Originally Posted by
megalab
...a weekend one-way rental ... was $34 ... plus 30 cents/mile ... Avis wants 4,300 points for that rental, Hertz only 1100 points, miles included...
Originally Posted by
username
Are the Hertz points earned the same way as Avis?
The tax thing probably should be addressed by Avis. It almost seems to be random and illegal to be charging those % based taxes if the pre-tax rental amount is 0 (and any % of 0 is 0). It might also be a system glitch?
Hertz also gives 1 pt/$ spent, so same earning ratio.
Seems that everyone often include the typical surcharges (facilities, license, etc) and other add-ons for “free" rentals, and the tax is added to that. Even the old Avis 1st "free” weekend deals could still have surcharges and thus taxes; if there were no surcharges there were no taxes.
Originally Posted by
BarryL
Great, so free rentals with Avis DO NOT include unlimited miles?
Originally Posted by
wierdo
Mileage seems to be the same as whatever the AWD you use would normally be. Points seem to just reduce the time and mileage charges in the same way a gift card, coupon, or other instrument would, to the point of the taxes and fees not being reduced for days that are paid with points, with the caveat that you don't get 7 days for the price of 5 when renting weekly like you would when paying cash.
For one-ways Avis uses the standard time charge plus a per mile charge, while Hertz generally includes miles but a higher (e.g. 2x) time charge. I didn’t have enough points to book a one-way with Avis so I don’t know if it had a mileage charge but I suspect they would; Hertz just doubles the points needed for a one-way.
Hertz does offer a weekly rental on points that is less than 5x the daily points rental and is good for 5-7 days. Aside from being more transparent, it is clear Hertz points are worth a lot more than Avis points. Even National’s 1 free day/7 rentals (or 6 or 5 depending on status) looks like a better reward than Avis points.