Wyndham Rewards members have until September 15, 2026, before a chunk of the program’s point values change for good. Wyndham is restructuring its long-standing three-tier award chart into a four-tier system, according to The Points Guy, and the change effectively cuts the value of points at both ends of the chart depending on which hotel a member is eyeing. The current tiers of 7,500, 15,000, and 30,000 points per night are being replaced by a new structure of 5,000, 15,000, 30,000, and a brand-new top tier of 45,000 points, according to reporting from NerdWallet and AwardWallet.
Who Wins and Who Loses in the New Chart
The entry-level tier is actually dropping, from 7,500 points down to 5,000, which is good news for members who redeem points at Wyndham’s more budget-friendly properties. The pain is concentrated at the top. A new 45,000-point tier is being carved out specifically for what reporting describes as a small number of Wyndham’s most elevated hotels and all-inclusive resorts, properties that previously topped out at 30,000 points per night. For members who have been quietly banking points toward a stay at one of those top-tier properties, that’s effectively a 50% price increase on the exact redemption they were saving for, with Wyndham not yet disclosing publicly which specific hotels are shifting into the new bracket.
The Booking Window That Actually Protects You
Wyndham’s existing refund policy softens the risk of booking now. Members who reserve an award stay before September 15 keep their current, lower point price locked in even if the property’s category rises afterward, according to Upgraded Points. If a booked property instead drops into a cheaper tier once the new chart takes effect, Wyndham automatically refunds the difference in points, so there’s little downside to locking in a reservation before the deadline even if a traveler isn’t entirely sure which direction a given hotel will move. That policy makes the next few days meaningfully more valuable for anyone holding a large Wyndham points balance than they will be once the new chart goes live.
What This Means for Your Points
This marks the first structural overhaul of Wyndham’s award chart since it introduced the original three fixed tiers back in 2019, and it follows a pattern loyalty programs have leaned on for years: quietly making the most aspirational redemptions more expensive while easing pricing at the bottom to keep casual members happy. Anyone sitting on a large Wyndham Rewards balance with a specific luxury property in mind has a genuinely short window left to lock in September 15’s rates before that redemption gets meaningfully more expensive, possibly for good.
