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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 11:57 pm
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Originally Posted by ijgordon
Hmmm, you need 12 rentals (of 2 or more days) or 35 rental days in a calendar year to even begin to start earning the free rental days.

Wow - this program is wholly uncompetitive with Hertz/National.
Absolutely!

Originally Posted by ijgordon
And 50-75 airline miles per rental day (or 1-2 miles per dollar) depending on program is borderline worthless. Barely more than you get on a credit card.
Much closer to "worthless" than just "borderline", especially since one must "buy" the miles by paying about a buck/day to have the "luxury" of earning US based airline miles. The only way this is worth it is if you can get bonus miles (like the current 3000-5000 AA miles per rental).
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