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Old Nov 13, 2021 | 3:59 pm
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jasonvr
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Completely useless. Just tried applying points for the very first time. Wouldn't work at all on the app, had to go to the website.

7 day rental without points - 256.41
7 day rental with 2100 pts applied for ONE free day - 235.84

So my 2100 points, accumulated over many rentals is worth a total of $20.57.... I miss National and hate my company for forcing us to move away

It also seems that Avis calculates taxes based on the cost before applying the points. If I try a 1 day rental, I'm still looking at ~$21 in net cost. Earlier this year when I rented a BMW X3 with National for one day and redeemed a free day my net cost was $3.61. Makes the points even more....pointless

Edit:
I just realized that point amount only works up to an intermediate. If I try to get a full size, it jumps to 3500 pts for one day!
Last edited by jasonvr; Nov 13, 2021 at 4:10 pm
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