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American Express is targeting cardholders with a new offer for bonus points on spending with National Car rental made through the end of the year (this is the second rental car offer we’ve seen Amex publish today). The offer applies to reservations made at locations within the United States (and US Territories) and requires that reservations are made at least 24 hours in advance.
Spend $250 & earn 5,000 bonus points with National
Headline Details
Earn 5,000 additional Membership Rewards® points one-time after using your enrolled eligible Card to spend a minimum of $250 in one or more purchases in-store at National Car Rental or online at nationalcar.com by 12/31/2024.
Key Terms
- Enrollment is limited.
- Eligible Card Members must first add offer to Card and then use same Card for qualifying spend.
- Limit of 5,000 additional Membership Rewards points per eligible Card Member.
- Offer valid only for vehicle rentals made directly with National Car Rental in the US and US territories.
- Rentals can be made through US website nationalcar.com, the National Car Rental app, by calling 844-382-6875, or in-person at participating National Car Rental locations in the US and US territories.
- Eligible rentals must be paid by 12/31/2024 in order to qualify.
- Excludes general aviation and FBO rentals.
- Not valid for bookings made through travel agents or tour operators, third parties and travel partners, or affiliate booking sites.
- Reservations must be made 24 hours in advance.
- Offer valid only on purchases made in US dollars.
- Eligible Card Members will earn 5,000 additional Membership Rewards points on qualifying purchases on their eligible Card.
- Offer only valid on purchases made directly with the merchant.
- Offer not valid on purchases made using third parties, such as resellers, delivery services, or other intermediaries.
- Any Membership Rewards points received through this offer are in addition to the Membership Rewards points normally received for purchases charged to your Card.
- Additional Membership Rewards® points should be credited to your program account within 90-days after 12/31/2024.
See your targeted offer for full terms and conditions
Quick Thoughts
As usual (for a lot of these types of offers), only bookings within the US and US Territories will trigger the rebate so don’t make the mistake of thinking that a rental in Mexico or anywhere in the Caribbean will work just as well.
Also, be aware that the terms and conditions indicate that the $250 of spending required to trigger the bonus points does not have to be made in a single transaction (“spend a minimum of $250 in one or more purchases”), so anyone needing to make a few cheap reservations isn’t excluded from this offer.
Naturally, everyone should be loading this offer on the credit card that offers them the best combination of rental car cover and points earnings (for most this will probably be the American Express® Green Card) but that may not always be an option.
I can see this targeted offer on all our Membership Rewards cards (consumer and business) and while none of them gives us a great return on rental car spending, the 5,000 bonus points are worth having (we value them at $75) so that may tempt me in to using the Platinum Card® from American Express rather than the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card or the Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card on our next rental.
Note: All information about the American Express® Green Card and the Amex EveryDay® Credit Card has been collected independently by Traveling For Miles. Neither the American Express® Green Card or the Amex EveryDay® Credit Card are currently available through Traveling For Miles.
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Bottom Line
Any Amex cardholders who need to book a rental car before the end of December should check to see if they’ve been targeted to earn 5,000 bonus Membership Rewards points following $250 of spending with National Car Rental.
Keep in mind that by choosing to use your targeted Amex card in place of one of one of your other cards you may be forgoing one or more useful benefits that the other card offers (e.g. primary rental insurance), so make sure that any bonus points you plan to earn will outweigh anything that you’re giving up to earn those points.
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