WestJet dollars

When you fly on a WestJet-marketed flight, you’ll earn a percentage of the base fare back in WestJet dollars. Earn rates are subject to your tier status at the time of travel and the more you travel the more you can earn. Check out our Tiers and benefits page to learn more about earn rates.

When you book a WestJet Vacations package, each WestJet Rewards member in the booking will be awarded WestJet dollars for their proportionate share of the total base price. A WestJet Vacations package is a minimum of airfare on WestJet-marketed flights and accommodation, sold for a combined base package price for up to nine guests on a single booking. Earn rates are subject to each member’s individual tier status at the time of travel.

Earn even more WestJet dollars by making other travel bookings and get fully rewarded for your travel: car rentals and land-only bookings, which includes meal plans, airport transfers, attractions or hotel bookings made through WestJet Vacations. Members earn one per cent on the base price, regardless of tier status.

You also earn WestJet dollars when you book and fly with WestJet’s network of partner airlines: Delta, Air France, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Qantas Airways. These partnerships give WestJet Rewards members greater opportunity to earn WestJet dollars, particularly on routes that WestJet does not operate. To learn more about earning WestJet dollars with our airline partners, please see Our partners page. 

WestJet offers two credit card options for earning WestJet dollars: the WestJet RBC® Mastercard‡ and the WestJet RBC® World Elite Mastercard‡. Both card options give cardholders the opportunity to earn WestJet dollars on their purchases and help get you closer to your next trip. WestJet dollars earned on credit card spend are in addition to any WestJet dollars earned directly with WestJet or WestJet Vacations. See Our credit cards for details.

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‡Mastercard is a registered trademark of Mastercard International Incorporated. Used under license.

^ Once approved for the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard, please allow 4-6 weeks after the first purchase transaction date for the 250 welcome WestJet dollars to appear on your WestJet Rewards account. Your WestJet Rewards account is accessible at westjet.com/account. To be eligible for the additional 200 WestJet dollars (“Additional WestJet dollars”) you must have applied for the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard and have been approved by Royal Bank of Canada. The Additional WestJet dollars will be awarded to you if a total of $5,000 or more in qualifying net purchases and pre-authorized bill payment transactions (“Qualifying Transactions”) are posted to your WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard account within the first 3 months of your account open date, provided your account is open and in good standing at the time you reach $5,000 in Qualifying Transactions. Please allow 4-6 weeks after this requirement is fulfilled for the Additional WestJet dollars to be awarded to your WestJet Rewards account. Qualifying Transactions exclude cash advances (balance transfers, cash-like transactions and bill payments that are not pre-authorized charges that you set up with a merchant), interest charges, fees, and any credits for returns or adjustments. Welcome WestJet dollars are not available to existing or former WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard primary cardholders applying for or transferring to a WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard. The Additional WestJet dollars do not apply to product changes from another RBC Royal Bank credit card to the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard. Additional cardholders are not eligible for the welcome WestJet dollars or Additional WestJet Dollars. This offer may not be combined or used in conjunction with any other offer, except as otherwise set out. Royal Bank of Canada and WestJet reserve the right to modify, cancel or withdraw this offer at any time. This offer may be revoked at any time if we suspect you may be manipulating or abusing it, or engaging in any suspicious or fraudulent activity, as determined by Royal Bank of Canada in its sole discretion.

1.  WestJet dollars can be used towards payment of the base fare of an eligible flight or vacation package, available on westjet.com or through WestJet’s contact centre. WestJet dollars cannot be applied against taxes, fees or charges and can only be used for new bookings. Minimum redemption rules on flights apply when purchasing Economy, Premium or Business fares; the entire base fare must be paid with WestJet dollars when purchasing a Member Exclusive fare. A minimum redemption amount of 50 WestJet dollars per booking applies for WestJet Vacations package bookings. Other restrictions may apply and are subject to change at any time. All terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to WestJet Rewards are established by WestJet and shall apply to all bookings, travel arrangements and other services offered or provided by WestJet. WestJet, not Royal Bank of Canada, is responsible for WestJet Rewards.

3.  Taxes, fees, and charges to be paid with a credit card.

4.  WestJet flights are flights marketed by WestJet, which is any flight with a WS carrier code preceding the flight number (eg. WS 656, WS 3109, WS 5010). The flight may be operated by WestJet, WestJet Encore, WestJet Link by Pacific Coastal Airlines, or a partner airline.

5.  Earn rates on eligible WestJet-marketed flights and vacation packages are calculated as a percentage back in WestJet dollars on the base fare or package price paid; taxes, fees, charges and any portion of the base fare or package price paid with WestJet dollars are not eligible. Earn rates are subject to member’s tier status at time of travel. For more details, visit westjet.com/tiers.

6.  Subject to the exclusions below, tier qualifying spend is: 1) one hundred per cent of the amount spent on eligible published base fares for WestJet-marketed flights flown by the member within a qualifying year, and 2) twenty per cent of the individual portion of the base price of eligible WestJet Vacations packages completed within a qualifying year, and 3) any amounts earned from Status Lift in a qualifying year. The following are not eligible toward tier qualifying spend: Basic fares, Member Exclusive fares, contracted fares, tour operator fares, WestJet Vacations group package bookings, partner-marketed flights, ancillary partner bookings made on westjet.com, WestJet Vacations land-only bookings, gift cards, taxes, fees, charges, any portion paid with WestJet dollars or any other reward program redemption. See WestJet Rewards terms and conditions for more details. 

7.  Effective September 1, 2021, milestone qualifying spend is tracked separately from tier qualifying spend. Subject to the exclusions below, milestone qualifying spend is: 1) one hundred per cent of the amount spent on eligible published base fares for WestJet-marketed flights flown by the member within a qualifying year and 2) twenty per cent of the individual portion of the base price of eligible WestJet Vacations packages completed within a qualifying year. The following are not eligible toward milestone qualifying spend: Basic fares, Member Exclusive fares, contracted fares, tour operator fares, WestJet Vacations group package bookings, partner-marketed flights, ancillary partner bookings made on westjet.com, WestJet Vacations land-only bookings, gift cards, taxes, fees, charges, any portion paid with WestJet dollars or other reward program redemption, and any amounts earned from Status Lift. See WestJet Rewards terms and conditions for more details.

8.  A WestJet-marketed and operated flight is one that has a WS carrier code preceding the flight number and is operated by WestJet, WestJet Encore or WestJet Link by Pacific Coastal.

9.  WestJet dollars are not awarded on WestJet Vacations group bookings (10 or more guests on the same reservation) or vacation package bookings with airfare on Swoop-operated flights.