It is common for hotel chains with an award chart to adjust the number of points you need to stay at each property. Sometimes these are preannounced -- think Hyatt's annual March revision -- and sometimes they're not. Last year, in March, Wyndham announced a fixed date when point rates would change, impacting about 7% of their properties. This year, we've had no such announcement.
But I know of at least one hotel that has suddenly doubled in price: the new Paris "Pleyel Resort." Paris hotels are expensive, and while the location of the Pleyel is not ideal, it was a bargain at 15,000 points/night (13,500 for Wyndham Earner cardholders). But now, the property has jumped a category which results in a brutal price increase to 30,000 points/night.
Are there other hotels that have changed categories? As everyone who's reading this forum knows, Wyndham doesn't get a lot of attention from the points bloggers, so things can certainly change in the program without being noticed. I am a bit surprised that Wyndham would do this unannounced given last year's announcement but, without much public scrutiny of their program, perhaps they didn't feel a need to do so.
But I know of at least one hotel that has suddenly doubled in price: the new Paris "Pleyel Resort." Paris hotels are expensive, and while the location of the Pleyel is not ideal, it was a bargain at 15,000 points/night (13,500 for Wyndham Earner cardholders). But now, the property has jumped a category which results in a brutal price increase to 30,000 points/night.
Are there other hotels that have changed categories? As everyone who's reading this forum knows, Wyndham doesn't get a lot of attention from the points bloggers, so things can certainly change in the program without being noticed. I am a bit surprised that Wyndham would do this unannounced given last year's announcement but, without much public scrutiny of their program, perhaps they didn't feel a need to do so.