T&C: Now through August 1, 2008, you can earn 9,999 bonus miles on your next rental placed through Delta.com (maximum of 3 bonuses total on both Avis and Budget).
How to Book Your Rental & Qualify To qualify for this promotion, you must make your Avis or Budget rental reservation through Delta.com with your SkyMiles number. See full terms and conditions:
1. Shop for your next flight at Delta.com. Once you reach Step 2 in the shopping engine, select one of the Avis or Budget rental options offered at the bottom of the Trip Summary. 2. If you've booked your flights already, you can reserve your Avis or Budget rental through the Car Search tool at Delta.com.
Avis 9,999 bonus miles is valid until August 1, 2008 on a qualifying rental at participating Avis airport locations in the United States and Canada. Maximum of 3 bonuses total per customer on both Avis and Budget.
Offer of 9,999 bonus miles is valid on daily, weekly and weekend rates on all car groups with a 1 or more day length of rental. An advance reservation is required and SkyMiles number is required at time of rental or reservation to receive bonus miles. Offer may not be used with any other coupon, promotion or offer.
Taxes, concession recovery fees, vehicle license recovery fee, customer facility charges ($10/contract in CA) and fuel charges are extra. Optional items such as LDW ($28.99/day or less except in Louisiana $49.99/day) and other surcharges may apply and are extra.
Offer may not be used in conjunction with any other AWD number, promotion or offer. Weekly rates require a minimum five day rental period. Offer is subject to vehicle availability at the time of rental and may not be available on some rates at some times,including some online rates at Avis.com. Car rental return restrictions may apply. Offer subject to change without notice. Holiday and other blackout periods may apply. Renter must meet Avis age, driver and credit requirements. Minimum rental age may vary by location. An additional daily surcharge may apply for renters under 25 years old. Frequent Flyer surcharge of up to U.S. $.50 per day may apply. Mileage accrual structure subject to change. Rental must begin by August 1, 2008.
Allow 4 to 6 weeks after qualification for bonus miles to be posted to your SkyMiles account. All SkyMiles rules apply. To review the rules, please visit Delta.com/memberguide.
Budget 9,999 bonus mile offer is until August 1, 2008 on a qualifying rental at participating Budget airport locations in the U.S. and Canada. Maximum of 3 bonuses total per customer on both Avis and Budget.
Offer of 9,999 bonus miles is valid on daily, weekly and weekend rates on all car groups with a 1 or more day length of rental. You must provide SkyMiles number at time of rental or check-in to receive bonus miles. An advance reservation is required. Offer valid on all car groups. Offer may not be available during holiday and other blackout periods.
Taxes, concession recovery fees, vehicle license recovery fee, customer facility charges ($10/contract in CA) may apply and are extra. Optional products such as LDW ($28.99/day or less, except in Louisiana $49.99/day) and refueling are extra.
Offer may not be used in conjunction with any other BCD number, promotion or offer. Renter must meet Budget age, driver, and credit requirements. Minimum age may vary by location. Holiday and other blackout periods may apply. An additional daily surcharge may apply for renters under 25 years old. Frequent flyer surcharge of up to $0.50 USD per day, may apply. Mileage accrual structure subject to change. Rental must begin by August 1, 2008.
Allow 4 to 6 weeks after qualification for bonus miles to be posted to your SkyMiles account. All SkyMiles program rules apply. To review the rules, please visit Delta.com/memberguide.
Rental car deals starting 60 and 65 dollars for Budget and Avis(charlotte), cheapest I saw so far, Big cities like Chicago etc, 80 and 85 bucks a day rentals. I think i will pass.
Yes, must book through Delta, and yes, it's higher priced than what can be found at other sites.
Weekend rates are much cheaper in general. In Dallas, compacts are $32/day including tax, or $33 for a mid-size. That works out to .003 cents/mile, which is pretty good.
Or put another way, spend $100 on car rentals (do 3 consecutive 1 day rentals if you want) and get enough for a US round trip coach ticket.
Waiting for the next thread where people start complaining how they can't use the miles to get free tickets...
vladgur
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Jul. 7, 2008 @ 7:54p
it seems as if this is 9999 miles per rental not per day so you need to make 3 separate rentals 1 day each as opposed to 1 rental consisting of 3 consecutive days.
This seems really hot. I can find a compact car in SEA for 29/day. Three seperate days will end up costing me ~$100.00 total. How are people not jumping on this? Are Delta miles impossible to redeem for an award ticket?
Think I'll jump on this...only problem is that I'm under 25. You think they'll make me pay the underage fee if I don't even take the car? Only one way to find out...
