Amazon “Benefits” include paying 2x-3x???
Jul 18, 2018, 4:30 pm
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Amazon “Benefits” include paying 2x-3x???
Has anyone seen the “Amazon Benefits” banner on login? They claim that you get 30% off base rates (whatever that means), and a 10% Amazon gift card after you complete the rental.
The T&C seem to indicate that you can use coupons, but the website just hung when I added a coupon code.
But perhaps more sinister, the rate I was quoted when I had the Amazon “Benefits” active was nearly 3x the cost when I used whatever AWD is typically active in my account.
Has anyone had any experience with this? Did I just hit a website fluke?
The T&C seem to indicate that you can use coupons, but the website just hung when I added a coupon code.
But perhaps more sinister, the rate I was quoted when I had the Amazon “Benefits” active was nearly 3x the cost when I used whatever AWD is typically active in my account.
Has anyone had any experience with this? Did I just hit a website fluke?
Jul 18, 2018, 4:58 pm
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Point of clarification -- It's up to 30% off not a guaranteed 30% off. I'm sure there are plenty of better AWDs out there. Then again, for someone expensing their rental, it's a nice back door to some personal rewards but probably not a great deal if you're paying out of your own pocket.
Point of clarification -- It's up to 30% off not a guaranteed 30% off. I'm sure there are plenty of better AWDs out there. Then again, for someone expensing their rental, it's a nice back door to some personal rewards but probably not a great deal if you're paying out of your own pocket.
Jul 20, 2018, 4:06 pm
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Point of clarification -- It's up to 30% off not a guaranteed 30% off. I'm sure there are plenty of better AWDs out there. Then again, for someone expensing their rental, it's a nice back door to some personal rewards but probably not a great deal if you're paying out of your own pocket.
Point of clarification -- It's up to 30% off not a guaranteed 30% off. I'm sure there are plenty of better AWDs out there. Then again, for someone expensing their rental, it's a nice back door to some personal rewards but probably not a great deal if you're paying out of your own pocket.
Last edited by BarryL; Jul 20, 2018 at 5:49 pm
Jul 20, 2018, 7:46 pm
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Right—it’s either/or. You have to use the Amazon AWD so no way to apply your Corp AWD with LDW. Unfortunately you can’t have your cake and eat it too in this case.
Jul 24, 2018, 11:37 pm
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Point of clarification -- It's up to 30% off not a guaranteed 30% off. I'm sure there are plenty of better AWDs out there. Then again, for someone expensing their rental, it's a nice back door to some personal rewards but probably not a great deal if you're paying out of your own pocket.
Point of clarification -- It's up to 30% off not a guaranteed 30% off. I'm sure there are plenty of better AWDs out there. Then again, for someone expensing their rental, it's a nice back door to some personal rewards but probably not a great deal if you're paying out of your own pocket.