I was monitoring my usual family ski trip next year during the past two week. I booked 7-night using the pricing exactly same as last year. But I need one more night. They supposed to release 8 days ago. It is a Japanese hotel they always did that exact time every week. But they did skip a week. This Monday exactly Jan 27, they released two week inventory but all price increased 10%. I used more points to booked 8th day. I was lucky since I get the cheaper rate for the first 7-night. It is systemwide devaluation for good value redemption.