Best Western Rewards® Mastercard®

This card is built for Best Western loyalists who want to earn more on hotel stays without paying an annual fee. It works best as a travel brand card for frequent Best Western guests, though the 2x earning on everyday purchases also makes it usable beyond hotel bookings.

Welcome Offer

16,000 Points

Annual Fee

Rec. Credit Score

Excellent

Good For

Best Western regulars

How to Apply

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Is the Best Western Rewards® Mastercard® worth it?

This card is great for...

Best Western stays

No-fee hotel rewards

Everyday non-bonus spending

The Best Western Rewards Mastercard is worth a look if you stay with Best Western often enough to take advantage of its strong hotel earning rate. At 13x points on Best Western purchases, it is clearly designed to reward in-brand spending, and the lack of an annual fee makes it easy to keep long term. The small welcome offer is also unusually easy to earn.

For most other travelers, this is a niche card. The 2x points on everything else is solid for a hotel card, but the real value depends on whether you actually want Best Western Rewards points. If you stay across many hotel brands or prefer more flexible travel rewards, this card will be harder to justify as a primary travel card.

MaxRewards Verdict

A sensible no-annual-fee pick for travelers who regularly stay at Best Western and want extra rewards on those bookings. If Best Western is not already part of your travel routine, the card's value drops off quickly.

Welcome Offer

16,000 Points after you spend $1 on purchases on your new card in your first 1 months of card membership.

Est. Value

$160

Required Spend

Time Frame

1 Month

Est. Value

$160

Required Spend

Time Frame

1 Month

What's your average monthly spend?

$100

You should easily hit the bonus threshold with this spend!

Rewards

Rewards percent based on a valuation of 1¢ per Best Western point

This card earns Best Western Rewards points, with the highest return reserved for Best Western purchases and a simple 2x rate everywhere else. The key question is not just how many points you earn, but how often you will actually redeem them for Best Western stays.

CategoryEst. yearly spendRateRewards

Best Western

Est. yearly spend

Rate13%

Rewards

Everywhere

Est. yearly spend

Rate2%

Rewards

Est. Annual Rewards

Benefits

$0 / $20

The benefits here are modest and mostly come from Mastercard partner offers rather than premium travel perks. Since there is no annual fee, these extras are better viewed as occasional savings on top of the card's hotel rewards, not a major reason to apply.

Enrollment is required for select benefits

$20/yr

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Recommended Minimum Credit

Min: Excellent

Poor

Fair

Good

Excellent

Excellent credit or higher is recommended for this card.

Credit approval is not guaranteed. Meeting the recommended credit range does not ensure approval, and applicants with lower scores may still be considered.