Save $100 on select Best Western bookings (targeted offer)

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A new targeted offer has appeared on our American Express cards in the past 24 hours and this one is offering a credit for spending made at select Best Western and SureStay hotels by the end of this calendar year.

Spend $500 and get $100 back with Best Western & SureStay Hotels

Headline Details

Earn a one-time $100 statement credit after using your enrolled eligible Card to spend a minimum of $500 in one or more purchases on room rate and room charges at participating Best Western® & SureStay® Hotels in the US & Canada by 12/31/2024. Property exclusions apply.

Key Terms

• Enrollment is limited.
• Eligible Card Members must first add offer to Card and then use same Card for qualifying spend.
• Limit of 1 statement credit per eligible Card Member account.
• Offer valid at participating Best Western® & SureStay® Hotels in the US and Canada.
• Reservations must be made online at bestwestern.com, by using the Best Western To Go® App, or by calling (800) 780-7234.
• Excludes all other purchases.
• Not valid at Best Western Plus® Beach Resort, Best Western Plus® Boston Hotel, Best Western Plus® Brooklyn-Prospect Park, Best Western Plus® Chateau Inn Sylvan Lake, Best Western Plus® City Line Hotel, Best Western Plus® Erie Inn Suites, Best Western Plus® Executive Residency Baytown, Best Western Plus® Savannah Gateway, Best Western Plus® Stadium Inn, Best Western Plus® The Inn at Sharon/Foxboro, Best Western Plus® Vintage Valley Inn, Best Western Plus® Waterloo Suites Hotel, Best Western Premier® Herald Square, Best Western® Bridgeview Hotel, Best Western® JFK Airport Hotel, Best Western® Milford Inn, Best Western® Of Huron, GLō® Best Western Brooklyn NYC, SureStay® by Best Western Brownsville, SureStay® by Best Western Fontana, SureStay® by Best Western Kapuskasing and WorldHotels properties.
• Qualifying purchase means a purchase at a participating Select Best Western® & SureStay® Hotels – US & Canada property made during the offer period with your enrolled American Express Card and which is in an amount totaling at least $500 USD as posted to your account, following conversion from a foreign currency, if applicable, in accordance with your Cardmember Agreement.
• Offer only valid on room rate and room charges.
• Offer not valid for lodging stays that are paid for before the promotion start date or after the promotion end date.
• Offer only valid on purchases made directly with the merchant.
• Offer not valid on purchases made using third parties, such as resellers, delivery services, or other intermediaries.
• Please allow 90-days after 12/31/2024 for the statement credit(s) to be posted to the Account, provided that American Express receives information from the merchant about your qualifying purchase.

See your targeted offer for full terms and conditions.

Quick thoughts

The key bit of bad news here is that this targeted offer is limited to properties in the US and Canada, so that rules out Best Western properties in all other parts of the world.

A second bit of (slightly less important) bad news, is that a number of specific properties appear to be excluded from this promotion so not all stays at BW/SS properties in the US & Canada will trigger the rebate.

Still, as seems to be common with Amex offers nowadays, at least the terms and conditions say that the spending required to trigger the rebate doesn’t need to be made in a single transaction, so there’s no pressing need for a cardholder to hit the $500 target with a single booking. That should make this a more useable offer than it otherwise may have been.

It’s also worth noting that we can see that this offer has been targeted to all of our Membership Rewards cards (consumer and business), so this is clearly an offer that is being widely ‘targeted’.

Unfortunately, Amex doesn’t issue any Best Western co-branded credit cards so, overall, the best card to use with this offer will probably be the American Express® Green Card which returns 3 points/dollar on travel spending (terms apply).

If you don’t have the Amex Green card, your next best option will probably be the Blue Business® Plus Credit Card from American Express (it earns 2 points/dollar on the first $50,000 of spending every year and 1 point/dollar thereafter – terms apply), but as this card charges foreign transaction fees, you should avoid using it for stays outside of the US.

Note: All information about the American Express® Green Card has been collected independently by Traveling For Miles. The American Express® Green Card is not currently available through Traveling For Miles.

Bottom Line

Amex has launched a new targeted offer for stays made at select Best Western and SureStay properties in the United States and Canada through the end of December 2024.

Make sure you read the terms and conditions of your targeted offer carefully before making any bookings as there are a number of exclusions you should note and, where possible, make sure you add the offer to a credit card that will earn you bonus points for travel/hotel stays to ensure that you maximize your earnings.