Very generous Best Western / Miles & More promotion – earn 3,500 miles per stay

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• Rosina says:

  8 Sep8 September 04:13

  Do I need to BOOK until the 31st of October or do I need to STAY until the 31st of October?

• Boris says:

  8 Sep8 September 05:04

  Are there any advantages to this offer with being a Best Western Diamond Member? eg Does the 30% Diamond Bonus apply to miles?

  I status matched earlier this year but have not used it yet.

  Currently enjoying my 3 weeks in Oz courtesy of the Etihad sale flagged here, and I am booking hotels partly as I go, and I can go Hilton, IHG or other.

• Boris says:

  8 Sep8 September 05:31

  It has to be said that hotel prices in Sydney are a little eye-watering, even for the ones carefully booked ahead with sales :-).

  Will be heading off on a several day wine tasting tour which will undercut even modest hotels including accommodation !

  • harry says:

    8 Sep8 September 06:29

    Sailing around the Whitsundays is also very cost effective vs hotels & great fun – I went on a 3-day outing on the winner of the Sydney-Hobart race!

    • Liz says:

      8 Sep8 September 21:52

      We did 5 days sailing round the Whitsundays back in 2003 – my sister married an Aussie. My brother in law is an experienced sailor and we hired a catamaran for the trip. He is crew on boat training for the Sydney to Hobart race!

• Roodboi says:

  8 Sep8 September 05:46

  I just redeemed the Virgin-Rocketmiles introductory offer for 3,000 bonus points for the first stay, bringing the total for the stay to 3,500 points. However the hotel I chose turns out to be a Best Western, who is also offering 3,500 points per stay now.
  I wonder if I should cancel the Rocketmiles booking and save that for another day, and go directly through Best Western this time?

• Daleroxxu says:

  8 Sep8 September 06:24

  Best Western in Buriram, Thailand is ฿679.70 THB (14.68 GBP) per night.
  https://www.bestwestern.co.uk/hotels/-99325/in-2016-09-19/out-2016-09-20/adults-1/children-0/rooms-1

  Good opportunity for mattress-runs for anyone living in that area, which I admit won’t be many reading this. 🙂

  • Andy says:

    8 Sep8 September 06:30

    I need to top up my M&M balance by a about 5000 for a redemption, and of course you can’t purchase them any more.
    I wonder if booking a couple of nights in a cheap property like this without ever checking in would work..could certainly be lucrative for minimal outlay

    • Raffles says:

      8 Sep8 September 07:31

      Pretty sure you’d need to check in unless you rang the owner (BW hotels are all independent, mostly family run) and did a deal.

      • Raffles says:

        8 Sep8 September 07:32

        Starwood points convert into M&M – SPG Amex with 10k bonus may be the answer.

        • Rob says:

          8 Sep8 September 18:39

          ….. which implies an Avios one in a couple of weeks.

    • Rob says:

      8 Sep8 September 16:22

      Not hugely useful for the UK reader though, unfortunately, unless I flood my parents in law with newspapers!

      • Joe Deeney (InsideFlyer) says:

        9 Sep9 September 13:00

        Oh, I’m sure they’d love it!

        If not, some of the packages must be digital only these days I would have thought.

    • HAM76 says:

      15 Sep15 September 06:41

      Maybe it’s this list you remember:

      http://www.vielfliegertreff.de/miles-more/12763-uebersicht-der-aktuellen-miles-more-altpapier-aktionen.html

      Instead of flooding in laws there are many public libraries, old people homes, schools, etc. that would appreciate a newspaper. Thinking about it, I bet my employees wouldn’t mind free newspapers, either. 😉

• idrive says:

  8 Sep8 September 11:08

  Thanks! will now do some research!

• Matteo says:

  8 Sep8 September 16:52

  I am confused as to the specifics of how this promo will apply. You mention in your post that you have to change your BW Rewards earning preference to Miles and More, as indeed done for special promos by other hotel chains (see Hilton, Accor). However, when you register for the promo on the BW website (via the Miles and More link in your post) the promo page says that you only have to show your Miles and More Card upon check in, which might lead to believe that you do not need a BW Rewards account at all. There in no mention in the BW and Miles and More pages for this promo that you need to change your BW Rewards earning preferences into Miles and More. So, shall I book my stays via the BW website and use my BW Rewards card number (with earning preference for Miles and More) or simply show my Miles and More card upon check in? Apologies if this sounds pedantic but I have a number of hotel stays coming up and given how exceptional this promo is I do not want to end up with 500 miles per stay. THX for help!

  • Javier Pena says:

    9 Sep9 September 09:26

    As I work for Best Western Hotels, I can help with this one.

    A BW Rewards number is definitely needed. As Rob says, the earning preferences need to be changed to Miles & More to get the points correctly allocated the day after departure.

    If you don’t remember your BW Rewards account number, the front desk can find you through the BW Extranet and allocate points manually upon check-out. They can also then allocate airline miles instead of BWR points but the system is a bit tricky and wouldn’t rely on that, if I were you.

    Any other question re BW Rewards, let me know 🙂

    • Rob says:

      9 Sep9 September 10:07

      Thanks Javier!

    • Matteo says:

      10 Sep10 September 11:33

      Great, THX Javier! As I am BW Diamond Elite, I’ll book with BW Rewards number, trying to get an upgrade and walk away with 7x Miles and More. Very helpful!

• Al says:

  8 Sep8 September 19:54

  Strangely this offer does not show up on Best Western website under rewards offers for registration. After I registered on miles and more German website, the offer does not show up on my Best Western account page. By contract, the Aeroplan 2k offer is there.

  This offer seems to good to be true. 3500 miles are worth $60-$70, I think. Many cheap BW properties have rates lower than $60, especially in Europe and Asia.

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