Frequent flyer credit from airports only?

 
Old Jan 6, 2011, 12:34 am
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Frequent flyer credit from airports only?

Upon returning my rental at a non-airport Budget location today, I asked an agent if I could add my Qantas member number because I forgot when I picked up the car. I was told that Budget (and Avis) now only gives credit for rentals from an airport location, and that I could try to go through the airline.

When did this happen??? (Agent said "it's been awhile now")
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Old Jan 6, 2011, 6:26 pm
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Sounds to me to be more like talk for "Couldn't be bothered"
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Old Jan 7, 2011, 1:24 pm
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I think you're right - I emailed Budget CS and gave them my confirmation number and FF number and got a reply saying that it's been added. The weird thing was the person I spoke with was the agent checking in the car, not even the agent at the ticket at the counter, so it's not like he would have had to do the work himself anyway.
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Old Jan 7, 2011, 6:05 pm
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I can confirm Avis DOES NOT offer miles for non-airport rentals. It's even mentioned somewhere on their website. Granted it's not Budget, but Avis and Budget are the same company. There was also much discussion on the US Board about this and people learning the hard way their cheap Grand Slam hits would not count.
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Old Jan 7, 2011, 9:32 pm
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What's the US Board?
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Old Jan 8, 2011, 7:44 am
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US Board = US Airways Forum on this site.
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Old May 12, 2012, 12:26 am
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Resurrecting this older thread to ask a question.

I have a corporate reservation coming up at Seattle airport pretty quickly and can't modify the record on the phone or the website to add a frequent flyer number. Can adding a frequent flyer number be done at the airport easily or do I need to enroll in RapidRez and would either of these things even work on a corporate BCD rental anyways?

Thanks!
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Old May 14, 2012, 7:07 pm
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well since nobody answered my question, the answer is: yes, I was able to add my frequent flyer number to a corporate billed rental. You're welcome!
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