If you want to earn more coupons, just return every 2 days :D

Supposedly we can accumulate for weekend coupons until June 30th. So, I guess the new program will start July 1st. If it actually works this time :D

Where I can I find the list of benefits from Avis First? I can't find even on the Avis site.

New Avis Preferred Points Program
 

Hi All! I thought I share this as I just received this via email from Avis. Looks like we're going to start earning points, not just those free weekend coupons.

Below the email for that asterisk above it says

What are Frequent Traveler Points? I'm assuming those are different from what they just mentioned above (earning miles?)

I don't know if this is specific for my company (Accenture) or if this will be a new reward system to anyone who has a Wizard Number.

I received it and have rented from Avis only a handful of times in the past few years -- so it is almost certainly not targeted.

Odd that they are ending the old program prior to starting the new one.

Avis First -> Avis Preferred Plus
 

From an email I just received:
More information at this link.

From my perspective, the weekend rental rewards were the primary thing I used so this change is disappointing.

I'm glad they are moving over to a points program rather then the free weekend coupon rental. Opens up more options.

Yes, earning miles or points with any travel partner (airline/rail/hotel).

For regular (non-Accenture) Avis Preferred members, you can only earn Avis Points on those rentals where you don't choose to earn any partner miles/points. Thus since you can't apparently earn partner miles/points as an Accenture Avis Preferred member, you automatically get Avis Points, while non-Accenture people get a choice of Avis Points or partner miles/points.

Of course, we'll have to see how the points system works to find out how valuable they are. And we'll have to see whether there are any periodic bonuses. (The normal non-bonus earnings on partner miles/points tend to be pretty small, but they can pretty big once you factor in bonuses.)

I never not get the e-mail they sent a few months ago informing us the "no changes". However, I also got the e-mail today on the 7/1 change as posted here http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/avis-...rred-plus.html

The strange thing is the link sends you to the FAQ for the conversion (i.e. can't earn free weekends anymore). However, it does not say how the new program will work. Has anyone found anything on how the points will accumulate and how they can be used?

Thanks.

Many corporate AWDs do not allow earning of FFP so the company does not have to pay the extra FFP taxes.

So is it probably safe to assume that we won't receive anything for rentals through the end of the month that aren't enough for a weekend coupon?

From this PDF document, it looks like we will be able to become President's club members after 25 rentals !

http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=ca

I hope they will also allow status matching, as I was stuck with Avis First while being an Executive Elite at National...

Here is the new Avis preferred structure.

Avis Preferred :
1 point per rental $ spent, 2 points per accessory $ spent.

Avis Preferred Plus (level attained after 12 rentals or 5000$ spent) :
1.25 points per rental $ spent, 2.5 points per accessory $ spent.

Avis President's Club (level attained after 25 rentals or 7000$ spent) :
1.5 point per rental $ spent, 3 points per accessory $ spent.

https://uat.avis.com/car-rental/cont...isPref-Points#

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Finally, President's Club is attainable without actually being a President of a big company (or via other memberships) !
I'm hoping that Avis will allow status matching, as I'm stuck at Avis First while being a National Executive Elite member (after my 100 or so rental days this year).

Ouch, the point expire after 5 years OR if the member doesn't rent in 12 months (which shouldn't really affect most of us here, but for the general public, I definitely foresee problems).

" Expiration of Preferred Points: Preferred Points are valid for sixty (60) months from the date of check in/return of the rental upon which they were earned. In the event that the Avis Preferred Member fails to exercise any redemption of earned awards within such sixty (60) month period, the rewards are deemed forfeited and surrendered back to Avis and shall have no value to the Avis Preferred member and will be removed from any of the Member's accounts.

Cancellation for Inactivity: An Avis member will be considered inactive and Preferred Points will be forfeited and surrendered back to Avis if, during the preceding twelve (12) months, the member has (a) not completed a paid rental or (b) the member's account has been otherwise cancelled.

Avis Points earned or otherwise obtained by an Avis Member will be forfeited without notice if the Avis Member becomes Inactive. An Avis Member is considered "Inactive" if during a 12- month period: (a) the Avis Member has not completed an eligible rental at an Avis Participating Location; (b) the Avis Member has not earned or redeemed any Avis Points, or (c) the Avis Member's account has been cancelled. "

And so begins the countdown until either:
1. Avis devalues the PC membership, or
2. More locations start claiming the 2-class upgrades "aren't available", thus making PC useless