HotelChatter's Guide to Loyalty Programs:: Best Western's Gold Crown Club

October 5, 2007 at 12:44 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

Until recently we thought hotel loyalty programs were for Account Executives rolling their business travel points into a family vacation at a bland resort every year or two. However, funny thing happened when we started investigating these programs -- we found some of them are downright useful if you know how to cut through the red tape. This series is meant as a jumping off point to full fledged discussions on each loyalty program we feature. So comment, contribute, question, and cajole here.

We knew that there were a lot of Best Westerns found near airports and along popular road trip routes but we had no idea that there were 4,200 Best Westerns throughout North, Central & South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. That's a lot of Best Westerns so if you join the Best Western Gold Crown Club International rewards programs, you will have plenty of places to use your points...if you love BW that much.

BEST WESTERN GOLD CROWN CLUB INTERNATIONAL

WEBSITE: Best Western Gold Crown.

MEMBER BENEFITS: Full benefits here.

BOOKING BASICS: Online at Gold Crown reservations page, hotels' official website, or over the phone in order to earn and use points.

PHONE: 800-237-8483.

PARTNERS
Retail Partners:
There's a few retail partners including American Express, Avis, Dollar and FTD.
Airlines:
Airline Partners include American Airlines, Continental, Delta and some international airlines.

MILES: Yes

CREDIT CARD: Best Western MasterCard which earns you points on every purchase, plus includes "generous" activation bonus points and no annual fee.

The Gold Crown is also running a promotional offer. If you join before November 16th you will earn double points on your next two nights or more stay.

REWARDS: 10 points per dollar (on room, some restaurants). Free nights start at 8,000 points, depending on market, up to 36,000 points. For miles: 250 per stay or you can transfer points, 5 per mile. So 5,000 points would earn 1,000 miles.

WHAT WE LIKED: This is a straightforward program. Retail partners include florists, car rental companies and a wine club. Fun!

FINE PRINT: Terms and Conditions are not posted on the website. Tsk, tsk. (If they are, they are not easy to find. Still one tsk!)

Have a Best Western Gold Crown Club question? Have advice for fellow Best Western groupies? Do tell.

Research compiled by HotelChatter's Barbara Benham.

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