Best Western Points Value Calculator Canada

Best Western points value

How much are Best Western points worth? The answer: about 0.7 cents (CAD) per point on average. This means that 1,000 Best Western points is roughly equal to about $7 in value. This is the easiest value you can obtain with little to no research when booking award stays at Best Western brand hotels.

Here's the breakdown of our valuations for Best Western points based on redemption:

How to calculate the value of Best Western points

You can calculate the value of Best Western points by dividing the cash cost of your redemption by the amount of points required to book it.

Best Western Points Value = Cash Cost of Redemption ÷ Points Required To Book.

Use our Best Western points or pay cash calculator to easily calculate the value of any Best Western redemption.

Redeeming Best Western points for the best value

Best Western Canada points will have the best value when redeemed towards free nights at Best Western hotels. Other redemptions will give your points lower value.

Free night redemptions

The best value you can obtain from Best Western Points will come from redeeming them for free nights at Best Western brand hotels. This should easily give you an average value of around 0.7 cents each without too much effort.

As with most hotel programs, the ability to get a lower or higher value is always present. It's not hard to get more value than 0.7 cents, but it will usually take a little bit of back and forth action along with some minor comparing.

As an example, I searched for award availability in Vancouver, BC and ran the calculations for the first 10 hotels.

Cost in cash.

Cost in BW Points.

Best Western Plus Sands gave the lowest value of 0.54 cents per point while Best Western Plus Vancouver Airport Hotel offered the best value of 0.73 cents per point.

The average of all 10 hotels came out to be 0.66 cents per point which is within our range of value for Best Western Points.

Since Best Western does not have an award chart, you will not know how much your points are worth until you start booking your stays. If you want to get the best value out of your points, you'll need to compare the costs in cash and cost in points for each place you're willing to stay at.

Best Western travel card

Best Western points can be redeemed for a travel card starting at 1,500 points for $10 in value which gives your points a value of 0.66 cents per point. These cards can be used to pay for charges made at Best Western brand hotels.

Since these cards can be used towards stays at Best Western hotels, it pretty much puts a floor value on Best Western points at 0.66 cents each. So if any free night redemption gives you less than that, you can just redeem your points for a Best Western travel card instead.

Point transfers to airlines

Best Western Points can be transferred to 12 airline partners including Aeroplan, Alaska Airlines, and British Airways. The transfer ratio depends on the program, but most transfers are 5,000 Best Western Points for 1,000 airline miles.

This isn't the best use of Best Western Points, but it can be useful if you need to top off one of your frequent flyer accounts and don't mind sparing a few points.

Specify how many blocks of 5,000 points you want to transfer to airline partners.

List of Best Western transfer partners

Charitable donations

Best Western Points can be donated to several charities through the Best Western Redemption Mall. Each 500-point block of Best Western Points redeemed will be worth a US$2 donate to the selected charity which will give your points a value of USD 0.4 cents each.

Gift cards and prepaid Mastercards

Best Western Points can be redeemed for Amazon gift cards and Best Western Mastercards which will give your points a value of 0.41 cents each. Redemptions start at 12,000 points for a CAD$50 gift card or Mastercard. The Mastercard is basically a prepaid card that can be used wherever Mastercard is accepted.

Points can also be applied towards U.K. gift cards via the rewards portal on bestwestern.co.uk.

Turn your points into free night vouchers and use them globally for free nights at Best Western hotels.

Global Free Room Nights Voucher

Best Western Rewards Points can be redeemed for Global Free Room Night Vouchers at a 1:1 ratio. This voucher allows you to enjoy a free room night at any Best Western hotel in Asia, Australia, Europe, Central America, North America and South America.

You can redeem your points for this voucher in 12 different increments ranging from 5,000- to 70,000-point vouchers. When using this vouchers, you'll want to call the hotel in advance to ensure availability.

Advance hotel reservations are required to use Global Free Room Night Vouchers.

Calculator: Convert Best Western points to dollars

Use the Best Western Points Value Calculator to determine the dollar value of your points when redeemed for hotels, gift cards, and more. This will give you an idea of how much your points are worth on average.

Calculator: Use Best Western points or pay cash?

Use our Best Western points or cash calculator to determine the cash value of a redemption based on the cost in cash versus the cost in points. This tool is useful when trying to decide whether to use cash or points for any redemption.