I received the preferred membership with AMEX and am looking to rent a car for the weekend (Friday the 18th to Sunday the 20th).

I live in NYC and rates here seem pretty high. It would be great to get somewhat of a nice car as well for this trip.

Can anyone advise me on the best way to go about this? It seems that rates within the city are about $130 a day, and outside the city in montclair NJ, very cheap at about $50-70 a day with multiple options

Would my best bet be spending the extra 45 minutes of commuting outside of the city for this purpose? I would assume manhattan would have a very limited selection as well.

Thanks!