New Hyatt hotels where you can earn 500 extra points per night

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 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 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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Hyatt regularly updates a list of participating properties. Here’s a quick overview of where you can currently earn 500 extra points per night.

15 new Hyatt hotels in the US

• Palm Springs, California: Thompson Palm Springs until Dec. 31, 2024
• New Orleans: The Barnett until Dec. 31, 2024
• New Orleans: Maison Metier until Dec. 31, 2024
• Santa Monica, California: Hyatt Centric Delfina Santa Monica until Dec. 31, 2024
• Reno: Hyatt Place South Reno until Jan. 31, 2025
• Raleigh, North Carolina: Hyatt House Raleigh Downtown / Seaboard Station until Jan. 31, 2025
• Colorado Springs, Colorado: Cheyenne Mountain Resort until Jan. 31, 2025
• Lake Orion Township, Michigan: Hyatt House Auburn Hills / Detroit until Jan. 31, 2025
• Washington, D.C.: Hyatt Washington DC / Convention Center until Jan. 31, 2025
• Orlando: Hyatt House Orlando / International Drive until Feb. 28, 2025
• Park City, Utah: Grand Hyatt Deer Valley until Feb. 28, 2025
• Las Vegas: Rio Hotel & Casino until Feb. 28, 2025
• Eagle Pass, Texas: Hyatt Place Eagle Pass from Dec. 11, 2024, to March 31, 2025
• Miami Beach, Florida: Thompson Miami Beach from Dec. 17, 2024, to March 31, 2025
• Royal Oak, Michigan: Hyatt House Royal Oak / Birmingham from Dec. 18, 2024, to March 31, 2025

Related: 2 buzzworthy hotels in New Orleans are now part of World of Hyatt

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17 new Hyatt hotels in China

• Ningbo: UrCove Ningbo International Exhibition Center unti Dec. 31, 2024
• Shanghai: Alila Shanghai until Dec. 31, 2024
• Shanghai: UrCove Shanghai Pudong Lin-gang Special Area until Feb. 28, 2025
• Shanghai: UrCove Shanghai Dishui Lake Lin-gang Shuyuan Village until Feb. 28, 2025
• Xian: UrCove Xian Great Tang All Day Mall unti Dec. 31, 2024
• Xian: UrCove Xian Bell Tower Huimin Street until March 31, 2025
• Suzhou: UrCove Suzhou Shantang Street until Dec. 31, 2024
• Tianjin: The Perennial Tianjin until Jan. 31, 2025
• Wuhan: UrCove Wuhan Jiefang Avenue Riverside until Jan. 31, 2025
• Huangshan: Hyatt Regency Huangshan Hengjiangwan until Jan. 31, 2025
• Xuchang: UrCove Xuchang Angel City until Jan. 31, 2025
• Lianyungang: UrCove Lianyungang Haizhou until Feb. 28, 2025
• Jinghong: UrCove Xishuangbanna Gaozhuang Starlight Night Market until Feb. 28, 2025
• Nanjing: UrCove Nanjing Zhongshan Mountain National Park from Dec. 13, 2024, to March 31, 2025
• Nanjing: UrCove Nanjing Confucius Temple from Dec. 27, 2024, to March 31, 2025
• Yangzhou: UrCove Yangzhou Dongguan Street from Dec. 24, 2024, to March 31, 2025
• Shenzhen: UrCove Shenzhen Nanshan Hi-Tech Headquarters from Dec. 31, 2024, to March 31, 2025

14 new Hyatt hotels in other regions

• Madeira, Portugal: Dreams Madeira Resort, Spa & Marina until Dec. 31, 2024
• San Jose, Costa Rica: Hyatt Centric San Jose Escazu until Jan. 31, 2025
• Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Hyatt Centric Santo Domingo until Jan. 31, 2025
• Giza, Egypt: Hyatt Centric Cairo West until Jan. 31, 2025
• Windsor, Ontario: Hyatt Place Windsor until Jan. 31, 2025
• London: Park Hyatt London River Thames until Jan. 31, 2025
• Costa Adeje, Spain: AluaSoul Costa Adeje until Jan. 31, 2025
• St. Julians, Malta: Hyatt Centric Malta until Feb. 28, 2025
• Toronto: TOOR Hotel until Feb. 28, 2025
• Panama City: Hyatt Regency Panama City until Feb. 28, 2025
• Mississauga, Ontario: Hyatt House Mississauga / Airport Corporate Centre until Feb. 28, 2025
• Jakarta, Indonesia: Keraton at The Plaza from Dec. 16, 2024, to March 31, 2025
• Nairobi, Kenya: Hyatt Place Nairobi Westlands from Dec. 19, 2024, to March 31, 2025
• Cocle, Panama: Hotel La Compania del Valle from Dec. 24, 2024, to March 31, 2025

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 December 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: How to earn World of Hyatt points to redeem for your next vacation

The current list includes 19 Hyatt Category 1 hotels, eight Category 2 hotels and one Category A 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.