Just as the title says, the people who know about the Emerald club program should get the free upgrade ASAP.
It works both for existing and new members.

Credit to FlyerTalk, all the details are at this Link

read that thread fully before you upgrade.

Excellent post OP!

Thanks!

thanks OP, worked fine

Worked great.
Details at OP's Link, but you can also just use:

Direct link

Thanks OP.

So how do we rent cars thru the Executive Aisle exactly?

Do I book a fullsize car, but get upgraded to premium, while only paying a midsize rate? I'm quite confused.

And can we use any coupon codes with Executive rentals? It seems all the coupon codes require other contract codes.

CaptainAlias said:Thanks OP.

So how do we rent cars thru the Executive Aisle exactly?

Do I book a fullsize car, but get upgraded to premium, while only paying a midsize rate? I'm quite confused.

And can we use any coupon codes with Executive rentals? It seems all the coupon codes require other contract codes.Look at the National website. It's all there.

CaptainAlias said:Minyan said:Look at the National website. It's all there.

I beg to differ, it was not all there. Would it take any skin off your teeth to provide an iota of helpful information?

All it says is to make a reservation between intermediate and full-size, go to the Executive Aisle, and pick a car.

What it doesn't say is that if you make a reservation for full-size, you pay the mid-size rate, while given access to premium class vehicles. Would you have to pay extra for a luxury car or SUV if it were in the Executive Aisle? Some say yes, in the FT forum.


Here's a good summary from martinp, from flyertalk forum.

Emerald Aisle: book midsize rate, pick anything off EA, pay midsize rate.

Exec: book fullsize rate, pick anything off EA/Exec, pay midsize rate.

The "pay midsize rate" numbers are the same, but you get a bigger selection for a bigger/nicer car.To use your terms..... Would it take any skin off your teeth to bother to search before negging the answer I provided?

I had the same question as you did and I found the answer with no problem.

Sorry my help wasn't good enough for you.

I guess I should have brought you a cocktail so you could relax while you waited for others to do the search that was too much trouble for you to do.

CaptainAlias said:Minyan said:I had the same question as you did and I found the answer with no problem.

Sorry my help wasn't good enough for you.

I guess I should have brought you a cocktail so you could relax while you waited for others to do the search that was too much trouble for you to do.

No, by all means, just go ahead and leech off the forum without providing anything helpful in return. Your 52 posts have been of splendid help.

I wonder how you consider that "help". If you had provided a link, or a specific section of the National website to search, that might have been helpful.Wow!

You take the award for lazy, unappreciative, and nasty!!!

Sorry the help I provided wasn't good enough, your highness.

All you had to do is research the Emerald Aisle provisions of the National website.

I didn't realize that you demand to be spoonfed with a direct link.

Why don't you try contributing something to the board instead of being so nasty?????

CaptainAlias said:Thanks OP.

So how do we rent cars thru the Executive Aisle exactly?

Do I book a fullsize car, but get upgraded to premium, while only paying a midsize rate? I'm quite confused.

And can we use any coupon codes with Executive rentals? It seems all the coupon codes require other contract codes.

WOW! I read thru the exchange between you and Minyan who seems to be rather new and trying to help. An answer to your question might be found by calling National and asking them directly instead of relying on posts here if you are unable to find the info where Minyan told you. It is unreasonable to expect someone to link for you. You should be able to search using the info provided. If not, just call them and ask.

Minya- please don't get discouraged when some of us get grumpy! (We are all guilty of it and I will be the first in line!!)

Let us know what you find out!

mom2boys said:WOW! I read thru the exchange between you and Minyan who seems to be rather new and trying to help. An answer to your question might be found by calling National and asking them directly instead of relying on posts here if you are unable to find the info where Minyan told you. It is unreasonable to expect someone to link for you. You should be able to search using the info provided. If not, just call them and ask.

Minya- please don't get discouraged when some of us get grumpy! (We are all guilty of it and I will be the first in line!!)

Let us know what you find out!

I would call National, but it's generally faster and more efficient to glean information from other members who have more knowledge than I do on the matter, hence my question. Look at every single thread in Hot Deals or Travel Deals, or anything else. It's full of posts of people asking questions and seeking answers. Are they stupid questions? Perhaps sometimes. Are they obvious questions? Perhaps, yes as well, but it's in the spirit of the forum to share information with fellow FWers. Have I answered a hundred stupid repetitive questions from noobs asking what extra care bucks are? yes, but I don't go around negging their posts. And please note that Minyan negged my original question post even before I replied. You knew the answer, why not share it?

Of course I'm going to get angry if Minyan says, "It's on the National website". If M knows, then why not share some information in the spirit of FW? I already checked the National website prior to asking my question, and watched both EA and ES intro videos, and didn't find them particularly helpful. Now I'm going to be renting from National in the next month, and I will be happy to share my experiences with my fellow FWers, if asked.