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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 1:15 am
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rwinn
 
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Originally Posted by MyTravels
Typically the car rental "rates" Chase charges for UR redemption are significantly higher than going car rental rates (more than 25% higher). Therefore it would actually be a better value to redeem the UR at $0.01 each and renting the car rather than redeeming directly for the rental car.
Agreed. (I should have been more clear in my response.) Rent, then redeem for cash back toward the cost of the rentals as renting directly through the UR booking portal probably isn't that great of a deal.
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