Thanks…I need to check what I have with Avis one of these days!

Exceptions may apply 🙂

World Elite MasterCard will give you Avis Preferred Plus status (takes 10 days after calling them). The AARP code gives you an upgrade. Autoslash is normally amazing dut didn’t do a great job on my most recent rental.

https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/consumers/offers-promotions/world-elite-travel-benefits.html#/1921881

I understand the AA bashing but 70k ORD-HKG-DPS on CX in J is a good deal to me considering the times we live in. Just booked this with minimal flexibility on dates. But I agree, forget about AA miles for use on AA planes – I don’t even bother with that non-sense anymore. Still value in the program though if you look outside the box.

I think you are safe with Captain Kangaroo lol

Lol on that last one…

Yeah, when we are in the city no car. Will pick it up on the way out of it to Sunnyvale and keep it for the duration as we use it for daily excursions in the area, on to Berkley for a night at the Claremont and then spend the last weekend in the Monterrey area & then return it to SFO.

Thanks for the feedback.

Lost my (free) status in Avis and have not been back since.

I first get an idea in Priceline for prices. I checked out Sixt, no way. I will check out National and Hertz as I have some status and will find a few codes. Thinking to burn some UR or MR points or even TY points but hesitate to do car rentals through them for obvious reasons (may use points for airfare & not going direct—>complications/no elite bennies perhaps). MileageUpdate calls me a poser for not getting the car rental free…I always let the car rental way down in the priority list, my aim has always been primarily to fly and stay for free 🙂

Whatever I go with, I will feed res # to Autoslash and let them do their thing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Popeil

And came up with the frugal pasta maker (among many others):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz1ZVg2RtTo

Whoops-seems Popeil was a real person too.

Well, there was Captain Kangaroo…..

Also, I recommend the Disney Family museum on the old Presidio. It tells the story of a guy who created a dream, a business, a phenom out of his imagination and hard work. His daughter built the museum because she said people didn’t know her father as a man. Some didn’t even know he was a real person-thought he was like Ronald McDonald, the Pillsbury Dough Man or the Frugal Travel Guy.

They never ask for any Citi ID to use that code?
I last used my AARP code. Got upgraded!