Wyndham Rewards

Wyndham's new award pricing is now live, and thanks to an analysis by Upgraded Points, we have a much better idea of how the changes affect its 8,000+ hotels. About 34% of Wyndham properties increased in price, 22% got cheaper, and 44% stayed the same. The biggest increase came to the old 15,000-point tier, with more than 2,000 hotels doubling in price to 30,000 points. Another 62 hotels increased from 30,000 to the new 45,000-point tier, and two jumped directly from 15,000 to 45,000 points. While this is certainly still a devaluation, there is some good news as well. A total of 1,337 hotels dropped from 7,500 to the new low 5,000-point tier, another 440 dropped from 15,000 to 5,000, and 58 former 30,000-point properties dropped to either 15,000 or 5,000 points. Existing reservations are protected from increases, while Wyndham says members with existing reservations at properties that became cheaper will automatically receive a refund of the points difference. If you hold a Wyndham credit card, you receive discounts ranging from 10%-25% off the points price. The Wyndham Rewards Earner Premier card offers the full 25% discount, reducing award nights to as little as 3,750 points at the low end and 33,750 points at the new 45,000-point tier.

September 11, 2026 update: Wyndham has brought back its targeted points sale, offering up to a 90% bonus through October 21, 2026. The full 90% bonus drops the cost to 0.68¢ per point, while some members are seeing an 80% bonus that lowers the cost to 0.72¢ each. Wyndham Earner cardholders and Wyndham Rewards Insider members are eligible for the 90% version. You'll need to buy at least 16,000 points to receive the maximum bonus. Keep in mind that Wyndham is changing its award pricing on September 15, expanding its current 7,500-30,000-point award tiers to 5,000-45,000 points per night.

Wyndham is offering targeted bonuses of up to 90% on purchased points through August 14, 2026. Some members are only seeing an 80% bonus, but even that drops the purchase price to 0.72¢ per point, while the full 90% bonus lowers the cost to just 0.68¢ each. Since we value Wyndham points at around 1¢ apiece, either offer can represent good value. As always, we generally recommend buying points only if you have a specific redemption in mind. The standard annual purchase limit of 100,000 points still applies, and you must buy at least 3,000 points to receive the bonus.

While it doesn't appear to be rolled out to everyone yet, some existing Wyndham credit cardholders can now upgrade to the recently refreshed versions of their cards directly through their Barclays account. Wyndham revamped its card lineup earlier this year, and when it did so, Barclays allowed existing cardholders to keep their old benefits while promising the option to eventually product change to the new versions. Some cardholders can now see this functionality under the Offers section of their Barclays account. Based on the data points we've seen so far, there don't appear to be any bonuses or other incentives for upgrading, so whether it makes sense will depend entirely on whether you see the new card's benefits as more valuable. But being able to make the change online is very convenient, and a product change generally won't add to your Chase 5/24 count.

Book a stay of three or more nights at a participating Caesars property using the promotional rate and receive 2X Wyndham points plus 5,000 bonus points. You must book by September 11, 2026 and complete your stay by January 1, 2027. The bonus can only be earned once, regardless of how many qualifying stays you complete. We wouldn't go out of our way to book a Caesars stay for these bonus points, but if you already have one planned, it's worth comparing the promotional rate with other available rates to see if you can save on the stay while also earning some extra Wyndham points.