Earn 500 points extra per night at Hyatt Hotels
I stayed at Hyatt House Johannesburg Sandton, South Africa shortly after its opening in 2021. After my stay, when I checked my account activities, I saw an “opening bonuses” of 2,000 point. Then I remembered Hyatt gives 500 bonus points for every qualifying stay at a new hotel. You may have also forgotten about this promotion, or not even known it existed. 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. To earn bonus points you must stay in a certain time period, usually within the first few weeks after the hotel opens. Specifically, you’ll only earn bonus points if your checkout date takes place within the offer period for your hotel.
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To get the bonus points, you must provide your World of Hyatt number when you check in. Paying an eligible rate is required, as well as redeeming a Hyatt award for a free night (including using Hyatt points). The terms of the promotion state that bonus points may not appear on your account for three to four weeks. In practice, though, Hyatt typically posts the new hotel bonus with the other points you earned during your stay.
Related: 22 best Hyatt hotels in the world
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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. 29 to Nov. 30Palm Springs, California
- : Thompson Palm Springs from Sept. 5 to Dec. 31Southampton, New York
- : The Bentley Hotel Southampton from Sept. 11 to Dec. 3110 hotels in China
- Fuzhou: UrCove Pingtan Tannan Bay from July 1 to Sept. 30
Weifang
- : UrCove Weifang City Center from July 12 to Sept. 30Kunming
- : Grand Hyatt Kunming from Aug. 6 to Nov. 30Lanzhou
- : UrCove Lanzhou Xiguan Cross Zhongshan Bridge from Aug. 13 to Nov. 30Ningbo
- : UrCove Ningbo International Exhibition Center from Sept. 8 to Dec. 31Xi’an
- : UrCove Xi’an Qujiang Great Tang All Day Mall from Sept. 15 to Dec. 31Nanjing
- : UrCove Nanjing Confucius Temple from Sept. 20 to Dec. 31Nanjing
- : UrCove Nanjing Zhongshan Mountain National Park from Sept. 28 to Dec. 31Shenzhen
- : UrCove Shenzhen Nanshan Hi-Tech Headquarters from Sept. 25 to Dec. 31Shanghai
- : Alila Shanghai from Sept. 25 to Dec. 316 hotels in other regions
- Paracas, Peru: The Legend Paracas Resort from June 11 to Sept. 30
Osaka, Japan
- : Caption by Hyatt Namba Osaka from June 12 to Sept. 30Marrakech, Morocco
- : Park Hyatt Marrakech from July 1 to Sept. 30Rouen, France
- : Hyatt Place Rouen from Aug. 27 to Nov. 30Mainz, Germany
- : Brunfels Hotel from Aug. 29 to Nov. 30Maharashtra, India
- : Hyatt Place Aurangabad Airport Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30PARK HYATT MARRAKECH
- 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 September 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 11 Hyatt Category 1 hotels, two Category 2 hotels and one Category B all-inclusive resort. If you’re looking to redeem World of Hyatt Points for your stay, there are many options available on the list of new hotels.
