Radisson Rewards is in the process of splitting into two different programs, mainly because the hotel group is owned by China’s Jin Jiang Group, and the US Government doesn’t want them to have access to any data of the States anymore.
They have been communicating the update to members recently, and the main change so far appears to be you can only earn night credits for hotels in the respective program in the future. If your travel pattern spreads across the two regions, it will be more difficult for you to earn or maintain status.
You can have both accounts and status match to have reciprocal benefits. Points can be transferred between the two programs too.
What just got revealed though, is that a major devaluation is coming to the Americas program at the same time.
- There will be five hotel categories in the new program, reduced from seven
- The minimum points required for a free night increases from 9,000 points to 15,000 points
- The maximum points required for a free night increases from 70,000 points to 75,000 points
- Out of the existing 612 hotels, 392 (64.1%) will move up in price, 180 (29.4%) will move down, and 40 (6.5%) will remain unchanged
With almost 1/3 of its hotel requiring more points to redeem, it’s hard not to see it as a devaluation.
There are a couple of good news too:
- A new scheme called RewardSaver will be introduced where a 1/3 discount is applied when redeeming certain hotels at off-peak season, similar to Marriott’s PointSaver program
- Family Room redemption is kept and the price appears to have dropped
If you do not reside in the Americas (United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean), there isn’t any change to the main Radisson Rewards program yet. Just double check your address in the account to make sure your account is migrated to the correct program in June.
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