Best Western Rewards - Bonus airline rewards for purchasing BW Travel Cards 6/1-8/31/10

http://travelcard.bestwestern.com/travelcard/promotion/airlinebonus10.jsp
Fly away this summer with bonus airline rewards!
Get away this summer and pocket some extra airline rewards when you purchase the Best Western Travel Card. The Travel Card works just like cash and can be redeemed for hotel charges at 4,000 Best Western hotels worldwide. Purchase a Best Western Travel Card between June 1 and August 31, 2010 and earn airline rewards.

Select the partner of your choice as your earning preference before purchasing the Travel Card.

Review the T&C for your particular choice.

An example for Delta (with limit of $1,000 purchase):
...select Delta Air Lines in your earning preference. As a member that has selected to earn Delta SkyMiles, not only will you earn miles for every Best Western stay, you’ll get 500 bonus miles for every $100 Travel Card purchased through August 31, 2010.

If I read this promotion correctly, thus of us that collect Best Western Reward Points are not eligible to receive this promotion. Is there a point bonus equivalent? Or another promotion for buying travel cards for those of us that prefer points?

If I read this promotion correctly, thus of us that collect Best Western Reward Points are not eligible to receive this promotion. Is there a point bonus equivalent? Or another promotion for buying travel cards for those of us that prefer points?

Simple solution (been doing it a couple years now - FANTASTIC promo if you travel a lot for work) - you simply switch your preference to miles before buying the travel cards, leave it on miles until you get them deposited to your account (in my experience it's been about 10 days), then switch back to points. Voila, best of both worlds! If you happen to miss out on one stay and get rewarded miles instead, it's not the end of the world, the miles are well worth it!

Thanks, this looks like a good deal.

I have a question about timing -- the website mention a "virtual" card. If you buy the card a day or two before your BW stay, do you get a number that you can redeem? or can you make a physical printout of your travel card?

Or, do you need to time it so that the travel card arrives in your snail mail before the stay?

Thanks, this looks like a good deal.

I have a question about timing -- the website mention a "virtual" card. If you buy the card a day or two before your BW stay, do you get a number that you can redeem? or can you make a physical printout of your travel card?

Or, do you need to time it so that the travel card arrives in your snail mail before the stay?

I bought a virtual card one day and used it at a BW the next day. Yes, they give you a number.

Please note that the miles are given in $50 increments.
Example on AA:
$50 gives you 500 miles
$80 gives you 500 miles
$100 gives you 1000 miles.

So, buy Travel Cards in $50 increments.

Thanks for the info!