Originally Posted by
cvseuy
One small benefit to come out of this is having an actual calendar to find award availability. It would be useful for some properties that play games with availability, and just planning out stays in general I hope this will also allow us to see cash prices on a calendar as well.
Ha I was just asking about this. Would love to see calendar views!
Originally Posted by
MarkOK
Though I bet I will end up with some off peak cat 1 savings, this is no doubt a devaluation. Points are their most valuable when hotel rates are relatively high for the category. Assuming peak will correspond to times when prices are high, this change will 'level' out redemption values.
As currently stated -- the change is not that big of a deal to me. I am more worried about the can of worms this opens -- It's a very slippery slope to go from multiple categorizations to just making the program a flat $/pt redemption program.
Yeah for someone as flexible as I am the dynamic concept isn't too devastating. Ultimately it all depends on how they choose to implement this. I honestly cannot imagine it being a net positive for us, but at least in the early going, it probably wont be too bad. Just opens the door for gradual sustained devaluation. Seems most airlines are going this route now as well.