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Old Oct 20, 2018 | 7:39 am
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Originally Posted by CPRich
I'm searching top see if this is true, but it appears that you need to pay for at least one day if you are going to use points.

I have 8000+ points, and am looking to rent a car for 3 days - it gives me the option to rent for 2 days for 1400 points (or 2800 for a Full size) but still 1 day rate plus all fees/taxes on the full cash rate.

I tried a <24 hour rental and I couldn't apply any points.

So here, you're not given 15 hours free, you can use points for the 3 days and then pay for 1 day.

Is this a feature of the program - 1 minimum paid day to use points?
It's annoying but you have to reserve points rentals for full 24 hour increments. Don't make a reservation for 2.x days, as that allows 2 days of points and 1 paid day, no matter how close to 1 the 0.x day is. So just change the hours so it's a 3 day rental and return early. I've done this many times at many locations and always works; it just doesn't let you reserve a partial day with points.
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