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Best credit card to use at Best Western.

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Best Western Hotels & Resorts runs about 4,000 properties globally under a member-owned cooperative structure that's unusual in the major-chain landscape. The portfolio spans Best Western, Best Western Plus, and Best Western Premier on the core brand, with Vīb, GLō, Aiden, Sadie, and Executive Residency rounding out boutique and extended-stay segments, plus the SureStay budget brands. There's no Best Western co-brand credit card in the U.S. market today, so the right play is a strong general hotel-category card — Sapphire Reserve, Venture X, Amex Gold, or a flat-rate cashback card if you prefer simplicity. Best Western Rewards points are earned only on direct bookings at bestwestern.com or in-app; OTA stays earn nothing in the program.

  1. #1
    Chase
    4x points on hotels
    Hotels booked directly
    5.0%4x points
  2. #2
    Chase
    4x points on hotels
    Hotels booked directly
    5.0%4x points
  3. #3
    Wells Fargo
    5x points on hotels
    5.0%5x points
  4. #4
    U.S. Bank
    4x points on travel
    4.0%4x points
  5. #5
    Barclays
    4x points on travel
    4.0%4x points
  6. #6
    Barclays
    4x points on travel
    4.0%4x points
  7. #7
    Chase
    3x points on travel (up to $150,000/year, then 1%)
    Travel, shipping, internet/cable/phone, advertising on search engines and social media (combined)
    3.8%3x points
  8. #8
    American Express
    3x points on hotels
    Direct hotel purchases
    3.6%3x points
  9. #9
    American Express
    3x points on hotels
    Purchases made directly with hotels
    3.6%3x points
  10. #10
    Comenity Capital Bank
    3% on travel
    Includes AAA purchases
    3%
  11. #11
    Bank of America
    3% on travel if you select it as a bonus category (up to $2,500/quarter, then 1%)
    3% in choice category (gas, online shopping, dining, travel, drugstores, home improvement); cap is combined with groceries/wholesale-club row
    3%
  12. #12
    Bank of America
    3% on travel if you select it as a bonus category (up to $2,500/quarter, then 1%)
    3% in choice category (gas, online shopping, dining, travel, drugstores, home improvement); cap is combined with groceries/wholesale-club row
    3%
  13. #13
    Citi
    3x points on hotels
    On hotels booked directly
    3.0%3x points
  14. #14
    Citi
    3% on travel
    Includes Costco Travel
    3%
  15. #15
    Citi
    3% on travel
    Includes Costco Travel
    3%
  16. #16
    Navy Federal
    3x points on travel
    Includes airlines, hotels, car rentals, ride-sharing, parking, tolls, museums, amusement parks, and golf courses
    3.0%3x points
  17. #17
    USAA
    3x points on travel
    Travel plus transit, including rideshare and tolls
    3.0%3x points
  18. #18
    Venmo Credit Cardif it’s your top category
    Synchrony
    3% on travel if it's your top eligible spend category that cycle
    Automatically on your highest-spend eligible category each statement period (8 eligible: transportation, travel, groceries, entertainment, dining & nightlife, bills & utilities, health & beauty, gas). Drugstores here represents health & beauty; bills & utilities maps to utilities.
    3%
  19. #19
    Wells Fargo
    3x points on travel
    3.0%3x points
  20. #20
    Robinhood
    3% flat-rate cashback
    3%

Last updated July 28, 2026