Emerald Club and add'l driver
May 16, 2008, 6:25 am
#1
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Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 15
Emerald Club and add'l driver
I will rent a car for 41 days next month at CLT and if I am not a emerald club member, additional driver is $10/day (for my wife). I am not a US resident anymore so I cannot enroll with the emerald club online.
Is there any other way to avoid the add'l driver charge which is a whopping $410 for the rental period?
Is there any other way to avoid the add'l driver charge which is a whopping $410 for the rental period?
May 16, 2008, 7:10 am
#2
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I can't speak to the specific conditions of your reservation, but spouses (and the driver's dependents at the same address) are typically exempt from the additional driver fee.
May 22, 2008, 5:22 am
#6
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Join Date: May 2008
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I guess I'll stick with the *67 code.
May 22, 2008, 8:38 am
#7
Join Date: Apr 1999
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Perhaps I am missing something: why not just join the Emerald Club and save $410?
Edited to add: did you try breaking the trip into chunks, if you have the ability to return the car a few times during the 41 days?
I was able to drop my 14 days over the holidays from about $1000 to 499 by having 3 reservarions, one for 5 days, one for 2 days, and one for 7 days. You need to play with the permutations. Note that I used my emerald club status for the 5 and 7 day rentals and the 3715444 for the 2 day rental (which saved me $50 over the 2 days
Edited to add: did you try breaking the trip into chunks, if you have the ability to return the car a few times during the 41 days?
I was able to drop my 14 days over the holidays from about $1000 to 499 by having 3 reservarions, one for 5 days, one for 2 days, and one for 7 days. You need to play with the permutations. Note that I used my emerald club status for the 5 and 7 day rentals and the 3715444 for the 2 day rental (which saved me $50 over the 2 days
Last edited by Vulcan; May 22, 2008 at 8:43 am
May 22, 2008, 9:12 am
#8
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Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 15
Perhaps I am missing something: why not just join the Emerald Club and save $410?
Edited to add: did you try breaking the trip into chunks, if you have the ability to return the car a few times during the 41 days?
I was able to drop my 14 days over the holidays from about $1000 to 499 by having 3 reservarions, one for 5 days, one for 2 days, and one for 7 days. You need to play with the permutations. Note that I used my emerald club status for the 5 and 7 day rentals and the 3715444 for the 2 day rental (which saved me $50 over the 2 days
Edited to add: did you try breaking the trip into chunks, if you have the ability to return the car a few times during the 41 days?
I was able to drop my 14 days over the holidays from about $1000 to 499 by having 3 reservarions, one for 5 days, one for 2 days, and one for 7 days. You need to play with the permutations. Note that I used my emerald club status for the 5 and 7 day rentals and the 3715444 for the 2 day rental (which saved me $50 over the 2 days
May 22, 2008, 9:26 am
#9
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 5
I made a reservation with magic *67 code as well... I thought about it a lot, and finally decided to cancel. I can't take the risk of an accident and then possibly having "fraud" on my insurance because this code includes insurance. It's till unclear where this code comes from, so in the meantime I'm happy with my free exec status and the car&driver code. I figured I'll pay a few bucks more now, and feel better the entire trip. Good luck =)
May 23, 2008, 3:29 pm
#10
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Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 15
I made a reservation with magic *67 code as well... I thought about it a lot, and finally decided to cancel. I can't take the risk of an accident and then possibly having "fraud" on my insurance because this code includes insurance. It's till unclear where this code comes from, so in the meantime I'm happy with my free exec status and the car&driver code. I figured I'll pay a few bucks more now, and feel better the entire trip. Good luck =)
Good luck to you too.