Welcome to the next post in the Earning Stories series right here on Rewards Canada.
For years we have provided you with the details on earning points and
miles (both regular earning and bonus opportunities) and these stories show the actual offers in action.
This earning story is for a rental we completed for our family in Saskatchewan this past March. We rented a compact SUV for 4
days to get us around the central part of the province. I booked it using this
promotion we had listed on Rewards Canada’s Aeroplan Bonus Miles page:
Just today however we added a new promotion that has launched that offers 3,000 bonus miles for 3+ days!! Still for the $189 rental of the SUV to earn 2,500 miles on it was a great. The booking was simple via Hertz
and I also provided my Hertz Gold Plus Rewards number but that doesn’t amount to much in Saskatoon as there is usually only one worker present and no line ups so the benefits from Gold Plus Rewards weren’t realized here.
At the outset of the rental we ended up earning the 500 base Aeroplan
Miles plus the 2,000 bonus miles from the offer
Here is a screen shot of the miles that posted:
Overall I think this was yet another good earning action for a rental and more so on price when compared to our large SUV rental in Maui earlier this year as it earned the same amount of miles.
Tips for Car Rentals
– Watch the rates that include bonus miles – For us it is about 50/50 in
terms of earning bonuses on rentals, many times rates are out there
that are quite a bit cheaper and provide more value versus paying more
and earning more miles. For a complete list of car rental bonus offers
see this page on the main Rewards Canada site.
– Read the fine print – When a bonus offer is available be sure that
your rental meets the criteria. Those are primarily minimum number of
rental days and vehicle type. There are many promotions that don’t get
awarded on the smallest/cheapest vehicles.
– Join the Car Rental company’s program – Hertz Gold Plus Rewards,
National Emerald Club and others all provide great benefits such as
dedicated check in counters, bypass check in counters and more.