Originally Posted by Beckles
This may have changed, but in the past the Avis Preferred status you receive for free through the AMEX Platinum card was actually their elite level Preferreded Select status. Also, if you signed up for Hertz through the AMEX Platinum invitation they hard code a "one car class upgrade" into your profile, but that too may have changed.
When I log into Avis, it tells me "Membership Status: Preferred Member" (despite the fact that I haven't rented with them in years).
When I log into Hertz, it tells me I'm a "Hertz #1 club gold member".
I doubt I've benefited from either feature as I generally request small cars regardless of upgrades (particularly if I'm going anyplace where parking may be hard to find), so I'm probably not the best person to describe this feature. Do you want to suggest an alternative wording for the following point?
* Car rental status: PLATINUM
PLATINUM: National emerald club (but you have to keep signing up every
year if you don't use it), Avis preferred, and Hertz Gold.
CHAIRMAN: no equivalent