Since the first of the year Priority Club introduced a new 9 - tier reward chart, Starwood raised the price of cash and points awards, Marriott introduced a new more
expensive award tier and a points price increase for 36 % of their properties.
Not exact matches
And oddly enough, the needlessly complicated 5 -
tier Delta
award chart (which of course doesn't actually exist, wink, wink) means that when lowest - level redemptions aren't available on any airline and you're considering a more
expensive award, Delta may actually be cheaper than the others thanks to all their intermediate
award tiers.
Although I also hold top -
tier status with Starwood I find a lot of their
awards to be
expensive and I prefer to use my Starpoints for airline transfers.
A FlyerTalk member Lionheart revealed what looks like a leaked look at IHG's new
award pricing for 2018 and it looks like we might be seeing a pretty substantial devaluation that could make redemptions a lot more
expensive for top -
tier properties.
Award nights at top category hotels can be
expensive, but the redemptions at low - mid
tier hotels a = offer a great value.