It's pretty normal for hotel loyalty programs to have annual category adjustments, whereby the number of hotels in each category changes. In other words, the number of points required for a free night at a particular category of hotel doesn't change, but which hotel belongs to which category does.
While these are different than award chart devaluations (whereby the number of points required for a free night at a certain category of hotel changes), they can be even worse. If half of hotels go up in category, for example, that really ends up being a pretty big devaluation in terms of the purchasing power of your points.
With that in mind, so far this year we've seen category adjustments from Hyatt and Starwood:
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A couple of days ago I reported that Delta appears to be charging more miles for elites booking economy awards than general members. Logged in elites would see a one-way flight for 17,500 miles that general members would see priced at 12,500 miles. While there was a great deal of teeth gnashing over this, I […]
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Malaysia Airlines (and the airline industry as a whole) had a horrible year last year, having lost both MH370 and MH17 (I know all things considered it was still one of the safest years ever for the industry, but when two of the most modern jet liners go down in such a short period, it's shocking).
As a tribute, Malaysia Airlines has created a beautiful song (and corresponding music video), entitled "SKY #keepflying," performed by Lilly (I'm not sure who that is, but that doesn't really matter).
Here's how they describe the video:
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At the end of 2013, I started leading group trips. I’ve done four so far and have really enjoyed them. I like meeting readers, exposing others to my travel style and taking them around to some of my favorite places in Europe. I want others to fall in love with the places that made me love travel so much. This year I’ll be offering two short tours in the fall: one to Paris and Amsterdam and one to Prague and […]
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