I believe the key word is qualifying rental. It has to be defined properly. As FW member, i would say it is just renting cars thru Delta website. As a Delta rep, i could say it is booking a flight and a corresponding rental car.
javaman2003 said: I believe the key word is qualifying rental. It has to be defined properly. As FW member, i would say it is just renting cars thru Delta website. As a Delta rep, i could say it is booking a flight and a corresponding rental car.
NukeMedDude said: This seems really hot. I can find a compact car in SEA for 29/day. Three seperate days will end up costing me ~$100.00 total. How are people not jumping on this? Are Delta miles impossible to redeem for an award ticket?Not impossible but harder - my experience has been that for the past 2 years frequent flier miles in general have been harder to redeem. Also, as of 6/30/08 or shortly before, "... American, US Airways, and Delta are now charging to cash in your frequent flyer miles, and it's almost certain that others will follow, and that these fees will become a permanent fixture. On Delta, you'll pay $25 now for domestic frequent flyer tickets and $50 for international. ..." This changes the equation somewhat for all these bonus frequent flier mile offers,
I can book for $29 / day. I really am just not sure if this is worth it. I hate dealing with trying to book flights with miles. It never works for me - I know I'm prob. just stupid but for some reason they just feel like those "companion" tickets.
I have redeemed other awards similar to this for giftcards etc...any way to do that with Delta skymiles? it looks like they only talk about 25k points for a ticket on the site.
sgaldis
Thrifty Member
posted: Jul. 8, 2008 @ 3:38p
I have only one experience with cashing in some Skymiles, but they seemed to be pretty flexible. I just booked a trip only 2 1/2 weeks ago for travel on Thurs. I was able to get 2 setas in FC for the 1st segment (ATL-BOS), and coach on the return, for only 37.5k/pp. Not too bad for a semi-last minute award reservation, IMHO. I am definitely willing to plunk down $100 for approximately 30k miles. Really less than that b/c I already had a 5 day reservation for this weekend that someone else is paying for; was able to book 2 one-way rentals through the Delta site for only $40 more than my other reservation; $40 more for 20k SkyMiles, and I don't have to pay parking at the airport while I'm gone! I'll grab another cheapy 1 day rental next weekend for around $30, to get the whole 3x bonus. If nothing else, I'll convert them over to 60k HHonors points; not a bad deal at all...
lstewart
Member
posted: Jul. 8, 2008 @ 6:07p
Weekend days are $24 ($27) each at BUR for the next three weekends on Budget (Avis)... so I'm in for the next three Saturdays; however, I've been trying to get Delta to confirm that a flight is not needed as was posted on the other sites-- and I'm having a really hard time getting an agent to do anything besides recite verbatim what is given on the website. I did get them to confirm that BUR participates in the miles program though they couldn't say if it was participating in this promotion (If you read the terms, it also states "participating Budget (Avis) airport locations only")
I have a feeling with as sloppily as this promotion was put together, there is going to be a lot of hassle involved to get these miles to actually post!
Delta has started charging $75 extra to book the reward ticket . With overpriced rental and extra fees it's not worth to get the miles in high priced rental area ( e.g san diego one day small car rental is $88 ) .
manuvns said: Delta has started charging $75 extra to book the reward ticket Where did you see this fee? Its $25 for domestic, $50 for international, that too as a fuel surcharge. Obviously, this is if you book in advance and not with 10 days notice.
A 5-day rental would be a total waste as you need only 1 day to get the miles, and you're paying extra $$$ when booking through Delta. For people near airports with cheap rentals (like me) this is a hot, hot deal! $90 for 30,000 miles! Last year I needed 1000 miles to get two tickets to Europe and I had to pay over $60 for 2000 miles.
duhmel said: Rates for a 5 day rental are $24 a day higher than if I book with my normal discount coupons. Doesn't seem like a good deal to me.
NukeMedDude said: This seems really hot. I can find a compact car in SEA for 29/day. Three seperate days will end up costing me ~$100.00 total. How are people not jumping on this? Are Delta miles impossible to redeem for an award ticket?
sorry that was my bad . the site say $75 extra when you book within 20 days https://www.Delta.com/skymiles/use_miles/ways_redeem_miles/award_travel_fees/ bozo007 said: manuvns said: Delta has started charging $75 extra to book the reward ticket Where did you see this fee? Its $25 for domestic, $50 for international, that too as a fuel surcharge. Obviously, this is if you book in advance and not with 10 days notice.
moooed
Member
posted: Jul. 12, 2008 @ 1:40p
FYI, be sure to give the counter agent your Skymiles number. Iseatz apparently is not forwarding your Skymiles numbers even though they are entered on the reservation online.
