So I guess the thing to do now is periodically check your future-date Honors away stays and rebook if the prices go down (kind of like what you should be doing with Southwest airline award bookings)? Would a promoted nationwide or regional sale likely reduce the award prices of many Honors hotels, or would that not be a rate that would impact the points rate?

I am getting weird results as a result of this move. Like in a lot of hotels, having 2 people in the room makes the award more expensive than 1 person.