New Best Western BRG - price match and $100 BW GC
Mar 30, 2012, 6:48 am
#16
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: EWR
Programs: AA, Delta, NWA,HHonors, Hyatt BF
Posts: 1,762
I had no problem qualifying for a $100 BW Gift Card in accordance with their terms and conditions. I will be in Pennsylvannia in mid-Oct for a dog show and thought I would check out the Best Western Premium Eden Resort in Lancaster - king suite with a full kitchen (love homecooking on the road) and a 42-inch flat screen (ah, Sunday night football). There are only two Premium BWs in America and this one also accepts pets - without a weigh-in. Lucky me, I already have a bunch of BW gift cards through the Canadian Air Miles program. At the www.edenresort.com website I found a Best Available price of $154.95 and the same room on the bestwestern.com site was $189.95. I booked on the BW site and immediately filed a claim. Had a phone call in two hours and a follow-up email confirming that I qualified and will receive my $100 gift card with 2-3 wekks following my stay. I could have had the same room at a cheaper rate if I used my AAA affiliation, but I would only have saved $20, and missed out on $100 gift card, which will come in handy because some BWs accept pets and I travel with mine, always. Cheers!
Mar 30, 2012, 7:26 am
#17
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 1,236
Nov 17, 2013, 3:44 pm
#18
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: EWR Ionosphere Club, LAX Clipper Club, Still Traveling Global, yearly BIS miles
Programs: EAL Silver Wings, I-Club, Flying Colonels DL, WorldPass PLat from the olde Meatball and PE SMARTbank
Posts: 1,987
so they have a BRG limit for the 100GC every 30 days?
Jul 3, 2016, 3:13 pm
#22
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
Programs: AF Platinum/AY LUMO/SK EBG/baEC S/HYATT Globalist/MR LTP/A3 *G/HH Dia/IHG plat
Posts: 7,957
Jul 9, 2016, 2:30 am
#23
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: New York, NY
Programs: AA ExPl, DL PM, UA Silver, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium, probably some others
Posts: 4,097
I had no problem qualifying for a $100 BW Gift Card in accordance with their terms and conditions. I will be in Pennsylvannia in mid-Oct for a dog show and thought I would check out the Best Western Premium Eden Resort in Lancaster - king suite with a full kitchen (love homecooking on the road) and a 42-inch flat screen (ah, Sunday night football). There are only two Premium BWs in America and this one also accepts pets - without a weigh-in. Lucky me, I already have a bunch of BW gift cards through the Canadian Air Miles program. At the www.edenresort.com website I found a Best Available price of $154.95 and the same room on the bestwestern.com site was $189.95. I booked on the BW site and immediately filed a claim. Had a phone call in two hours and a follow-up email confirming that I qualified and will receive my $100 gift card with 2-3 wekks following my stay. I could have had the same room at a cheaper rate if I used my AAA affiliation, but I would only have saved $20, and missed out on $100 gift card, which will come in handy because some BWs accept pets and I travel with mine, always. Cheers!
Jul 25, 2016, 9:49 am
#24
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Prince Edward Island
Programs: Air Canada P25K, Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Gold, MGM Gold
Posts: 1,582
I got a BW rate guarantee GC last summer for a Canadian hotel booking. I found a booking.com rate that was $5 less than the BW site. I booked on BW and then immediately put in a claim. Got a US$100 gift card by e-mail, no problems or follow-up questions.
Jul 27, 2016, 5:32 pm
#25
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 47
BW brgs work in Canada - my most recent was last month. Added bonus if you are Canadian is that the $100 gift card comes in US dollars - which gives it a value of $125 to $130 CAD, since the Canadian dollar is like play money these days. I've had gift cards sent in the mail as well as delivered electronically, usually within 3 weeks of the stay. Not as easy as it used to be, but I have some quite acceptable bookings in both Canada and the US into 2017.
Dec 5, 2016, 5:54 pm
#26
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 989
LRG denied over 0.02 cents!!!!
Here's the most ridiculous reason for a LRG denial. I submitted a request for a property that had BW rate of $50, the competing rate I submitted was $43.69. My initial LRG was denied and I replied back with a screenshot showing that it was still available. The LRG team replied back to me with a screenshot of their own showing $43.67 and claims that they couldn't find my rate and denied my request!!!!!
Dec 5, 2016, 9:43 pm
#27
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 155
Resubmit the rate they quoted! They are pretty good at honoring. Just booked Ventura california(60miles north of Los Angeles) at brg for dec 22, feb 11 and April 6, easyclicktravel.com beats them each time. All stays ~$100 so with the travel card and other promos/ 600 southwest miles per stay, pretty much coming out ahead every time.
Jun 25, 2017, 6:06 pm
#28
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Melbourne, Florida, USA
Posts: 2,983
Resubmit the rate they quoted! They are pretty good at honoring. Just booked Ventura california(60miles north of Los Angeles) at brg for dec 22, feb 11 and April 6, easyclicktravel.com beats them each time. All stays ~$100 so with the travel card and other promos/ 600 southwest miles per stay, pretty much coming out ahead every time.
Jul 3, 2017, 12:16 pm
#29
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 155
Easyclicktravel.com does not work for me because the room description says simply "2 queen beds" and I assume they want to see the room details (sofa bed, pool view, etc) to compare against their site. Any pointers on what to say to get them to accept easyclicktravel.com?
Jul 3, 2017, 7:10 pm
#30
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 25
I have a question for you guys. I've never done a "best price guarantee match" before.. but I have an upcoming trip and Best Western is an option. I found the room I was .30 cents cheaper on a different site. Is .30 cents enough for them to honor it? Or does the difference need to be over x amount?