Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers.
I stayed at the Hyatt House Johannesburg Sandton in South Africa shortly after it opened in 2021. When I checked my account activity after my stay, I noticed an “opening bonus” of 2,000 points. Then, I remembered that Hyatt offers 500 bonus points per night on qualifying stays at new hotels.
I unknowingly received the benefit since Hyatt doesn’t require members to register for this promotion. Perhaps you, too, have forgotten this promotion or never knew about it. In either case, here’s what you should know about World of Hyatt‘s new hotel promotion, which allows you to earn 500 bonus points per night.
How to earn 500 bonus Hyatt points per night
This promotion is simple: World of Hyatt members receive 500 bonus points per night for qualifying stays at select new-to-the-Hyatt-portfolio hotels. You must stay within a set time frame to earn the bonus points, typically in the first few months after the property opens. Specifically, you’ll only earn bonus points if your checkout date takes place within the offer period for your hotel.
To get the bonus points, you must provide your World of Hyatt number when you check in. You must also pay an eligible rate or redeem a Hyatt free night award (including redeeming Hyatt points). You’ll only earn bonus points for one room per night.
The terms of this promotion note that it may take three to four weeks for the bonus points to appear in your account. In practice, though, Hyatt typically posts the new hotel bonus with the other points you earned during your stay.
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Eligible new Hyatt hotels
Hyatt’s website displays an updated list of participating properties. Here’s a quick overview of where you can currently earn 500 extra points per night.
4 hotels in North America
- Mazatlan, Mexico: Dreams Estrella del Mar Mazatlan Golf & Spa Resort from June 16 to Sept. 30
- Linthicum Heights, Maryland: Hyatt House BWI Airport / Baltimore from Aug. 6 to Nov. 30
- Reno, Nevada: Hyatt Place South Reno from Aug. 15 to Nov. 30
- Arden, North Carolina: Hyatt Place Asheville Airport from Aug. 29 to Nov. 30
6 hotels in China
- Nantong: Hyatt Place Nantong, Xinghu City Plaza from May 20 to Aug. 31
- Changsha: Park Hyatt Changsha from June 1 to Aug. 31
- Fuzhou: UrCove Pingtan Tannan Bay from July 1 to Sept. 30
- Weifang: UrCove Weifang City Center from July 12 to Oct. 31
- Kunming: Grand Hyatt Kunming from Aug. 6 to Nov. 30
- Lanzhou: UrCove Lanzhou Xiguan Cross Zhongshan Bridge from Aug. 7 to Nov. 30
6 hotels in other regions
- Taipei, Taiwan: Episode Daan Taipei from June 1 to Aug. 31
- Paracas, Peru: The Legend Paracas Resort from June 11 to Sept. 30
- Osaka, Japan: Caption by Hyatt Namba Osaka from June 12 to Sept. 30
- Marrakech, Morocco: Park Hyatt Marrakech from July 1 to Sept. 30
- Mainz, Germany: Brunfels Hotel from Aug. 19 to Nov. 30
- Rouen, France: Hyatt Place Rouen from Aug. 27 to Nov. 30
The 500 Hyatt points you’ll get per night when booking an eligible rate or free night are worth about $8.50, based on TPG’s August 2024 valuations. So, this promotion may be the tiebreaker when considering where to stay the next time you travel to a destination with a new Hyatt hotel.
Related: Here’s how to quickly stock up on Hyatt points for your next vacation
Bottom line
On top of earning 500 extra points per night, staying at a new Hyatt hotel can also be fun since you’ll likely get to stay in a room with new furnishings. However, new hotels may still be working through some issues, and not everything on-site may be completely functional.
The current list includes six Hyatt Category 1 hotels, four Category 2 hotels and one Category B all-inclusive resort. So, if you want to redeem World of Hyatt points for your stay, you can find many low-category options on the current list of new hotels.
