How to Earn 750 Miles PER NIGHT at Best Western

Best Western's Gold Crown Club (GCC) program is offering 12,000 bonus points when staying 4 nights and paying with any American Express card. Registration is required.

If your earning preference with GCC is airline miles, and you don't mind paying with your American Express, consider switching - at least temporarily - to earning points, and then converting the points to miles. You will earn at least 750 miles per night, instead of the usual 250 miles per stay. Here's the calculation:

Assuming a daily rate of $90 and a basic membership, 4 nights will earn you 3,600 points (AAA/CAA members earn a 10% bonus. Gold Elite level and above earn an additional 10% to 30%). Together with the 12K bonus, that's at least 15,600 points - more than enough for 3,000 miles at most major North American carriers (see conversion chart here), or 750 miles per night.

If you happen to stay at a Best Western property which offers quadruple points (here's one such hotel), you'll earn the equivalent of 1,000 miles per night.

To change your earning preference, click here (login required).

P.S.: GCC also offers a $50 travel card after staying 6 night this summer (5 nights if you're an AAA/CAA member). These two offers seem to be combinable. Again, registration required.