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Old Jul 21, 2014, 10:34 am
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Originally Posted by AAExPlat
The question I have is why wouldn't you? If you book through one of UAMP's bonus offers, you can get a fair amount of extra miles...and when I log on to AVIS' website, the bookings all appear in my AVIS First account...same as if I had booked through AVIS, but an extra 600-700 miles...multiply that by 50 and you got some miles....
If you're travelling on OPM, then booking a car thru United may make sense, but generally, the extra money paid for the miles is a really bad deal compared to rates you get elsewhere. If I'm spending my own money, I would never rent a car through United (or use RocketMiles, etc).
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