PHOENIX, May 12 /CNW/ -- Best Western and MasterCard have joined
forces to offer a free night stay to members of the hotel chain's Gold Crown
Club International loyalty program this summer.
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Between May 15 and July 15, 2004, Gold Crown Club International members
residing in Canada, the U.S. and the Caribbean can now earn one complimentary
night after two qualifying stays at any Best Western hotel in the world where
they use MasterCard to pay for their stays.
"Best Western is pleased to partner with MasterCard once again in
extending this special offer to our Gold Crown Club International members,"
said David Kong, senior vice president of marketing and development. "As a
participant in our frequent guest club, customers can benefit from one of the
industry's best international rewards programs."
Guests must register online at www.goldcrownclub.com or call
1-800-237-8483 and mention offer code MC2X, to be eligible. Guests who are
not already Gold Crown Club International members can enroll in the program
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when registering for the offer.
The offer is in the form of a Global Free Night Award, valued at 800 Gold
Crown Club International points, and is limited to one per person. Qualified
guests will receive a voucher by mail for their free night stay, which is
valid for six months upon issue and redeemable at hundreds of Best Western
hotels worldwide.
Launched in 1988, Best Western's loyalty program is one of the industry's
few truly international travel clubs. Members across the globe can earn
points towards an extensive array of product and service awards at Best
Western hotels throughout North, Central and South America, Europe, Asia,
Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. In 2003, Gold Crown Club
International was voted Inside Flyer magazine's loyalty "Program to Watch."
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Best Western International is THE WORLD'S LARGEST HOTEL CHAIN(R) with more
than 4,100 hotels in 82 countries and territories. It is a membership
association of independently owned and operated hotels that provides
marketing, reservations and operational support to its members.
I got my 1200 pts. cert. for free night in the mail.
What can I say? After two miserable stays back to back, one in Seoul, South Korea and one in Newark NJ, my account still does not reflect the points, much less the free night :mad: I was elated for a while when they comped me Diamond status at my request, but now I know better!
As the second of my two qualifying stays hadn't posted, I called GCC. Lo and behold, Stay one posted as a VISA stay, not MC, despite having used the MC, the credit card receipt saying MASTERCARD spelled out, and having received my bill from MC. Just something to check when you don't receive your certificate.
The offer is in the form of a Global Free Night Award, valued at 800 Gold Crown Club International points, and is limited to one per person.
Only exactly ONE of the zillions of BWs in ALL of California (one in Chino, the town derided on Fox's THE O.C.) is available at 800 points.
So this is a free night in Chino only (if you're in CA and not going to be travelling outside it), and I bet at precious few desirable locations in other states too.
About the only way that I can see that this would be useful is if you already have 400 points sitting around (or will get to that with these two stays) and can then get one of the 400-point add-on vouchers, which in combination with the 800-point voucher can be used at 1200 point BWs (of which there are many more, tho they're still typically in only certain locations only).
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BW + Mastercard teaming up to offer free nights