So far, I've been successful calling in and adding my Skymiles number to yesterday and today's rental, and I hope it works.
cfeifei
Senior Member
posted: Jul. 12, 2008 @ 5:53p
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if i make three different reservation for three consecutive days . do have to go back to return and take car every day . how will it work out in that case ?
DiscountSAE
Member
posted: Jul. 15, 2008 @ 6:21p
Has anyone considered making three reservations for the a similar time period and returning the cars early:
Rental 1: 9:00am July 11, 2008 - 9:00am July 12, 2008 Rent at 9:00am return at 10:00am Rental 2: 10:00am July 11, 2008 - 10:00am July 12, 2008 rent at 10:00am return at 11:00am Rental 3: 11:00am July 11, 2008 - 11:00am July 12, 2008 rent at 11:00am return by time due back
manuvns said: if i make three different reservation for three consecutive days . do have to go back to return and take car every day . how will it work out in that case ? You do have to go back and close out the previous rental record.
bozo007 said: Waiting for the next thread where people start complaining how they can't use the miles to get free tickets...I expect people to be furious about how cheap and selfish the airlines have been behaving after massive bailouts by consumers. But go ahead and snicker, you won't help. (Consumer outcry affects behavior, unless you're on a mission to stifle it.)
hpmoon said: bozo007 said: Waiting for the next thread where people start complaining how they can't use the miles to get free tickets...I expect people to be furious about how cheap and selfish the airlines have been behaving after massive bailouts by consumers. But go ahead and snicker, you won't help. (Consumer outcry affects behavior, unless you're on a mission to stifle it.) I think the sooner consumers understand that frequent flyer miles are not an entitlement and therefore should not dictate purchase behaviour, the better things will be.
bozo007 said: hpmoon said: bozo007 said: Waiting for the next thread where people start complaining how they can't use the miles to get free tickets...I expect people to be furious about how cheap and selfish the airlines have been behaving after massive bailouts by consumers. But go ahead and snicker, you won't help. (Consumer outcry affects behavior, unless you're on a mission to stifle it.) I think the sooner consumers understand that frequent flyer miles are not an entitlement and therefore should not dictate purchase behaviour, the better things will be.Similar logic to that of corporations who about-face on pensions.
There is a principle in contract law called reliance. That among much other legal mischief is what scores against the carriers, whose only excuse other than increasing gas prices is the unionized wages that they find themselves "forced" to pay.
I completed one day Avis rental . but after returning the car the receipt didn't show 9999 bonus miles . is there a way to verify that i qualified for the bonus miles .
thanks
btw it did show my skymiles number and awd #223900
MomaTemple1258
Wacky Member
posted: Jul. 18, 2008 @ 11:03a
last year about xmas time i used my frequent flier miles from Delta to get a round trip ticket. BEWARE!!! you need 25,000 miles to redeem this which is cool but they stick you with the fees and all so it came out to be around $70 for the round trip... not that im complaining or anything about the $70 but they didnt make it clear that when you redeem its not really a totaly free rt tix.
vegastaco
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Jul. 18, 2008 @ 1:17p
manuvns said: I completed one day Avis rental . but after returning the car the receipt didn't show 9999 bonus miles . is there a way to verify that i qualified for the bonus miles .
thanks
btw it did show my skymiles number and awd #223900
you are screwed you cant have any awd coupons etc litsed
cfeifei
Senior Member
posted: Jul. 18, 2008 @ 11:40p
manuvns said: I completed one day Avis rental . but after returning the car the receipt didn't show 9999 bonus miles . is there a way to verify that i qualified for the bonus miles .
MomaTemple1258 said: last year about xmas time i used my frequent flier miles from Delta to get a round trip ticket. BEWARE!!! you need 25,000 miles to redeem this which is cool but they stick you with the fees and all so it came out to be around $70 for the round trip... not that im complaining or anything about the $70 but they didnt make it clear that when you redeem its not really a totaly free rt tix.You booked your trip too late. Allow 20 days before your flight and the fee won't show up. That why many seats become available after this dead line.
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dimamo1983
Member
posted: Sep. 12, 2008 @ 4:14p
dimamo1983 said: I've waited patiently for six weeks to pass (so naive, i know...) and called Delta, they transferred me to Avis. Avis told me that no AWD or skymiles are showing up on any of my reservations. I saw the thread earlier saying that Delta's website was not sending the skymiles number through. How can I get it all fixed up now? The Avis guy went ahead and added my skymiles number to all the reservations but would that help at this point?
Well, I called Avis today and they said that 10049 points have been posted to my account today and it might take as much as two weeks for them to show up in my skymiles account so sounds like this have been solved So if someone else encounters the same issue, just call Avis and have them add your skymiles to your reservation.
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