Hyatt Reward Categories Revised - 4 Oz Properties - all less points

[serfty]

New Award Chart Category

world.hyatt.com

Effective 8:00am CDT, March 22, 2020

Property		Current Category	New Category	Old Std. Points	New Std. Points
Hyatt Place Melbourne, Essendon Fields		2	1	8k	5k
Hyatt Regency Perth		2	1	8k	5k
Hyatt Regency Sydney		5	4	20k	15k
Park Hyatt Melbourne		5	4	20k	15k

I always thought Essendon was over the odds when it opened as a Cat. 3.

The Park Hyatt is a surprise and the HR Sydney should never have been Cat. 5

 

[serfty]

Of course, about the same time, Peak and Off peak rate are being introduced.

Hyatt Redemptions will now be subject to peak/off peak rates

I see that Hyatt are now introducing Peak, Off Peak redemption rates for their places to stay starting March this year. More detail here: Hyatt.com Below it the table (remarkably copied well). The "standard" is how it is now which is now complimented by Off-Peak and Peak rates. The only...

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so the PH Melbourne would vary between 12K-15K-18K, so still at least 2K cheaper.

 

[jules.]

the HR Sydney should never have been Cat. 5

+1.

 

[serfty]

These changes have been deferred until next year.

Sad in relation to the Oz properties.

 

[serfty]

Sad in relation to the Oz properties.

Even sadder, as these changes (in relation to Australian Properties) appear to have been binned ...

 

[Danger]

Even sadder, as these changes (in relation to Australian Properties) appear to have been binned ...

Really? Since when?

 

[GSP]

New Award Chart Category

world.hyatt.com

Effective 8:00am CDT, March 22, 2020

Property		Current Category	New Category	Old Std. Points	New Std. Points
Hyatt Place Melbourne, Essendon Fields		2	1	8k	5k
Hyatt Regency Perth		2	1	8k	5k
Hyatt Regency Sydney		5	4	20k	15k
Park Hyatt Melbourne		5	4	20k	15k

I always thought Essendon was over the odds when it opened as a Cat. 3.

The Park Hyatt is a surprise and the HR Sydney should never have been Cat. 5

I notice there are no Cat 1's in AU now, with both Essendon Fields and Regency Perth listed as Cat 2's.

Separately, I received an email yesterday which stated there had been activity on my Hyatt points balance and was confused to see my balance increase by 30k. I had Award bookings for 6 nights coming up in May at Grand Hyatt Bali which when I booked was a Category 2. It now appears to have moved to a Category 1 (along with The Hyatt Regency in Nusa Dua). So as a result it appears they have refunded me 30k points (5k per night - I didn't have the base room of 8k per night). Was pleasantly surprised by that.

 

[serfty]

I notice there are no Cat 1's in AU now, with both Essendon Fields and Regency Perth listed as Cat 2's.

The recategorization never happened - 'cuz COVID!

Note the Sydney Park Hyatt has actually gone up a category ...

 

[Danger]

The Regency Sydney did drop to category 4, though and it's overdue, although its prices are still too high. I was pleasantly surprised to see quite a few nights at off-peak for the remainder of the year. Even the Park has quite a number of off-peak and the majority are standard.