What's The Value of WestJet Dollars?

WestJet Dollars (WJD) is the rewards currency for the WestJet Rewards program. They are earned when you book flights and other forms of travel through WestJet and westjet.com as well as when you book flights with select partner airlines.

They can be redeemed for face value towards flights and vacation packages booked through WestJet. They cannot be used for other forms of travel booked through WestJet such as car rentals and hotel bookings.

WestJet Dollars value

How much are WestJet Dollar worth on average? The simple answer is that they are worth face value. So 1 WestJet Dollar would be equal to 1 Canadian Dollar on average.

How to calculate WestJet Dollars value

WestJet Dollars are generally worth face value, but there can be times in which your WestJet Dollars will be worth a little more than that. You can calculate WestJet Dollars Value by dividing the cash cost of your redemption by the number of WestJet Dollars required for the redemption.

WestJet Dollars Value = Cost of Redemption ÷ WJD Required To Book.

Ways to redeem WestJet Dollars

WestJet Dollars can be redeemed for flights and vacation packages. You will get the best value when redeeming them for flights, specifically Member Exclusive Fares.

Redeeming WestJet Dollars for flights

WestJet Rewards members can redeem WestJet Dollars towards any flights marketed by WestJet. This includes codeshare flights operated by:

• Aeromexico
• Air France
• Delta
• KLM
• Qantas

Flights with codeshare partners can be booked online and will appear alongside WestJet's own flights when searching on westjet.com. You can find out what destinations you can fly to from any origin city using the WestJet route map.

When booking standard economy, premium, and business class fares along with their Flex counterparts, you will be able to pay for your flight either partially or fully in WestJet Dollars. You'll need to at least redeem 15 WestJet Dollars per guest, per direction of travel.

If you choose to pay partially in WestJet Dollars, you'll still be able to earn WestJet Dollars on the portion of your base fare paid in cash or card (does not apply to Basic fare).

Member Exclusive Fare

Member Exclusive Fares allow you to redeem WestJet Dollars to save money on the cost of a flight. If you're signed into your WestJet Rewards account, you'll see the option after doing a search and selecting a fare.

When booking these fares, you'll be able to earn slightly more value out of your WestJet Dollars meaning that they will be worth a little more than 1 Canadian Dollar each.

For example, the Member Exclusive fare for the flight pictured above will cost you 164 WestJet Dollars plus $96.94 CAD saving you $20.57 off the economy price. Doing the math, this would make your WestJet Dollars worth $1.12 CAD which is better than the face value of $1 CAD each.

Be sure that when considering the Member Exclusive Fare that you run the numbers. There are times in which the savings from the fare are so low that the Basic Economy fare will beat out the "savings" from the Member Exclusive Fare.

Using WestJet Dollars for vacation packages

WestJet Dollars can be used to book vacation packages. When booking the package, you can pay partially or fully in WestJet Dollars with a minimum of 50 WestJet Dollars required.

As with flights, if you choose to pay partially in WestJet Dollars, you'll still be able to earn WestJet Dollars on the portion of your base fare paid in cash or card.

Calculator: WestJet Dollars to Canadian dollars

Use the WestJet Dollars Value Calculator to calculate the cash value of WestJet Dollars (WSD). This will give you an idea of how much your WestJet Dollars are worth on average.

WestJet Member Exclusive Fare Calculator

Calculate how much your WestJet Points are worth when used for a Member Exclusive Fare. This will let you know how much value you're getting out of the Member Exclusive Fare and if it's worth it.

Finding the best card to earn WestJet Dollars

The best travel card for earning WestJet Dollars is WestJet's own co-branded credit cards. You can also earn WestJet Dollars using RBC Avion Rewards.

Co-branded WestJet credit cards

WestJet offers two co-branded credit cards through RBC that can earn you WestJet Dollars on everyday purchases. These cards also offer various benefits with WestJet including an annual companion flight! If you frequently fly WestJet, I highly recommend considering one of their co-branded cards.

Here are the two credit cards that WestJet offers:

WestJet RBC® World Elite Mastercard

Best For WestJet Travelers

WestJet RBC Mastercard

RBC Avion credit cards

RBC Avion Rewards is a direct transfer partner of WestJet. Both Avion Elite and Avion Premium points can be converted into WestJet which means you can use all RBC credit cards to boost your WestJet Dollars balance.

Here are the Avion credit cards that RBC offers:

RBC Avion Visa Infinite Privilege

• Earns Avion Elite Points
• Earn 1.25X Avion points on all purchases
• Access to the Air Travel Redemption Schedule which offers high value towards airfare
• Access to all RBC transfer partners
• Airport lounge access
• $399 annual fee
• Card Value & Avion Points Calculator

RBC Avion Visa Infinite

• Earns Avion Elite Points
• Earn 1.25X points on travel related purchases
• Earn 1X points on all other purchases
• Access to the Air Travel Redemption Schedule which offers high value towards airfare
• Access to all RBC transfer partners
• $120 annual fee
• Card Value & Avion Points Calculator

RBC Avion Visa Platinum

• Earns Avion Elite Points
• Earn 1X Avion points on all purchases
• Access to the Air Travel Redemption Schedule which offers high value towards airfare
• Access to all RBC transfer partners
• $120 annual fee
• Card Value & Avion Points Calculator

RBC ION+ Visa

• Earns Avion Premium Points
• Earn 3X Avion points on grocery, dining, food delivery, rides, gas, EV charging, streaming, digital gaming, and subscriptions
• Earn 1X Avion points on everything else
• $4 monthly fee ($48 annually)
• Card Value & Avion Points Calculator

RBC ION Visa

• Earns Avion Premium Points
• Earn 1.5X Avion points on grocery, rides, gas, EV charging, streaming, digital gaming, and subscriptions
• Earn 1X Avion points on all other purchases
• $0 annual fee
• Card Value & Avion Points Calculator

RBC Avion Visa Infinite Business

• Earns Avion Elite Points
• Earn 1.25X Avion points on all purchases, on up to $75,000 per year (then 1X)
• Airport lounge access
• Access to the Air Travel Redemption Schedule which offers high value towards airfare
• Access to all RBC transfer partners
• $175 annual fee
• Card Value & Avion Points Calculator

RBC® Visa Business Platinum Avion

• Earns Avion Elite Points
• Earn 1X Avion points on all purchases
• Access to the Air Travel Redemption Schedule which offers high value towards airfare
• Access to all RBC transfer partners
• Reduced annual fee for RBC Avion Visa Platinum or RBC Avion Visa Infinite cardholders
• $120 annual fee
• Card Value & Avion Points Calculator

RBC Visa CreditLine for Small Business

• Earns Avion Premium Points
• Earn 1X Avion points for every $2 spent on the card
• $0 annual fee
• Card Value & Avion Points Calculator