card · starting from cardholder · unlocks 3 programs (3 free)
If you hold the Best Western Rewards Premium Visa Signature, you're one step from Best Western Rewards Platinum: the card confers it automatically in the US, for as long as the account stays open and in good standing. No stays or spending thresholds are required — it's a straight benefit of holding the card.
From there, that Platinum status becomes your ticket into the cruise world. It matches once per lifetime to MSC Voyagers Club Silver, though that match lapses if you don't sail with MSC within three years of receiving it. MSC Silver in turn matches — again once per lifetime, and processed in about ten business days — into
Explora Club (Explora Journeys) Silver, the end of this chain. The reference below maps both hops in full.
None of this costs anything beyond the card itself, but the middle leg is the one to watch: since the MSC match only lasts three years without a qualifying cruise, it's worth timing your Explora match before that window runs out rather than sitting on Best Western Platinum indefinitely.