Frequent Flier Miles from Rental Cars - Getting to Vegas
April 1st, 2013 at 6:52:34 PM
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It isn't getting any cheaper to fly to Vegas, so I have been
collecting Frequent Flier credits whenever I rent a car.
For example, right now Hertz has Triple Credits with Airtran
even for 1 day rentals. I usually keep an eye on whatever
specials happen to currently be on the Airtran and Southwest
Airlines websites.
And weekend rates are pretty reasonable. I can generally
get an intermediate size car ( Toyota Carolla, etc ) for
about $ 30 for one day, tax and misc fees included.
At that price, if I have to drive 100 miles or more on a
weekend day, I'll often rent a car to get the frequent
flier miles. I got the same rate on Good Friday when
I had to take care of some family businesss 150 miles
away.
Of course it helps that I live about 5 miles from a regional
airport, so getting there to rent a car is easy.
It is a nice bonus that the company I work for has a corp
jet at that airport, so we have a small lot at the flight
ops hangar that is usually empty on weekends where I
can park for free.
Also, from time to time, both Airtran and SWA have a
credit card offer on their website that gives you 2 RT
airline tix after your first purchase. There is an annual
fee for those cards, though.
Caveat Emptor:
- Airtran has very very limited flights available for the
- basic travel award. I mean borderline "bait and
- switch" type of limited availability.
collecting Frequent Flier credits whenever I rent a car.
For example, right now Hertz has Triple Credits with Airtran
even for 1 day rentals. I usually keep an eye on whatever
specials happen to currently be on the Airtran and Southwest
Airlines websites.
And weekend rates are pretty reasonable. I can generally
get an intermediate size car ( Toyota Carolla, etc ) for
about $ 30 for one day, tax and misc fees included.
At that price, if I have to drive 100 miles or more on a
weekend day, I'll often rent a car to get the frequent
flier miles. I got the same rate on Good Friday when
I had to take care of some family businesss 150 miles
away.
Of course it helps that I live about 5 miles from a regional
airport, so getting there to rent a car is easy.
It is a nice bonus that the company I work for has a corp
jet at that airport, so we have a small lot at the flight
ops hangar that is usually empty on weekends where I
can park for free.
Also, from time to time, both Airtran and SWA have a
credit card offer on their website that gives you 2 RT
airline tix after your first purchase. There is an annual
fee for those cards, though.
Caveat Emptor:
- Airtran has very very limited flights available for the
- basic travel award. I mean borderline "bait and
- switch" type of limited availability.
There's emptiness behind their eyes
There's dust in all their hearts
They just want to steal us all and take us all apart
April 1st, 2013 at 7:12:27 PM
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I rented from Alamo Good Friday and got 600 points on my S.W. card. 1 day rental.
59$ fee for S.W. card, but hey, spend x amount in x amount of time, pay the fee, get 2 free flights, pay it off,stop using it and you are good to go.
59$ fee for S.W. card, but hey, spend x amount in x amount of time, pay the fee, get 2 free flights, pay it off,stop using it and you are good to go.
April 13th, 2013 at 8:45:56 AM
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Quote: mdhget 2 free flights, pay it off,stop using it and you are good to go.
It seems like the bonus offer for Airline related credit cards flips back and forth from 1 flight to 2 flights frequently.
I got 2 flights with an AIRTRAN card and 2 flights with a UNITED card. The United Airlines card has a higher
annual fee, but I think my first bag flies free, so that helps. Using these flights to get to LV in July.
There's emptiness behind their eyes
There's dust in all their hearts
They just want to steal us all and take us all apart
