Originally Posted by
billdokes
Is it really an across the board, unannounced, devaluation or is it that the dynamic pricing model is following the cash price trend as it would be expected to. There are lots of 'examples' in this thread (usually sample size of 1) of some of the most desirable, in demand properties, that cost more in points now on specific dates. Have the cash prices gone up as well?
Just curious as to how deep the analysis has gone by anyone across brands or geographies or is this just a case of someone kicking over the devaluation can because a particular redemption they were looking at and should have booked has now gone up in points cost?
As far as my reading of this thread, there was one example by our esteemed moderator that actually provided the points valuation compared to the cash rate. I could have missed others, but many of the comments I have seen across the web seem to completely leave out that part of the analysis.
Let us not forget that category changes used to happen yearly around this time, and Hyatt is due for a category change in the next month or two.