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Old Nov 23, 2010 | 11:41 am
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Careful when using AA miles for a car rental! They only pay the car part of the rental!

As clearly(?) stated on the web site, when you get there you will need to pay all local/city/state/sales taxes and other fees (such as concession recovery fee, vehicle license fee, etc). Often (i.e. Las Vegas) those are more than the charge for the car itself!

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It can really be confusing using AA miles here (for hotels and car rentals) as when you do a hotel via AA miles they do pay the taxes but still don't pay some things like resort fees, etc.

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