SPG announced its annual category changes today that will take effect on March 6, 2018. Please note that the hotels and resorts listed are only hotels and resorts with category changes. Take a moment to review these changes now to maximize your Starpoints. If your favorite hotel or resort is moving up to a higher category, you can still book now at the current redemption rate before the SPG Hotel Category Changes for 2018 take effect.

There’s more SPG hotels that are getting more expensive. A total of 276 SPG hotels are changing categories this year. 145 hotels are getting more expensive and 131 hotels are getting less expensive. You can see all the changes here.

How good or bad these changes really are depends on what properties you are looking at. However, it is normal for hotels to move up or down in categories to better match their quality.  Take a moment to review these changes now, if you have upcoming stays planned on SPG properties. If your favorite hotel or resort is moving up to a higher category, you can still book now at the current redemption rate before the 2018 category changes go into effect. If it’s moving down, then hopefully you can wait till then to book your reward stay.