Hertz #1 Awards or Airline Miles
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Hertz #1 Awards or Airline Miles
I used to collect points for Hertz #1 awards, but I found them to be pretty useless, specially since they expire in 2 years. Given that I am President's Circle, those free day coupons you get for every some rentals are usually more than enough for me. I usually rent on weekends for personal rentals when rentals are usually very cheap (and there is always a coupon). So now I have decided to collect miles Virgin Atlantic (I think you get the most our of them) specially since I can combine it with Hilton's double-dipping even though I have never flown Virgin. I am curious as to what other people do. Do you collect #1 points or airline miles? If airline miles, then which one?
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This has been discussed several times here before.
I believe most collect the points.
The petty amount of miles you get is almost not worth the fee you have to pay every rental.
The points work out far better for me.
I believe most collect the points.
The petty amount of miles you get is almost not worth the fee you have to pay every rental.
The points work out far better for me.
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If it's for a day or two, yes 1000 VS miles is okay, but if you rent for two weeks you still only get 1000 miles, that is not so good. Yes I know I could break the rental down into several shorter rentals, but the hassle of doing that is too much to contemplate.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by zakami:
You get 1,000 miles per rental with Virgin. Don't think that is too petty?</font>
You get 1,000 miles per rental with Virgin. Don't think that is too petty?</font>
Are you sure you get at least 1,000 mile per rental? If so that's a friggin' deal.
Edit: according to this website, it is 1000 miles per rental period. So it's good if you do short rental periods, I guess.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by zakami:
If airline miles, then which one?</font>
If airline miles, then which one?</font>
Virgin may have a similar or even better value, but it would take longer to earn enough for a trip on them.
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The key to Hertz #1 Awards is whether you have a need for 1-day, standalone rentals. Those are the rentals for which Priceline doesn't provide much help and for which most cheap rates and promotional codes don't work. I actually use a few of these a year, so Hertz #1 Awards is VERY valuable for me.
I figure a standalone one-day rental the way I use them is worth $50. (Like I said, I use them where normal promo codes don't work well - I've done downtown SF, downtown Denver, and the Hilton Hertz location on Waikiki Beach in the past few months - so $50 for a Taurus isn't all that unusual.) Therefore, I value the points at about 8 cents each.
Since I value Marriott Rewards points at about a penny each, my breakeven point is about a $60 rental. Cheaper rental: Marriott points. More expensive rental: ZE1 points. A typical weekly business rental for $175-200 yields about $15 in reward.
I figure a standalone one-day rental the way I use them is worth $50. (Like I said, I use them where normal promo codes don't work well - I've done downtown SF, downtown Denver, and the Hilton Hertz location on Waikiki Beach in the past few months - so $50 for a Taurus isn't all that unusual.) Therefore, I value the points at about 8 cents each.
Since I value Marriott Rewards points at about a penny each, my breakeven point is about a $60 rental. Cheaper rental: Marriott points. More expensive rental: ZE1 points. A typical weekly business rental for $175-200 yields about $15 in reward.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by UALOneKPlus:
This sounds almost too good to be true. When I was getting UA miles, I got 50 miles per day. What a scam.
Are you sure you get at least 1,000 mile per rental? If so that's a friggin' deal.
Edit: according to this website, it is 1000 miles per rental period. So it's good if you do short rental periods, I guess.
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This sounds almost too good to be true. When I was getting UA miles, I got 50 miles per day. What a scam.
Are you sure you get at least 1,000 mile per rental? If so that's a friggin' deal.
Edit: according to this website, it is 1000 miles per rental period. So it's good if you do short rental periods, I guess.
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Southwest is a thought. I suppose I could redeem it for award certificates and then sell them on eBay. I have no use for SouthWest since they don't go international and I don't like to fly them.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by zakami:
Southwest is a thought. I suppose I could redeem it for award certificates and then sell them on eBay. I have no use for SouthWest since they don't go international and I don't like to fly them.</font>
Southwest is a thought. I suppose I could redeem it for award certificates and then sell them on eBay. I have no use for SouthWest since they don't go international and I don't like to fly them.</font>
Also, Southwest is changing toward electronic awards (rather than the paper ones that were so easy to sell on eBay) and it's not clear whether it's going to be as easy to sell them on eBay in the future as it has been now.