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. When I checked my account activity after my stay, I noticed an “opening bonus” of 2,000 points. Then I remembered that World of 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 the World of Hyatt promotion that allows you to earn 500 bonus points per night at new hotels.
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, typically in the first few months after the property opens, to earn the bonus points. 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 certificate (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 regularly updates a list of participating properties. Here’s a quick overview of where you can currently earn 500 extra points per night.
10 new Hyatt hotels in the US
- Billings, Montana: Hyatt Place Billings from March 27 to June 30
- Cape Canaveral, Florida: Hyatt Place Cape Canaveral until May 31
- Eagle Pass, Texas: Hyatt Place Eagle Pass until March 31
- Miami Beach, Florida: Andaz Miami Beach from March 12 to June 30
- Mobile, Alabama: Hyatt Studios Mobile / Tillmans Corner until May 31
- Nashville: Caption by Hyatt Downtown Nashville — The Gulch until April 30
- New York City: The Manner until May 31
- Orlando: Hyatt House Orlando / International Drive until March 31
- San Antonio: Fairmount Hotel until April 30
- Tucson: Hyatt Place Tucson Airport until May 31
15 new Hyatt hotels in China
- Beijing: UrCove Beijing Tiantan Hospital Advanced Business Park until May 31
- Beijing: UrCove Beijing Wangjing 798 Art Zone from March 15 to June 30
- Guangzhou: UrCove Guangzhou Huadu Baiyun International Airport until May 31
- Kashgar: UrCove Kashgar Ancient City Kunlun Tower Resort until March 31
- Nanjing: UrCove Nanjing Confucius Temple from March 28 to June 30
- Nanjing: UrCove Nanjing Zhongshan Mountain National Park until March 31
- Shanghai: UrCove Shanghai Pudong Lin-Gang Special Area from March 28 to June 30
- Shanghai: UrCove Shanghai Xuhui West Riverside until May 31
- Shantou: UrCove Shantou Hi-Tech the Mixc until April 30
- Shantou: UrCove Shantou Zhugang New Town until March 31
- Shaoxing: Hyatt Place Shaoxing Keqiao until June 30
- Shenzhen: UrCove Shenzhen Nanshan Hi-Tech Headquarters until April 30
- Xiamen: Hyatt Centric Ocean Front Xiamen until April 30
- Xian: UrCove Xian Bell Tower Huimin Street until March 31
- Yangzhou: UrCove Yangzhou Dongguan Street until May 31
15 new Hyatt hotels in other regions
- Bangkok: Hyatt Place Bangkok Sukhumvit 1 until March 31
- Bangkok: Hyatt Regency Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport until May 31
- Cocle, Panama: Hotel La Compania del Valle until May 31
- Doha: Andaz Doha until April 30
- Flims, Switzerland: Me and All Hotel Flims until March 31
- Jakarta, Indonesia: Keraton at The Plaza until March 31
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Hyatt Centric City Centre Kuala Lumpur until March 31
- Leeds, United Kingdom: Hyatt House Leeds until June 30
- Leeds, United Kingdom: Hyatt Place Leeds until June 30
- Nairobi, Kenya: Hyatt House Nairobi Westlands until May 31
- Nairobi, Kenya: Hyatt Place Nairobi Westlands until May 31
- Panama City: Hyatt Regency Panama City until May 31
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic: Dreams Cap Cana Resort & Spa until May 31
- Taoyuan, Taiwan: Hyatt Regency Taoyuan International Airport until March 31
- Toronto: Toor Hotel from March 18 to June 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 March 2025 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: How to earn World of Hyatt points to redeem 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 19 Hyatt Category 1 hotels and eight Category 2 hotels. 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.