Eye Spy: miles & points
Jun 23, 1999, 2:02 am
#1
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Eye Spy: miles & points
webflyer's mileslink: *EyeSpy* (june-22-99)
[This message has been edited by Rudi (edited 06-23-1999).]
Thanks are due to Jeff Abercrombie for this little gem. He writes: "An un-advertised fact with Hertz is that their reservations department actually has two separate fields for entering hotel awards and airline awards. With each car rental, I am getting one American Airlines mile for every dollar spent AND 500 Marriott Rewards points. The travel agents will not be able to record this; however the agents at 1-800-CAR GOLD knew about this each time I called with my confirmation number and happily recorded my membership numbers." Happy trails!
Jun 23, 1999, 6:42 am
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Both fields show up on their web reservation form also, so it might work when reserving over the internet also ...
Jun 23, 1999, 10:01 pm
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You cannot "double dip" with Hertz if you choose #1 points and the Internet will not let you enter both #1 points and either hotel or airline FF numbers (I tried).
Jun 26, 1999, 12:23 pm
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I just spoke to a Hertz representative (at 1-800-CAR-GOLD) about my rental, and asked him to put in my airline number and Marriott number. He told me that the system does not allow credit for both. I gave him both numbers, and I am not sure if he was able to enter both or not, but he categorically told me that I would not be getting credit for both. Does anyone have any personal experience to the contrary? I think that getting both airline miles and Marriott points is a good deal, but if I can't double dip I would rather get Hertz #1 points (and also not pay the excise tax on frequent flyer miles that Hertz charges).
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Jun 27, 1999, 5:30 pm
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I must admit that I raised my eyebrows about this. I have never been able to get credit for both a mileage program and Marriott Rewards on the same rental. When I use the web site to reserve my car even though the site allows you to enter both numbers, I've only been able to get airline mileage (no Marriott Counterpoints). I've also asked the rental agents specially to put both numbers on the rental and I've been told that the computer tells them that Hertz will not give credit for both Marriott Rewards and an airline program on the same rental.
Jun 28, 1999, 10:03 pm
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What is the reservation number? I called 1-800-CAR-GOLD, which is the reservation number listed on my #1 Club Gold card. But the agent at 1-800-CAR-GOLD told me that I would not get credit for both United miles and Marriott counter points. The agent at the Hertz rental counter could not do so, and told me that this was changed three months ago (which is about the time when Marriott stopped giving 150 Marriott points for a Hertz rental).
Jun 29, 1999, 6:14 pm
#10
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To add to pgupta011's posting, I too have had the same feedback from a Hertz agent. I was even told that even though they can enter both airline and frequent flyer numbers in the reservation, I would most likely only get 1000 MC points. For the past 2 months, that has been my experience.
Jun 30, 1999, 6:47 pm
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Shay ~ In my experience it takes forever ... okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration, it takes about 2-3 months in my limited (3 rentals) experience.