How Does the Best Western Rewards Program Work?

Best Western Rewards

Earn points

You can earn Best Western Rewards points in many ways:

With hotel stays
With car rentals

With hotel stays

Best Western Rewards points’ earning depends of:

your status
the amount spent

So, as a basic member, you can earn 10 points per dollar.

Then, depending on your status, you’ll earn more points (10% more for Gold members to 50% more for Diamond Select members).

Retroactive credit

Please note that if you are not a Best Western Rewards member and have just stayed at one Best Western hotel, you may request retroactive credit of points 30 days after the stay.

With car rentals

Most of the major car rental companies are partners with Best Western, so you can easily earn Best Western points for your car rental.

Agency	Points
Alamo	3 points for every dollar spent
Review	1,000 points for each rental
Budget	1,000 points for each rental
National	3 points for every dollar spent
Sixt	1,000 points for each rental

Redeem points

For free hotel nights

As with any hotel program, Best Western Rewards is designed so that points earned can be redeemed for stays at Best Western hotels.

The number of points to get a free hotel night depends on:

the property
the location
the time of year

So it’s a variable cost schedule. However, the chart has 11 tiers,so a free hotel night costs between 8,000 points and 70,000 Best Western Rewards points.

Promotions

Best Western Rewards occasionally runs promotions to allow you to redeem your points at a more favourable rate. Like this one: 10,000 points per night, regardless of the hotel (in North America).

To get airline miles

You can also transfer your Best Western Rewards points to another rewards program such as Aeroplan, AIR MILES or American AAdvantage.

Program	Best Western Points	Miles earned
Aerclub	5 000	1 000
Aeroplan	5 000	1 000
Alaska Mileage Plan	5 000	1 000
Alitalia Millemiglia	6 000	1 000
American AAdvantage	5 000	1 000
Asia Miles	5 000	1 000
Asiana Club	5 000	1 000
British Airways Executive Club	5 000	1 000
Club Premier Aeromexico	5 000	1 600
Flying Blue	6 000	1 000
Iberia Plus	5 000	1 000
LifeMiles	5 000	1 000
MeridianaClub	5 000	1 000
Miles & More	5 000	1 000
Southwest Rapid Rewards	5 000	1 200
Vueling Club	5 000	1 000

For gift cards and other products

Finally, it is possible – but not recommended – to use your Best Western Rewards points to buy gift cards.

Status

There are 5 levels of Best Western Rewards status:

Blue
Gold
Platinum
Diamond
Diamond Select

All the perks of the different status levels are represented in this table:

Status Match

In this article, we have detailed the process to get a status match in the Best Western Rewards program.

Many members of the Facebook group were able to get the highest status: Diamond Select easily.

Be careful! The status match is theoretically possible only once: choose the right moment to ask for it!

Rules

Transferring Best Western Rewards points between accounts

You can transfer your points from one account to another, free of charge! You have to call Best Western Rewards Customer Service.

The only condition: Best Western Rewards accounts must be at the same address.

To call Best Western from Canada or the United States, the number is 1 (800) 237-8483. You can also request a transfer through the Best Western Rewards contact form.