Earlier this week, Hyatt Gold Passport announced some minor category adjustments which will become effective January 22, 2015.
The category changes only affect 70 properties – 48 are decreasing and 22 are increasing.
These adjustments are minor but it is worth checking out the list to see if it includes any Hyatt properties you are planning on booking with points. If any of the hotels you want to book are on the list of hotels that are going up a category, make sure to reserve at the current award rate before January 21, 2015.
Copied below is the list of hotels moving up or down categories:
Hotels with Category Increase:
Category 1 to 2
- Hyatt House Raleigh North Hills
- Hyatt Place Denver Tech Center
- Hyatt Place Denver-South/Park Meadows
- Hyatt Place Nashville Airport
- Hyatt Place Pensacola Airport
- Hyatt Regency Dongguan
- Hyatt Regency Greenville
Category 2 to 3
- Excalibur
- Hyatt House Miami Airport
- Hyatt Place Dewey Beach
- Hyatt Place Long Island/East End
- Hyatt Place Portland – Old Port
- Hyatt Regency Santa Clara
- Hyatt Regency Toronto
Category 3 to 4
- Grand Hyatt Sao Paulo
- Grand Hyatt Taipei
Category 4 to 5
- Grand Hyatt at Baha Mar
- Grand Hyatt Macau
- Park Hyatt Seoul
Category 5 to 6
- Andaz Amsterdam, Prinsengracht
- Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Mediterranee
Category 6 to 7
- Park Hyatt Maldives, Hadahaa
Hotels with Category Decrease:
Category 2 to 1
- Hyatt House Colorado Springs
- Hyatt on Main, Green Bay
- Hyatt Place Albuquerque Airport
- Hyatt Place Baton Rouge/I-10
- Hyatt Place Ft. Myers
- Hyatt Place Germantown
- Hyatt Place Greensboro
- Hyatt Place Greenville/Haywood
- Hyatt Place Memphis/Primacy Parkway
- Hyatt Place North Charleston
- Hyatt Place Orlando Airport
- Hyatt Place Orlando/Lake Mary
- Hyatt Place Roanoke Airport/Valley View Mall
- Hyatt Place Salt Lake City Airport
Category 3 to 2
- Hyatt Bangalore
- Hyatt House Charlotte/Center City
- Hyatt House Cypress/Anaheim
- Hyatt Place Charlotte Downtown
- Hyatt Place Orlando/Convention Center
- Hyatt Place Orlando/Universal
- Hyatt Place Saratoga/Malta
- Hyatt Regency Chennai
- Hyatt Regency Chongqing
- Hyatt Regency Gurgaon
- Hyatt Regency Jinan
- Hyatt Regency Montreal
- Hyatt Regency Osaka
- Park Hyatt Chennai
Category 4 to 2
- Grand Hyatt Shenyang
Category 4 to 3
- Grand Hyatt San Antonio
- Hyatt Capital Gate, Abu Dhabi
- Hyatt Regency Bethesda
- Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam
- Hyatt Regency Delhi
- Hyatt Regency Louisville
- Hyatt Regency Mexico City
- Hyatt Regency Orlando Intl Airport
- Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six
- Hyatt Regency San Antonio
- Hyatt Regency Savannah
Category 5 to 4
- Grand Hyatt Washington
- Hyatt French Quarter
- Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa
- Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
- Hyatt Regency La Jolla
- MGM Grand
Category 6 to 5
- Mandalay Bay
- Park Hyatt Washington
Although these changes don’t affect a lot of properties, it is worth checking if any Hyatt properties you are planning on booking with points is on the list of hotels that are going up a category.