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✈️ Hyatt Just Raised Award Prices — And The Worst Is Still Coming
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- Miles & Points Daily Podcast
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- May 24, 2026
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- 473
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Summary
World of Hyatt's major award chart overhaul has gone live with some hotels now costing up to 67% more points — and Hyatt has already warned this is just the beginning. The Chase Sapphire Reserve is now offering its highest-ever publicly available bonus, while the Capital One Spark Cash Plus just dropped a record welcome offer that business owners need to hear about. Several transfer bonuses are expiring this week, including a 20% bonus from Chase to Air France Flying Blue, making it a critical time to act on summer redemptions. Emirates Skywards also raised award prices this week, continuing a troubling trend of loyalty program devaluations across the board. Plus, Qatar Airways posted nearly $2 billion in profit but skipped employee bonuses, and American Airlines served a passenger pretzels that expired back in 2020. Subscribe to Miles & Points Daily Newsletter 👉🏼 https://milesandpointsdaily.com/ Thanks to Award Travel Finder for sponsoring this episode! Our Free Travel Tools: Award Travel Finder - Search award flights, hotels & status matches Award Travel Alerts - Get notified when points deals drop Friday Flight Deals - Cheap cash fares & error fares Flight Queue - Airport security & passport control wait times Flight Seatmap - Seat maps with live availability SeatWifi - In-flight WiFi availability, pricing & quality Support us - Chase Chase Business American Express American Express Business Bilt Rewards Capital One Ramp Rakuten