"New" Discount Contract IDs & Coupons Thread

[Phillies]

Yea, most of the contract ID codes only save me a few bucks or are the same price using the posted coupon codes on the national web site.....

[thecourtside]

there havent been any good codes since the 'magic' code..personally I think national is overpriced than other companies....lets hope they start giving more codes stacked with free days

[dkoester77]

I used 5026639/NF1663SDF which dropped the rental cost from regular $389 to $152 and the coupon gives a free weekend day.

Estimated Total: $157.81 (with taxes and fees). Average of $39 a day seems a little steep, but the next best deal I could find was $300!!

Thanks to all of you who posted! Hope this helps too!

[rogue409]

Give RC-BEST a shot. It may help, it may not.

[cblaisd]

Any requirement in real life to show a coupon at the time of rental?

Originally Posted by dkoester77

I used 5026639/NF1663SDF which dropped the rental cost from regular $389 to $152 and the coupon gives a free weekend day.

Estimated Total: $157.81 (with taxes and fees). Average of $39 a day seems a little steep, but the next best deal I could find was $300!!

Thanks to all of you who posted! Hope this helps too!

[peteropny]

Originally Posted by cblaisd

Any requirement in real life to show a coupon at the time of rental?

If you are Emerald Club and renting from an Aisle location, you are unlikely to be asked for a physical coupon; however, I always have a print out of one just in case - YMMV.

[bk3day]

Originally Posted by mschmid4

Sharing a good price I received at MIA. Got a midsize for a week (starting 11/19) for $115.95 - $35 (coupon ND2119071Q). No rate code or contract id required. Taxes were $63. For some reason which I can't explain when I log and reserve with my Emerald Club (executive) it gave me an additional ~10% off which showed up as a second coupon....for a total of $134 for a week. Even without the extra 10%, $144 for 7 days is pretty tough to beat.

Originally Posted by travelismylife

They don't charge the rental car facility charge for Emerald Club Members- noticed that a few weeks ago when making my many reservations.

guess the new year brings new taxes

I just booked a midsize at MIA w/my EC # and was hit with the facility charge.

btw, looks like the new year also brought with it "enhanced rates" that are over $100 more than the OP got.

oh well...

[patrickATX]

I have a friend looking to rent a car next month. She is only 20 and attends The University of Texas. I have seen several codes that allow her to rent at a younger age for different schools (like 5003447 - Caltech).

Has anyone used these codes? Do they ever check school affiliation? Hopefully someone can give me some advice for her. Thanks in advance.

[peteropny]

Originally Posted by patrickATX

Has anyone used these codes? Do they ever check school affiliation? Hopefully someone can give me some advice for her. Thanks in advance.

My suggestion would be for her to check with her Univ for their affiliation codes for whatever rental company - that would be the safest way to handle it.

[nyctravel]

Originally Posted by pragakhan

The GMAC 5299328 code looks like it is going to expire since I can't use it for reservations in late December.

What's the deal here, that was a very nice code! Don't know what I am going to do now

As of 1/1/09, The same code stopped working for me. Anyone have an updated one? National Car Rental 5299328

[nyctravel]

The best one I can find for using in NYC non-airport is 6100253 btw excluding that GMAC one

[YVR Cockroach]

Any codes good for Europe? The EA/AAA/AA/Entertainment code all gives the same discount in Spain (National Atesa instead of Europcar) but hoping for a little more.

[kannon99]

Does anyone know if they can adjust the price higher if you return the car earlier than what you reserved it for.

I will be renting out of HPN next month. Heres the break down.

Fri 7pm- Sun 11am = $108

But,

Fri 7pm- Sun 7:30 pm = $54 with an Entertainment Book Code.

My flight leaves Sunday at noon, now if i reserve the car for the longer period and return it at 11am what will they charge me? Still the $54?

[Ritz]

Originally Posted by kannon99

Does anyone know if they can adjust the price higher if you return the car earlier than what you reserved it for.

Believe it or not - they can. It all depends on what rate you booked it under (ie. the contract ID, rate code, and coupon used). Some require minimum keeps, while others are based on full length (or partial length) or rental.

Its entirely possible they might charge you more - you can, however, ask the desk folks to do a manual adjustment upon return to bring the rate down to somewhere close to what you had reserved.

[Zeke09]

Lately, code 5760333 has been giving me the best final rate.