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I need to rent a car and I have a bunch of reward points free car rentals. Is there any credit cards that I can get an award rental on (namely just paying the taxes with the card) yet stilll get the CDW. I don't have insurance so I will have to buy the personal injury supplement from the rental agency.
Tagged. I'm curious too. The fine print for the card insurance says you must pay full price of the rental with the card. I have always wondered what they happens when you rent on points.
If say you use points to get an upgrade, or you rent one day and get a second day with points, are you covered?
@Anonymous wrote:
Tagged. I'm curious too. The fine print for the card insurance says you must pay to her full price of the rental with the card. I have always wondered what they happens when you rent on points.
If say you use points to get an upgrade, or you rent one day and get a second day with points, are you covered?
+1 great follow-up questions.
*bump* I need to make a rental reservation this week, which is why I am curious if I can pay taxes only with a card and still get CDW.
@red259 wrote:I need to rent a car and I have a bunch of reward points free car rentals. Is there any credit cards that I can get an award rental on (namely just paying the taxes with the card) yet stilll get the CDW. I don't have insurance so I will have to buy the personal injury supplement from the rental agency.
Maybe the safest way is to use a card where you can pay with your CC and once the rental is done use the points/miles like a purchase eraser. That will get you over the "rental has to be paid in full" part. If you will have to pay for CDW/LDW it could get ugly and expensive. Sorry but I cannot come up with a better idea
Best alternative would be the Arrival+ if you have it. You get all the benefits of booking with the card regularly, then just apply points to pay for the charges. The Arrival+ is a WEMC, so the benefits level should be the highest. Venture would work the same way with VS.
@happypill wrote:Best alternative would be the Arrival+ if you have it. You get all the benefits of booking with the card regularly, then just apply points to pay for the charges. The Arrival+ is a WEMC, so the benefits level should be the highest. Venture would work the same way with VS.
True, but the problem is I have awards from the rental agency not from the credit card itself.
@red259 wrote:
@happypill wrote:Best alternative would be the Arrival+ if you have it. You get all the benefits of booking with the card regularly, then just apply points to pay for the charges. The Arrival+ is a WEMC, so the benefits level should be the highest. Venture would work the same way with VS.
True, but the problem is I have awards from the rental agency not from the credit card itself.
May be a dumb workaround, but purchase their PEP or PAI insurance, and charge it to one of the cards? It's technically the full charge of the rental.
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@longtime_lurker wrote:
@red259 wrote:
@happypill wrote:Best alternative would be the Arrival+ if you have it. You get all the benefits of booking with the card regularly, then just apply points to pay for the charges. The Arrival+ is a WEMC, so the benefits level should be the highest. Venture would work the same way with VS.
True, but the problem is I have awards from the rental agency not from the credit card itself.
May be a dumb workaround, but purchase their PEP or PAI insurance, and charge it to one of the cards? It's technically the full charge of the rental.
I have to buy personal injury supplement from the rental agency so if I buy that on an award rental I would get the card coverage for CDW?