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May 31, 2013 | 10:29 am

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whatmakes

Join Date: Mar 2013

Location: Tampa, FL

Programs: SPG Plat, Marriott Plat, Hyatt Diamond, IHG Plat

Posts: 194

When renting with Hertz and AMEX Open, are points better or cash better?

I recently just got an AMEX Gold Business, which is part of the AMEX OPEN Savings program. Here are the conditions when you use your card with Hertz:

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Use your Business Card from American Express OPEN on eligible spending with Hertz and automatically get discounts credited to your American Express statement of 5% or 2 additional Membership Rewards® points on every dollar spent over $500 and up to $2,500, and 10% or 4 additional points on every dollar spent over $2,500 per calendar year per Card Account. No benefit on spend of $500 and below.

So, based on this, is it better to take points or take cash? I try to take points normally when I can but it seems like the cash here is a better value, since I get 5% cash back vs. 3p points.

Or is there something I'm missing?

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