iahphx

As an Emerald Club member renting at a airport, I think your odds of "pulling this off" are quite good. But I'd still have a back-up plan, given that everything seems to go wrong with travel if you lose your transport.

marcin.m

one more question:
I have found a site with many NA coupons ID's on SlickDeals
I tried all of them and in m particular case I found those ones below working(they did drop the price to 590-740 USD for rental from IAD to LAX 06/24-07/16 for standard ord mid-size).

Ocn Vw 1K

marcin.m, of the codes you listed, the ones least dangerous to use are the ones for which you meet the qualifications.

FlyerTalk Ruies disallow supporting, encouraging or promoting fraud on travel programs. See FT Rule 15. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator.

iahphx

Yeah, this is kind of the rub on one-way car rentals. If you play strictly by the rules, most one-way USA (but not foreign) car rentals are uneconomical and you don't do them. This is a lose-lose for both the customer (worse vacation) and the car rental agency (no revenue). Certain car rental codes DO make such trips plausible. Presumably, the agency doesn't lose money on the deal or they wouldn't have offered the contract rate in the first place. Indeed, for many, many years, the rental agencies generally looked the other way on rate codes -- much like some hotel chains currently don't put any real restrictions on supposedly-limited "friends and family" rates.

Lately, though, the rental agencies have made half-hearted (and sometimes greater) efforts to police usage of their codes. At the same time, they don't offer a viable alternative. Like some one-way rentals with a code go for $35/day, while a publicly available rate can be $200/day. It's a sucky situation for everyone, and I personally can't support a holier-than-thou approach which is both unrealistic and lose-lose for everyone.

BTW, those of us who are USA frequent travelers sometimes have an alternative to use our car rental program points (where one-way rates are much more affordable and logical -- you pay a premium but not a crazy one). Many travelers, though, do not have this alternative.

marcin.m

I travel few times a year between C2, Asia, USA or South America. Have some FF points to spend, checked all of them with QR, BA, M&M, SU and none of them can't be spend on OW rentals . RT- YES , but one ways no - so that is why I am looking for all alternatives there are - specially that the dollar exchange rate is in last couple of months so high comparing to the last year(as I am doing US cross country trips each year).
M.

padstack1978

With the ohio leisure code, you will not get rental credits. I learned this the hard way after 4 rentals... It basically cost me a free rental day. Since work reimburses my rental expenses, I'd rather get the other day. Any guidance on codes that still allow the rental credit?

Thanks!

iahphx

Really? It's rather hard to "audit" your Emerald reservations -- I find the National website quite baffling when it comes to tracking your award credits -- but I always seem to get the credits when I use the Ohio rate.

Regardless, if you're paying your own money, it probably wouldn't matter much anyway.

EDIT: The new Emerald Aisle website makes it easier to track your award credits. I looked at it and padstack seems to be correct: the last time I rented using the Ohio rate, I did not get the credit. That's interesting because last fall, I did get "One Two Free" promo credit for such a rental.

I guess this could matter at the margins but, realistically, a credit is worth about $10 and these codes almost always save you much, much more than that.

xooz

I have not used my Emerald Aisle number for reservations, since if using an Ohio or Oregon code it seemed suspect. At small regional airports, I don't recall there being a "walk right out and get in the car" Emerald aisle, and believe you have to check with the counter anyway.

Any feedback on whether use of Emerald Club at a small airport would make any difference as it relates to not getting questioned?

padstack1978

I agree the savings are worth it when it's your own money. I mostly travel for work though and at least attempt to be a "company guy" and help the budget. I just have to go back to the Honeywell code...

336

Any non-US residents who have experience with these codes?

We re a group of 27 year olds looking to rent a 2000 miles one-way out of SEA.

Oregon State Uni code works well, and seems to match our travel profile...

L6Luckin

Is the Visa Canada National code for employees or anybody with a visa card?

sokolov

It could be for holders of VISA cards issued by National Bank. But that's just a guess.

Yellowjj

Well my card is issued by Royal Bank. I have used the US Visa codes before and it seems once you have a Visa, that's all that matters.

So my Visa issued by a Canadian bank seems more than legit to me.

JY1024

Moving this to our Rental Car Discussion forum. Thanks. /JY1024, TravelBuzz co-moderator

Jigger

Trying to rent a one way car 4 people 4 large bags Zurich Airport to Passau Germany in July
Any suggestions??
Thanks