Best Western Rewards - FALL12 promo: double (or triple) points on 2nd/4th (elites also 6th/8th) stay

To see it in person and register, go to www.bestwestern.com, log in, click My Account, and on that page click REGISTER FOR SPECIAL OFFERS. (Or, after logging in, go to https://goldcrownclub.bestwestern.com/members/regoffers.asp .)

BWR members earn double points on their 2nd qlfd stay between 9/23 and 11/18/12 - (Sep 23, 2012 - Nov 19, 2012) - Promo Code: FALL12 - Best Western Rewards® members (Member(s)) residing in any participating country (visit bestwestern.com/fall for a complete list of countries) who REGISTER for the 2012 FALL PROMOTION (Promotion) and COMPLETE AT LEAST TWO (2) QUALIFIED STAYS* at any Best Western branded hotel worldwide between September 23, 2012 and November 18, 2012 (Promotion Period), will be awarded double Best Western Rewards points for their 2nd qualified stay or triple points if the reservation was booked through bestwestern.com. Members residing outside of one of the participating countries?, who register for the Promotion and complete at least 2 qualified stays at any Best Western branded hotel in a participating country? during the Promotion Period, will earn double points after their 2nd qualified stay or triple points if the reservation was booked through bestwestern.com. Best Western Rewards enrollment and Promotion registration required during the Promotion Period. Bonus Offer: Use your Best Western Rewards® MasterCard® credit card to pay for your first two (2) qualified stays and earn 1,000 bonus Best Western Rewards points. Maximum of one (1) credit card bonus reward per Member during the Promotion Period. A qualified stay for the purpose of this Promotion is defined as one or more consecutive nights at the same Best Western branded hotel at a rate eligible for earning points or airline/partner rewards through Best Western Rewards. Only one (1) check-in/check-out permitted per qualified stay. Double/triple points only awarded for every 2nd qualified stay (e.g., 2nd, 4th 6th, 8th qualified stay) subject to the following restrictions. Non-Elite members may earn up to two (2) double and/or triple point bonuses (on completion of their 2nd and 4th qualifying stays only). Elite members may earn up to four (4) double and/or triple point bonuses (on completion of their 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th qualified stays only). Earning preference must be set to points for each stay to earn double/triple bonus points. Qualified stays with a check-in or check-out date that overlaps the beginning or ending of the Promotion Period will be counted towards the Promotion. In such case, double/triple points will be calculated based on the average daily rate for the entire qualified stay. Other restrictions may apply. Offer not valid with any other promotion or discount. Promotion is subject to cancellation or change without notice. Double and triple point bonuses are calculated against the standard Best Western Rewards earning structure for points. Allow up to 4 weeks after the completed qualified stays for posting of Best Western Rewards double or triple point bonuses. Allow up to 4-6 weeks after the Promotion Period for posting of Best Western Rewards MasterCard® bonus points. All Best Western Rewards program rules apply. See www.bestwesternrewards.com for additional program terms. Best Western and the Best Western marks are service marks or registered service marks of Best Western International, Inc. ©2012 Best Western International, Inc. All rights reserved. Each Best Western® branded hotel is independently owned and operated.

(I highlighted some key items in red.)

Note: The www.bestwestern.com/fall site referenced there does not appear to be working yet.

Guys, be careful - the T&Cs are misleading! Most likely you won't get points for third party bookings - despite the T&Cs let you assume that they do count. I was burned in the summer promo, see here (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/19225154-post20.html).

I had the double points post automatically for the FALL12 promotion, but the triple points for having booked via bestwestern.com did not post and I had to write to BW Rewards customer service to get that fixed. So heads-up to carefully check your accounts. A promotion that doesn't work as advertised without guests having to do extra work to collect on it is close to a failed promotion, isn't it? I could be wrong, but I suspect that the new BW website may be goofing some things up. Requests not being transmitted to properties, etc.

I had the double points post automatically for the FALL12 promotion, but the triple points for having booked via bestwestern.com did not post and I had to write to BW Rewards customer service to get that fixed. So heads-up to carefully check your accounts. A promotion that doesn't work as advertised without guests having to do extra work to collect on it is close to a failed promotion, isn't it? I could be wrong, but I suspect that the new BW website may be goofing some things up. Requests not being transmitted to properties, etc.
Or it could be just that they're slower. At this point (without me doing anything but waiting), I got my double plus triple posted for my two stays two weeks ago, only got my double posted for my two stays last week, and haven't had my second stay itself post from this week yet.

(I also had my BWR MC bonus 1000 points post, attributed to the first pair of stays.)

Also, note that they're confusingly (un?)sorted on the online statement. In mine, they apepar below (before) the stays they're attributed to! So if you're looking at the top (where new point postings usually appear), you can miss them!

(In fact, I think I may have missed them on a previous visit to my online statement, because I don't remember looking at the bottom on my previous visit.)

Update:

At this point (without me doing anything but waiting), I got my double plus triple posted for my two stays two weeks ago, only got my double posted for my two stays last week, and haven't had my second stay itself post from this week yet.

The pattern continues. I now have double points for 3 pairs of stays, but triple points only for the first 2 pairs of stays.

So they are indeed taking about an extra week to post the triple part after the double part posts.

Thus do not be alarmed when you at first see only double, but were expecting triple. Just wait another week or so...