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Old Dec 9, 2015, 12:15 am
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- No 1-2-F credit for options on 1-day rental (SXM, etc)
- If applying 1-2-F coupons for a rental, as least one day must be paid in order for a National credit to be gained; but at least two- to get any 1-2-F points for anything associated with that rental!
- On longer rentals , 300 points are earned every 4 days

2018-2019: August 23, 2018 through February 28, 2019 - coupons valid until June 13, 2019

2017-2018: August 24, 2017 through February 28 2018, with 12F coupons valid until June 15 2018

2016-2017: August 25, 2016 through February 28 2017

2015-2016: August 2015 through end January 2016, with 12F coupons valid until June 15th 2016
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Email: "ONE TWO FREE preregistration is open now"

Old Mar 24, 2019, 3:32 pm
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I've got 6 free days I'm trying to use from the promo, but from what I can see, it appears that it's only possible to add 3 coupons online. Are there any workarounds or options to be able to apply more than 3 free day coupons?
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Old Mar 24, 2019, 8:17 pm
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Originally Posted by gcashin
I've got 6 free days I'm trying to use from the promo, but from what I can see, it appears that it's only possible to add 3 coupons online. Are there any workarounds or options to be able to apply more than 3 free day coupons?
Book as two back to back reservations. You will likely need to return to close the first reservation and initiate the second but can likely keep the same car, especially at smaller locations or those without Executive Aisle.
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Old Mar 27, 2019, 2:06 pm
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Originally Posted by gcashin
I've got 6 free days I'm trying to use from the promo, but from what I can see, it appears that it's only possible to add 3 coupons online. Are there any workarounds or options to be able to apply more than 3 free day coupons?
I, (and many others) have been successful in booking back-to-back reservations and then asking the rental location to do a manual remote rollover (some mgrs have no issue doing this, some do), whereby you can call at the scheduled return time after 3 days and they will initiate the new reservation remotely for the next 3 days (and so on).
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Old May 4, 2019, 12:43 pm
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So the rules say you can't gift coupons to another user. Does that apply to partners? Anyway to share this? I'm assuming no.

Alternatively, any rollover on these? I have two that are likely to bite the dust. No travel coming up where I need a free day. Locally I guess I could see if I could get a convertible or something fun for a weekend. But that might just be more annoying than anything else.
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Old May 4, 2019, 2:59 pm
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They're just coupon codes as far as I'm concerned. I've given them to friends to use without issue in the past
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Old May 5, 2019, 2:58 am
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Originally Posted by jasonvr
They're just coupon codes as far as I'm concerned. I've given them to friends to use without issue in the past
I've been told it's technically against the rules but have never heard of anyone being penalized.
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Old May 6, 2019, 2:18 pm
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I've had a few of these given to me in the past. No issues.

Mods also permit trading them on Coupon Connection it seems.. though I think that's taking it a bit far.

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Old May 18, 2019, 10:15 am
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Originally Posted by BugsyPal
Unless things have changed you cannot even book a reservation using a OTF coupon after the expiration date. That is if you try to make a reservation now for say 14 June 2019 and use a OTF coupon it won't go through.

OTOH if you make a reservation on or before 13 June then things are fine. Coupons expire at (assumed) midnight on that date, so anything afterwards won't happen.
Ugh, I booked a flight that arrives at 11:38PM CT on 6/13, and reserved a car for 11:30PM using my remaining OTF coupons. Will National really expire the coupons and refuse to honor the coupons if I cannot get checked out by midnight?

Anyone have an experience with this? I'm thinking it's too risky and should rebook my flight...
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Old Jun 12, 2019, 5:45 pm
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Reminder to everyone that all coupons are expiring this week.
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Old Jun 13, 2019, 12:41 pm
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Originally Posted by flightrisk
Ugh, I booked a flight that arrives at 11:38PM CT on 6/13, and reserved a car for 11:30PM using my remaining OTF coupons. Will National really expire the coupons and refuse to honor the coupons if I cannot get checked out by midnight?

Anyone have an experience with this? I'm thinking it's too risky and should rebook my flight...
Well your username *is* flightrisk. I would err on the safe side and book an earlier flight if you can.
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Old Jun 14, 2019, 12:45 am
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I had a reservation today (6/13) using my last three 12F coupon. Went to the counter at HNL just past 6pm local time, and the agent found all three coupons showing as expired. She was able to apply some credits and get the total down to the same amount though. I guess National's system made these coupon expire at 11:59pm Eastern Time?

Edit: I was probably unclear about the time zone issue. The FAQ page (unavailable now as the promotion has ended) only says 11:59pm 6/13 but didn't specify any time zone, so I assumed it's local time. However, I just checked the T&C and it specifically says 11:59pm CDT. Anyways, I was picking up around 6:15pm Hawaii time, which should only be 11:15pm CDT but the system still showed they are already expired, which made me wonder if National coded the coupons as expiring at 11:59pm Eastern time by mistake.

Anyone else tried using the coupons on 6/13 and ran into any issues?
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Old Jun 14, 2019, 12:57 am
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Originally Posted by ezak
I had a reservation today (6/13) using my last three 12F coupon. Went to the counter at HNL just past 6pm local time, and the agent found all three coupons showing as expired. She was able to apply some credits and get the total down to the same amount though. I guess National's system made these coupon expire at 11:59pm Eastern Time?
I understood the expiration to mean you have to close out and use the coupon by end of Jun 13
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Old Jun 14, 2019, 1:32 am
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Originally Posted by s0ssos
I understood the expiration to mean you have to close out and use the coupon by end of Jun 13
My understanding is that you only have to start the contract before they expire. This is proven by the system allowing me to make a reservation for 6/13 9pm with coupons, but when I change the date to 6/14 it says coupon invalid.
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Old Jun 14, 2019, 11:50 am
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Originally Posted by ezak
My understanding is that you only have to start the contract before they expire. This is proven by the system allowing me to make a reservation for 6/13 9pm with coupons, but when I change the date to 6/14 it says coupon invalid.
This is correct - you just need to pick up the reservation on 6/13. I can't comment on what time the coupons "expire"
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Old Jun 16, 2019, 2:19 pm
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Originally Posted by iluvdoco
Well your username *is* flightrisk. I would err on the safe side and book an earlier flight if you can.
I did switch to an earlier flight but National would not honor any of the coupons at return time. They are insistent {both the location and customer service} that the rental must be completed by 6/13.
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