Avis - AA Mile/LP Earning
Oct 17, 2022, 10:20 am
#16
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Arlington, VA USA
Posts: 679
Not an Avis defender, but I can say their cars are getting better. It seems they are putting more cars they actually bought new vs used cars on the lots, and as a mere Avis Preferred Plus I'm usually offered upgrades through the Avis app to big SUVs and cars I don't need (I am car free and rent mostly on weekends to run errands).
Oct 17, 2022, 10:23 am
#17
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Arlington, VA USA
Posts: 679
Hey folks, I found this out bad when my last rental posted! Still looking at the current options, Avis/Budget are still the best option for earning rental car miles on your AAdvantage account unless another rental car company is offering a very generous promotion.
https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-p...tners/cars.jsp
https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-p...tners/cars.jsp
Nov 6, 2022, 7:02 pm
#18
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Arlington, VA USA
Posts: 679
I switched to Mileage Plus for crediting Avis rentals and not only do you get more miles (basically the old earning structure with American) and they credit it 1 to 2 days instead of 1 to 2 weeks. On the negative side the frequent flyer surcharge is like a $1 more per rental.
Nov 16, 2022, 11:48 am
#19
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Washington, D.C.
Programs: AA, but I play the field
Posts: 1,530
Book directly with Avis (and Budget?)
Hey folks, I found this out bad when my last rental posted! Still looking at the current options, Avis/Budget are still the best option for earning rental car miles on your AAdvantage account unless another rental car company is offering a very generous promotion.
https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-p...tners/cars.jsp
https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-p...tners/cars.jsp
EDITED TO ADD: be sure to check the AA promo link above for the current version of the code
Last edited by ZenFlyer; Dec 22, 2022 at 8:40 am Reason: updated info
Dec 21, 2022, 10:47 pm
#21
Join Date: Dec 2006
Programs: United 1k aa exec plat
Posts: 1,861
Just sharing a tip in case it helps others, after a bit of frustration I experienced last night -- don't use the "book now" link at the AA site above, but go directly to Avis.com instead. The Avis site has a better user interface along with important details that are missing from the AA site (such as, what is the cancellation policy for this reservation?). Just be sure to add both your AA number under "frequent flyer" program AND the applicable discount code advertised on AA.com, which is currently K877100, as indicated at the link above.
also,will i still get the miles if I book in pounds on the uk site for us travel when I visit in a few weeks?
Dec 22, 2022, 8:39 am
#22
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Washington, D.C.
Programs: AA, but I play the field
Posts: 1,530
Dec 22, 2022, 9:04 am
#23
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Not here; there!
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 30,449
There's no reason to use the Avis/AA code unless it offers a better rate than you can get with other Avis codes which you are entitled to use. I've earned AAdvantage miles from Avis using both the AARP code (which comes with certain insurance benefits at participating U.S. locations), and my alma mater's Avis "leisure" code, which alumni are entitled to use.
Jul 10, 2023, 8:18 pm
#24
Join Date: Jan 2005
Programs: AA-EXP, LATAM Gold+, BA-Blues
Posts: 726
Just had a 29 day rental post just under 1600 miles, and a 30 day rental just over 1600 miles.
The thing is: charges for the 30-day were about half what they were for the 29-day, but earnings were very close to identical. And in any case, neither are anywhere close to what 5x per USD spent should have earned.
I can't figure out what $ amount they use to calculate the earnings, and when I wrote to AA about the discrepancy, they told me to contact Avis, without even providing an e-mail address for that purpose.
Any ideas?
Jul 31, 2023, 11:34 pm
#25
Join Date: Dec 2006
Programs: United 1k aa exec plat
Posts: 1,861
its very hard to work out how this is calculated.. i had one which calculated exactly without the tax and insurance etc.. (base rate)so maybe that is it-but others didnt seem to match
take that back-doesnt seem to match for any of them-is approx 2.38 time the base rate ..when I should be getting 5..only thing i can think is this was already inc cdw so that doesnt get added?either way very annoying
Earn 5 base miles per dollar spent – AAdvantage Platinum Pro®, AAdvantage Executive Platinum® member
take that back-doesnt seem to match for any of them-is approx 2.38 time the base rate ..when I should be getting 5..only thing i can think is this was already inc cdw so that doesnt get added?either way very annoying
Earn 5 base miles per dollar spent – AAdvantage Platinum Pro®, AAdvantage Executive Platinum® member
Last edited by bryanwallace; Jul 31, 2023 at 11:53 pm Reason: corrected
Aug 9, 2023, 1:30 am
#26
Join Date: Dec 2006
Programs: United 1k aa exec plat
Posts: 1,861
does anyone know the mail address to contact to receive missing miles? this is for a rental car and i recvd miles but not given at the correct x5 amount for executive platinum ..have been contacting
[email protected] with little response and now none.. was told originally by aa that it was an avis issue,but when i contacted avis they said miles were posted the amount is decided by aa.. so was sent back to them but now they are not responding.. the online form doesnt work for these cases it seems..
thanks
[email protected] with little response and now none.. was told originally by aa that it was an avis issue,but when i contacted avis they said miles were posted the amount is decided by aa.. so was sent back to them but now they are not responding.. the online form doesnt work for these cases it seems..
thanks
Aug 31, 2023, 11:07 am
#27
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Alexandria, Longboat Key
Programs: UA Gold Marriott Gold Choice Gold Wyndham Platinum IHG Platinum Avis President's Club Amtrak Select
Posts: 2,335
Dumb question, how long do the miles typically take to post to my AA account? I have a rental for the upcoming long weekend that I paying for, while redeeming AA miles.
Oct 14, 2023, 8:33 am
#28
Join Date: May 2007
Location: WAS
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP, WN A+, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Amb, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,134
Pretty ignorant on earning rental car airline miles.
-I booked a rental through AA cars for New Zealand. I noticed NZ isn’t on the earning list countries - will I still earn?
-Is the 5x miles per dollar spend for EXP what I’d also earn for LPs? It’s a one way rental around $1300 so it would be a decent amount of LPs
Thanks!
-I booked a rental through AA cars for New Zealand. I noticed NZ isn’t on the earning list countries - will I still earn?
-Is the 5x miles per dollar spend for EXP what I’d also earn for LPs? It’s a one way rental around $1300 so it would be a decent amount of LPs
Thanks!
Oct 14, 2023, 11:44 am
#29
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Not here; there!
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 30,449
Pretty ignorant on earning rental car airline miles.
-I booked a rental through AA cars for New Zealand. I noticed NZ isn’t on the earning list countries - will I still earn?
-Is the 5x miles per dollar spend for EXP what I’d also earn for LPs? It’s a one way rental around $1300 so it would be a decent amount of LPs
Thanks!
-I booked a rental through AA cars for New Zealand. I noticed NZ isn’t on the earning list countries - will I still earn?
-Is the 5x miles per dollar spend for EXP what I’d also earn for LPs? It’s a one way rental around $1300 so it would be a decent amount of LPs
Thanks!
Note, also, the surcharge for paying with credit/debit cards.