FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Which program give maximum miles for car rentals?

Oct 14, 2003 | 5:24 am

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Roger

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Virgin Atlantic's normal airline code is VS. For some reason, Avis used to use VF for Virgin; in the US, they often denied that Virgin was a partner and I had to educate them each time, politely but firmly

. When they entered 'VF' in their system, sunshine broke out

.

Anyway, my VS number is in my Avis profile and miles credit automatically. I just checked that my two rentals from two weeks ago in South Africa were in my account - yes, they were.

So far as contract rates are concerned, I guess you would know if you were on a contract rate - a little like no-miles prices for air fares or hotels.

The reason I think the answer to the question is Virgin Atlantic is twofold:
- 1,000 miles per rental (for me, at least)
- VS still offer transatlantic awards based on 40,000 miles - most US carriers and BA ask for 50,000.

So one rental = 1/40th of a London-New York round trip. Not bad.

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