the devaluation is bad....really bad....hilton states they have not raised award levels for the last 6 years, but that is not entirely true....a fair number of properties all over the world have moved up a category over the last few years, so while the points required per stay may not have gone up, the points required for those particular properties has increased....& now, not only are the good hilton folks increasing the points required for stays, but they are also increasing the categories for each property....this is bad....really bad....