Best Western Rewards
Best Western Rewards is the loyalty program for participating BWH Hotels properties and approved partners.
Members choose points or eligible airline miles, earn annual elite status through qualifying nights, and redeem across travel and non-travel options.
The owner, currency, and rules of entry. Administrative essentials, mercifully without the brochure.
- Parent organization
- BWH Hotels
- Program currency
- Best Western Rewards points
- Program status
- Active
- Primary market
- Worldwide
- Enrollment eligibility
- Complimentary enrollment where the program is offered.
- Enrollment cost
- No enrollment fee.
- Official program links
- Homepage ↗Program terms ↗
- Last updated
- Aug 7, 2026
A hotel group is not one hotel wearing several fonts. Here is where each brand actually sits—and the kind of stay it is built to handle.
Find your fit
Luxury
WorldHotels Elite
Participating
- Portfolio
- Aspirational
- Market level
- Upper Upscale
WorldHotels Luxury
Participating
- Portfolio
- Aspirational
- Market level
- Luxury
Business & Full Service
Best Western Plus
Participating
- Portfolio
- Timeless
- Market level
- Upper Midscale
- Traveler orientation
- Business · Leisure
Best Western Premier
Participating
- Portfolio
- Timeless
- Market level
- Upscale
- Stay format
- Full Service
- Traveler orientation
- Business · Leisure
Leisure & Resorts
WorldHotels Backdrop
Participating
- Portfolio
- Aspirational
- Market level
- Upper Upscale
- Traveler orientation
- Leisure · Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Aiden by Best Western
Participating
- Portfolio
- Boutique
- Market level
- Upper Midscale
- Traveler orientation
- Leisure · Lifestyle
BW Premier Collection
Participating
- Portfolio
- Collections
- Market level
- Upscale
- Traveler orientation
- Leisure · Lifestyle
BW Signature Collection
Participating
- Portfolio
- Collections
- Market level
- Midscale · Upscale
- Traveler orientation
- Leisure · Lifestyle
Vīb
Participating
- Portfolio
- Boutique
- Market level
- Upper Midscale
- Traveler orientation
- Business · Lifestyle
WorldHotels Crafted
Participating
- Portfolio
- Aspirational
- Market level
- Upper Upscale
- Traveler orientation
- Leisure · Lifestyle
WorldHotels Distinctive
Participating
- Portfolio
- Aspirational
- Market level
- Upscale
- Traveler orientation
- Leisure · Lifestyle
Select & Essentials
Best Western
Participating
- Portfolio
- Timeless
- Market level
- Midscale
- Traveler orientation
- Business · Leisure
GLō
Participating
- Portfolio
- Timeless
- Market level
- Upper Midscale
- Stay format
- Select Service
- Traveler orientation
- Business · Leisure
Economy & Value
SureStay
Participating
- Portfolio
- Value
- Market level
- Economy
SureStay Collection
Participating
- Portfolio
- Value
- Market level
- Economy · Midscale
Extended Stay & Residences
@HOME by Best Western
Participating
- Portfolio
- Extended Stay
- Market level
- Midscale
- Stay format
- Extended Stay
- Traveler orientation
- Business · Family · Leisure
Executive Residency by Best Western
Participating
- Portfolio
- Extended Stay
- Market level
- Upper Midscale
- Stay format
- Extended Stay
- Traveler orientation
- Business · Leisure
SureStay Studio
Participating
- Portfolio
- Extended Stay
- Market level
- Economy · Midscale
- Stay format
- Extended Stay
- Traveler orientation
- Business · Family · Leisure
The tier name is the easy part. Here is the bill for reaching it—and what the program owes you in return.
How to qualify
Blue
Base tier
Enroll in the program
At enrollment
Counts: Join the program
Gold
5 nights
Calendar year
Counts: Qualifying nights at participating hotels
Does not count: Third-party and other nonqualifying rates
Platinum
7 nights
Calendar year
Counts: Qualifying nights at participating hotels
Does not count: Third-party and other nonqualifying rates
Diamond
15 nights
Calendar year
Counts: Qualifying nights at participating hotels
Does not count: Third-party and other nonqualifying rates
Diamond Select
25 nights
Calendar year
Counts: Qualifying nights at participating hotels
Does not count: Third-party and other nonqualifying rates
What each tier gets
Gold
10% bonus points
Earn 10% bonus points on qualifying nights.
Platinum
15% bonus points
Earn 15% bonus points on qualifying nights.
Early check-in and late checkout
ConditionalEarly check-in and late checkout are published for Platinum and higher tiers.
Subject to availability
Diamond
30% bonus points
Earn 30% bonus points on qualifying nights.
Diamond Select
50% bonus points
Earn 50% bonus points on qualifying nights.
The headline rate is only half the story. What counts—and what quietly does not—is where the arithmetic gets interesting.
How earning works
Most participating hotels
10 points per 1 USD
What counts: Qualifying room revenue
Does not count: Taxes, fees, and nonqualifying rates
Executive Residency, SureStay Studio, and @HOME
5 points per 1 USD
What counts: Qualifying room revenue
Does not count: Taxes, fees, and nonqualifying rates
Elite earning bonuses
Gold
Base points from qualifying hotel activity
10% bonus on bonus points
What counts: Qualifying activity eligible for the tier bonus
Platinum
Base points from qualifying hotel activity
15% bonus on bonus points
What counts: Qualifying activity eligible for the tier bonus
Diamond
Base points from qualifying hotel activity
30% bonus on bonus points
What counts: Qualifying activity eligible for the tier bonus
Diamond Select
Base points from qualifying hotel activity
50% bonus on bonus points
What counts: Qualifying activity eligible for the tier bonus
Pricing rules matter more than the word “free,” which is doing heroic work in most loyalty brochures.
Ways to redeem
Free night
Dynamic point requirement by hotel, brand, location, and travel date
No single fixed worldwide award chart is published.
Search: BestWestern.com · Best Western app · Best Western call center
Online: Available
Phone: Available · Best Western call center
Cash and points: Pay with Points is available at selected hotels.
Pay with Points
Points reduce the room charge at selected hotels
Minimum: 5,000 points
Search: Participating Best Western booking channels
Online: Partial
Phone: Limited · Availability varies by participating hotel
Cash and points: A cash balance remains due after the point discount.
Rules and reversals
Free night
Taxes and fees: Hotel and market rules determine charges not covered by points.
Pay with Points