Most Rental Car Miles??
Feb 25, 1999 | 7:08 am
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Most Rental Car Miles??
Okay, folks, let's see who has really been saving all of those rental car offer inserts that you get with your monthly statements! (Moi, you ask? I may not have actually kept all of them.)
Heading for a western swing, on business with a little fun thrown in, ABQ from Mar 7-9, PHX from 9-10, and DEN from Mar. 10-14.
Going to rent a car for one day in ABQ to see the sights in ABQ and Santa Fe, in preparation for our April vacation there, and then for three days in Denver, to do a little skiing.
Anyone got any ideas on the best offers to use to get the most miles. Although I fly on most carriers, I would like to get offers which would give miles on US Air, AA, Delta, or TWA, since those are the ones I try to accumulate on.
Thanks for your help.
Heading for a western swing, on business with a little fun thrown in, ABQ from Mar 7-9, PHX from 9-10, and DEN from Mar. 10-14.
Going to rent a car for one day in ABQ to see the sights in ABQ and Santa Fe, in preparation for our April vacation there, and then for three days in Denver, to do a little skiing.
Anyone got any ideas on the best offers to use to get the most miles. Although I fly on most carriers, I would like to get offers which would give miles on US Air, AA, Delta, or TWA, since those are the ones I try to accumulate on.
Thanks for your help.
Feb 25, 1999 | 7:23 am
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hertz is giving triple miles to twa aviators members thru apr30 (= 6 miles/per $ spent), and thrifty is giving 75 miles/day.
Feb 25, 1999 | 7:56 am
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Let's see: at 75 miles a day, you need to rent for 334 days to get a free flight on most airlines. Wow.
If you don't mind riding the big orange bus, Hertz, Alamo and Budget offer 1 Southwest flight credit per rental, and Hertz occaisionally will have a double or triple flight credit offer. 16 rentals or less = 1 free flight.
If you don't mind riding the big orange bus, Hertz, Alamo and Budget offer 1 Southwest flight credit per rental, and Hertz occaisionally will have a double or triple flight credit offer. 16 rentals or less = 1 free flight.
Feb 25, 1999 | 11:54 am
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Avis offers 500 miles per rental for British Airways (and no flight in conjunction is required), also have a promotion these days which gives 1500 BA miles for the first rental.
Alamo offers 250 miles for USAirways (no flight is needed).
For longer rentals there are some triple mile offers (which translates to 1050 miles for a weekly rental) - National and Budget are offering triple AA miles, Alamo is offering triple miles for United PE 1K members. You may have to ask for a higher rate to get the triple miles. In my case it was not worth paying the extra money to get the extra 700 miles.
The Southwest offer mentioned by Tino sounds good, but keep in mind the expiration policies of Southwest.
Alamo offers 250 miles for USAirways (no flight is needed).
For longer rentals there are some triple mile offers (which translates to 1050 miles for a weekly rental) - National and Budget are offering triple AA miles, Alamo is offering triple miles for United PE 1K members. You may have to ask for a higher rate to get the triple miles. In my case it was not worth paying the extra money to get the extra 700 miles.
The Southwest offer mentioned by Tino sounds good, but keep in mind the expiration policies of Southwest.