converting BW points into miles (Germany)
Sep 1, 2015, 12:35 am
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converting BW points into miles (Germany)
I seem to remember some ridiculous policy whereby the transfer partners vary depending on the address one registered with.
1) Does anyone know into which FFP BW points can be transferred? (the only recent reference I found online was related to transferring BW points to Air Berlin.
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2) Does someone know the transfer ratio?
Thanks in advance!
1) Does anyone know into which FFP BW points can be transferred? (the only recent reference I found online was related to transferring BW points to Air Berlin.
)2) Does someone know the transfer ratio?
Thanks in advance!
Sep 1, 2015, 4:09 pm
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What Best Western site do you use?
At www.bestwestern.com, when I log in, and click on Redeem, there's a menu on the left and the first entry is "Airline/Partner Rewards". When I click on that, it shows me not just the avialable programs but how many miles/points/whatever I get for a certain number of BW points.
But yes, what airlines you can transfer into is dependent on which country's Best Western program you belong to. For my US-based account, I can redeem into AA, US (? it's already gone and merged into AA!), UA, AC Aeroplan, Asiana, Southwest RapidRewards, AeroMexico, AirMiles, and TAM's Multiplus. For most of those, it explains that 5000 BW points will transfer into 1000 miles (or 1600 kms in the case of Aeromexico); for AirMiles it's 5000:80, and for Southwest RR it's 5000:1200.
So are you sure you can't get that information at the Best Western site that you use by logging in and navigating similarly?
At www.bestwestern.com, when I log in, and click on Redeem, there's a menu on the left and the first entry is "Airline/Partner Rewards". When I click on that, it shows me not just the avialable programs but how many miles/points/whatever I get for a certain number of BW points.
But yes, what airlines you can transfer into is dependent on which country's Best Western program you belong to. For my US-based account, I can redeem into AA, US (? it's already gone and merged into AA!), UA, AC Aeroplan, Asiana, Southwest RapidRewards, AeroMexico, AirMiles, and TAM's Multiplus. For most of those, it explains that 5000 BW points will transfer into 1000 miles (or 1600 kms in the case of Aeromexico); for AirMiles it's 5000:80, and for Southwest RR it's 5000:1200.
So are you sure you can't get that information at the Best Western site that you use by logging in and navigating similarly?