getting 5* or PC
May 12, 2004 | 9:18 am
#2
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Fort Worth, TX, United States
Programs: DL Plat, MR Gold (Lifetime), SPG Plat
Posts: 117
I just made 5* myself this year. It's 10 rentals per calendar year. No need to call (but you can call the reservations number and they'll point you in the right direction). It was automatic for me and my new card showed up 3 weeks later. At my current pace, I will make PC this year.
May 12, 2004 | 9:45 am
#3
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Programs: Bar Alliance Gold
Posts: 16,280
As tpasol noted, it's ten (for 5-Star) or forty (for PC) rentals in a calendar year (01/01-12/31). Officially, the status starts on January 1st of the year following qualification. So if you qualify in 2004, your status becomes effective on January 1st, 2005 and lasts through December 31, 2005.
However, call or write Gold Customer Service and they will activate it immediately, so you can "enjoy" the benefits with your next rental (I say "enjoy" somewhat tongue and cheek cause as a 5-Star, I have noted no differences from being a plain Gold. I might actually make PC this year, so we shall see what that gets me - at SEA, not much, I know, but perhaps at other stations I will get lucky).
However, call or write Gold Customer Service and they will activate it immediately, so you can "enjoy" the benefits with your next rental (I say "enjoy" somewhat tongue and cheek cause as a 5-Star, I have noted no differences from being a plain Gold. I might actually make PC this year, so we shall see what that gets me - at SEA, not much, I know, but perhaps at other stations I will get lucky).
May 12, 2004 | 10:32 am
#4
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Moreland Hills (CLE)
Programs: Over-entitled UA 1.3MM Gold, AA Gold, Hilton Diamond, Marriott L-T Plat, Hertz PC
Posts: 5,526
Originally Posted by SEA_Tigger
.........cause as a 5-Star, I have noted no differences from being a plain Gold.......
HOWEVER, recently @ SMF I was using a free rental day cert and was upgraded to a Cadillac (with 28,000 miles). Still, the upgrade was nice.