Thanks! I did look through the thread and I even saw it last year too. It seems to me that there is no need to use their AWD to get the bonus points.

I used a AWD for Barclays Bank last time when I rented in SFO. No question asked.

It was much more expensive when I compared CC's AWD vs the one I used last time, and that's why I decided to drop the points. Also I think I won't be able to get my cash back if I use that CC's coupon code - of course I have to see if the CC points worth more than the CB amount.

I don't know what happened to SAS points with Avis. I saw several people had issue with it too - and someone there said that if you don't use SAS's AWD then you are not qualify for the bonus points.