21 Hilton Hotels Going Up in Prices with New Award Categories

by Enoch

Hilton has announced its latest quarterly category changes in hotels today. 21 hotels will be going up in price, while 33 are going down. These changes take effect on October 12. 

For the most part, these changes are pretty mild, and I am happy to see that not a single hotel jumped up more than one category. Most of the hotels that are decreasing in prices, however, are properties in Turkey. I visited Istanbul just a few weeks ago, and there’s no question that the tourism industry is suffering quite a bit there, and the updated categories reflect that. As a reminder, this is Hilton’s current award chart, which is itself not affected by category updates:

Current Hilton HHonors award pricing

Current Hilton HHonors award pricing

One of the properties that’s of great value is the DoubleTree by Hilton Beijing. It has a good location and at just 10,000 points a night, it’s pretty much a steal. That hotel will be doubling in price to 20,000 points a night after this category update.

The DoubleTree by Hilton Beijing will be doubling in award price on October 12

The DoubleTree by Hilton Beijing will be doubling in award price on October 12

I have sorted all of the changes below, in increasing new categories. These new categories will only apply to bookings made after October 12, so if you are interested in a hotel that’s going up in price, you should definitely book before then.

Hotels Increasing in Price

Hotel Country Old New
Hilton Alexandria King’s Ranch Egypt 1 2
Hampton Inn & Suites Cleburne United States 1 2
DoubleTree by Hilton Beijing China 2 3
Hilton Yuxi Fuxian Lake China 3 4
Hampton Inn & Suites Albany United States 3 4
Doubletree By Hilton Hotel North Salem United States 3 4
Hilton Garden Inn Houston Northwest / America Plaza United States 3 4
DoubleTree by Hilton Vancouver, WA United States 3 4
Hilton Garden Inn Olathe United States 4 5
Hampton Inn & Suites Raleigh Downtown United States 4 5
Hampton Portland  OR United States 4 5
Home2 Suites By Hilton Lubbock, TX United States 4 5
Hilton Dublin Ireland 5 6
Embassy Suites Anaheim – South United States 5 6
DoubleTree by Hilton San Francisco Airport United States 5 6
Homewood Suites by Hilton San Fransico Arpt United States 5 6
Embassy Suites Hotel Portland Airport United States 5 6
Hilton Bellevue United States 5 6
Hilton Garden Inn San Francisco Airport/Burlingame United States 6 7
Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh – The Caledonian United Kingdom 8 9
Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem Israel 9 10

Hotels Decreasing in Price

Hotel Country Old New
Hampton Inn by Hilton Istanbul Atakoy Turkey 2 1
Hampton by Hilton Samsun Turkey 2 1
Hilton Garden Inn Ankara Gimat Turkey 2 1
Hilton Garden Inn Mardin Turkey 2 1
Hilton Kayseri Turkey 2 1
Hilton Garden Inn Izmir Bayrakli Turkey 4 1
Hilton Garden Inn Konya Turkey 4 1
Hilton Garden Inn Sanliurfa Turkey 4 1
Hilton Garden Inn Erzincan Turkey 5 1
Hilton Garden Inn Istanbul Ataturk Airport Turkey 5 1
Hilton Adana Turkey 3 2
DoubleTree by Hilton Izmir Alsancak Turkey 3 2
Hilton Mersin Turkey 3 2
Hilton Garden Inn Istanbul Golden Horn Turkey 4 2
DoubleTree by Hilton Istanbul Avcilar Turkey 4 2
DoubleTree Istanbul Tuzla Turkey 4 2
Hilton Izmir Turkey 4 2
DoubleTree by Hilton Avanos Cappadocia Turkey 4 2
DoubleTree by Hilton Van Turkey 5 2
Hampton by Hilton St Petersburg ExpoForum Russian Federation 6 3
Hilton Ankara Turkey 4 3
Hilton Bursa Convention Center & Spa Turkey 4 3
DoubleTree by Hilton Kusadasi Turkey 4 3
DoubleTree by Hilton Istanbul Piyalepasa Turkey 5 3
Hilton Istanbul Kozyatagi Turkey 5 3
DoubleTree by Hilton Istanbul Sirkeci Turkey 5 3
Hilton Garden Inn Dubai Mall of the Emirates United Arab Emirates 6 4
DoubleTree by Hilton Istanbul Old Town Turkey 6 5
Hampton Inn Miami South Beach 17th Street United States 9 8
Hilton Cabana Miami Beach United States 9 8
Vintro Hotel South Beach Curio Collection United States 9 8
Hilton Garden Inn Miami South Beach United States 9 8
The Saratoga Hilton United States 9 8

 

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DaninMCI September 30, 2016 - 2:10 pm

So if it’s in a war zone it’s a 1 but if it’s a road side Garden Inn “Motel” it in Kansas it cost as much as an Intercontinental Hotel. Sounds like Hilton to me.

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