Originally Posted by
nacho
Is it worth to rent the car through CC's portal and to fish 9k points? You won't get any cash back since you have to go through club carlson avis portal, also you won't be able to use a cheaper AWD.
I don't understand your question. I've gotten all my Club Carlson 9k point bonuses simply by renting through avis.com, supplying my Club Carlson number there (note that they confusingly still call it Gold Points!), and plugging in the coupon code there. I always do my Avis reservations through the Avis site since only then is my Wizard number correctly and automatically (by logging in) plugged in.
I don't understand what extra benefits you'd gain by going through the CC portal rather than doing it at the Avis site like I did.
(Note: I usually use avis.com as my Avis site because I'm USA-based. If you're based elsewhere, your Avis site might be different.)