New: Hyatt Award Chart Changes! See the full list here.

Hyatt has released updated to their award chart, effective January 22, 2015.

• 48 hotels will move to a LOWER category
• 22 hotels will move to a HIGHER category

Between now and January 22, you can make bookings under the current category. If you have a hotel stay after the 22nd and the hotel moves to a lower category, you’ll receive a refund for the difference.

All in all, the changes aren’t horrific, though there are some significant hotels that are shifting around:

• Park Hyatt Maldives, Hadahaa moves to Category 7 (up)
• Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht moves to Category 6 (up)
• Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Mediterranee moves to Category 6 (up)
• Park Hyatt Washington DC moves to Category 5 (down)

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Here is the full list of changes:

Hotels Moving to a Higher Category

Category 1 moving to Category 2:

• Hyatt House Raleigh North Hills
• Hyatt Place Denver Tech Center
• Hyatt Place Denver-South/Park Meadows
• Hyatt Place Nashville Airport
• Hyatt Place Pensacola Airport
• Hyatt Regency Dongguan
• Hyatt Regency Greenville

Category 2 moving to Category 3:

• Excalibur
• Hyatt House Miami Airport
• Hyatt Place Dewey Beach
• Hyatt Place Long Island/East End
• Hyatt Place Portland – Old Port
• Hyatt Regency Santa Clara
• Hyatt Regency Toronto

Category 3 moving to a Category 4:

• Grand Hyatt Sao Paulo
• Grand Hyatt Taipei

Category 4 moving to a Category 5:

• Grand Hyatt at Baha Mar
• Grand Hyatt Macau
• Park Hyatt Seoul

Category 5 moving to a Category 6:

• Andaz Amsterdam, Prinsengracht
• Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Mediterranee

Category 6 moving to a Category 7:

• Park Hyatt Maldives, Hadahaa

Hotels Moving to a Lower Category

Category 2 moving to Category 1:

• Hyatt House Colorado Springs
• Hyatt on Main, Green Bay
• Hyatt Place Albuquerque Airport
• Hyatt Place Baton Rouge/I-10
• Hyatt Place Ft. Myers
• Hyatt Place Germantown
• Hyatt Place Greensboro
• Hyatt Place Greenville/Haywood
• Hyatt Place Memphis/Primacy Parkway
• Hyatt Place North Charleston
• Hyatt Place Orlando Airport
• Hyatt Place Orlando/Lake Mary
• Hyatt Place Roanoke Airport/Valley View Mall
• Hyatt Place Salt Lake City Airport

Category 3 moving to Category 2:

• Hyatt Bangalore
• Hyatt House Charlotte/Center City
• Hyatt House Cypress/Anaheim
• Hyatt Place Charlotte Downtown
• Hyatt Place Orlando/Convention Center
• Hyatt Place Orlando/Universal
• Hyatt Place Saratoga/Malta
• Hyatt Regency Chennai
• Hyatt Regency Chongqing
• Hyatt Regency Gurgaon
• Hyatt Regency Jinan
• Hyatt Regency Montreal
• Hyatt Regency Osaka
• Park Hyatt Chennai

Category 4 moving to a Category 2:

• Grand Hyatt Shenyang

Category 4 moving to a Category 3:

• Grand Hyatt San Antonio
• Hyatt Capital Gate, Abu Dhabi
• Hyatt Regency Bethesda
• Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam
• Hyatt Regency Delhi
• Hyatt Regency Louisville
• Hyatt Regency Mexico City
• Hyatt Regency Orlando Intl Airport
• Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six
• Hyatt Regency San Antonio
• Hyatt Regency Savannah

Category 5 moving to Category 4:

• Grand Hyatt Washington
• Hyatt French Quarter
• Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa
• Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
• Hyatt Regency La Jolla
• MGM Grand

Category 6 moving to Category 5:

• Mandalay Bay
• Park Hyatt Washington