The Ultimate Guide To Best Western Rewards

The Best Western Rewards program is not complicated to use. It is mainly aimed at travellers who wish to control their accommodation budget without staying in high-end hotels.

The program includes more than 4,200 hotels worldwide, in more than 100 countries, with 13 different brands.

If you prefer the video version, here it is. If not, read on!

And for a quick search, use our map of Best Western hotels in Canada :

How to earn Best Western Rewards points

You can earn Best Western Rewards points in many ways:

With hotel stays

Best Western Rewards points’ earning depends of:

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).

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.

Redeeming Best Western Rewards 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:

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.

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.

For experiences

Best Western Rewards points can also be used for experiences.

These experiences are as varied as:

For gift cards and other products

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

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.

Expiration of Best Western Rewards points

Best Western Rewards points never expire!

Best Western Rewards Status

There are 5 levels of Best Western Rewards status:

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!

Bottom line

The Best Western Rewards program is probably the simplest hotel program available. Given the group’s overall presence, it is generally straightforward to get free nights in Best Western hotels.

For example, it is handy to use points in airport hotels when you have to catch your plane in Plattsburgh or when you have just arrived at a destination. See our review about the Best Western Plus Plattsburgh Hotel.

It will then be more useful to redeem Marriott Bonvoy for longer stays (the Marriott Bonvoy program allowing to get 5 nights at the price of 4 when the booking has been paid with points).