (40,000…
Marriott Rewards announced a big shift in hotel reward category assignment for free nights using points. Marriott Rewards hotel list is here. 1,083 hotels rise one category on March 6, 2018, while only 248 hotels drop by one category. These include 7 Ritz-Carlton hotels (2 up, 5 down) shifting Tier level. 878 of 1,083 hotels…
Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) announces 276 hotels change reward category on March 6, 2018. There are 145 Starwood hotels increasing hotel reward category and 131 hotels decreasing in reward category. I reorganized the SPG list to group hotels by five regions, low to high category changes and separated hotels going up from hotels going down.…
Club Carlson has posted its 2018 hotel category changes for 124 hotels effective March 1, 2018. Overall the changes look relatively even handed with 55 hotels going up in award category and 69 hotels dropping award category. EMEA-Europe, Middle East and Africa see the majority of changes where 33 hotels rise in category and 42…
