Originally Posted by
B3nder
That did occur in 2013, but it was hardly the most recent major deval. Originally the 80/95k was a handful of properties.
There are no published categories anymore. Now even many hampton inns are 50k+ for standard awards at off-peak times. The old, more favorable Points and Money are gone. The variable points costs (based on $$ cost) have gone up multiple times. The larger devaluations have crept in after they went to the opaque "no categories anymore, ha!" set up.
There are properties that are allowed to only list a handful of handicap rooms as their only standard awards or to even to disable standard point awards completely. Yes, the hhonors rep has stated this is not the case, asked for examples, gone and "checked on it" and nothing done of course to "correct".
Totally agree there has been constant devaluation at the mid-level hotels. What I was attempting to initiate discussion on with this thread was speculation regarding the next devaluation at the top end by officially lifting the peak standard award cap above 95k. It would be the first increase at the top end since 2013 when the top end almost doubled from 50k to 95k. I think the risk of something like this occurring again soon is very real given many factors.
Originally Posted by
B3nder
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Also, in your quote you cut off the key point I was referring to in thread regarding the top end 95k cap
”It has been several years since Hilton’s last big deval to
bring us to the 95k cap and slowly the Marriott Bonvoy program is catching up - as of March peak redemption rates will be 100k points. Therefore, I think there is a high risk of the next deval to occur in March or April 2019 after the pending Marriot devaluation.”