Wyndham Rewards adds a 45,000-point tier: top hotels get 50% pricier, cheapest get 33% cheaper (15 Sep 2026)

Wyndham Rewards has kept one of the simplest award charts in hotels: a small number of flat point prices, no dynamic pricing. From 15 September 2026 it stays flat, but it gains a fourth tier, and the top of the chart gets meaningfully more expensive.

The old chart versus the new one

Two things move at the edges:

• The cheapest tier drops from 7,500 to 5,000 points, a 33% cut for the properties that stay at the bottom.
• A new 45,000-point top tier appears. Hotels pushed into it cost up to 50% more than the old 30,000-point ceiling.

Wyndham says the 45,000-point band will hold only a limited number of its most expensive hotels, and that most properties will still sit across the 5,000, 15,000 and 30,000 levels. It is not moving to fully dynamic pricing; these stay fixed redemption levels. But hotels are being redistributed across all four tiers, so a property you book on points today can land in a higher band next week.

Who this helps and who it hurts

• Helps: anyone redeeming at the bottom of the chart. Budget and mid-tier Wyndham properties that fall to 5,000 points are a third cheaper.
• Hurts: anyone targeting Wyndham's top resorts and Registry Collection style properties. A two-night stay that was 60,000 points can become 90,000.

What to do before 15 September

If you are holding Wyndham points for a specific premium property, check its current tier and book (or lock the award) before the 15th. Award bookings made at today's rate are priced at today's rate; the redistribution only bites on new bookings after the switch. For everything at the bottom of the chart, waiting is fine, those get cheaper.

Sitting on a pile of transferable points and deciding where they go furthest? CardPolo's transfer partner explorer shows which programs your card points move to and at what ratio, so you can compare a Wyndham redemption against the alternatives before you commit.