We know that as of May 20, 2026, World of Hyatt is completely overhauling award pricing , by introducing a new five tier award chart (compared to the current three tiers). On the high end, this has the potential to be awful. However, that’s not the only change happening as of that date. World of Hyatt has also just revealed hotel category adjustments for 2026 , impacting which hotels are in which categories (and in turn, impacting how many points are required for free night redemptions). This is something that Hyatt does annually, and it’s separate from the overall award chart changes. I’d like to go over the details of this year’s changes, which admittedly pale in comparison to the other change happening as of that date, which is the huge new variance in award pricing. There’s good news and bad news. The good news is that the total number of properties changing categories isn’t as bad as in some past years.…