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Neither Best Western, nor Choice, nor Wyndham are programs for people who seek status benefits.
They're programs for people who want to accumulate points to use, among other things, in many small towns (including just outside many national parks) where there are no other points program hotels other than the above.
Along Norway's western fjords, the only point hotels are in the Best Western and Choice programs.
Indeed Choice, BW and Wyndham have been generally weak with regard to status benefits. [IHG used to be weak about that too.]
Choice and BW properties in Norway — and the rest of Scandinavia — are better with regard to status benefits than Choice and BW properties in the Americas.
In Norway, I mostly redeem points for Choice, BW, Radisson, and Scandic hotels. There are two Marriott options across the country — which is to grow to three options when Tromso comes online. There is at least one Hyatt option in the country, that being in Bergen.