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Old Jan 28, 2025 | 6:19 pm
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Tajador
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Hi it's me, author for Seal the Deal Travels!

Yes, I updated the chart to the current 2025 pricing and still working on the updates to the post and possibly be done in a few days.

Some key takeaways:
  • Increased caps across all categories
  • New Category 17(!!?) introduced for North Island Seychelles. It's been labeled as a Category 8 for the past years after the official chart went away, but I also found zero award availability in the past, and admittedly didn't look into it much. Though, there's no Category 13-16 properties that I can find. Highest Category found from last year was 12, with Dorado Beach and Nujuma, RC Reserve.
  • Increases are more egregious on the top-end properties
  • JW Marriott Masai Mara no longer follows a typical Category 9 property pricing despite being a Cat 9. It used to just be RC/StR Maldives that were special cases. It might be updated to a new Category soon, but also might take a while like North Island Seychelles.

Some neutral/less disappointing news:
  • Zadun/Dorado Beach pricing haven't changed
  • FNC's still maintain similar level of effectiveness, but you might need a little bit more points to topup compared to before.
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