[Expired] [Targeted] AmEx Offer: National, Spend $150+ & Receive $20 Statement Credit & Enterprise Spend $200 & Get $20 Statement Credit

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Contents

1 The Offer
2 The Fine Print
3 Our Verdict

The Offer

American Express is offering two car rental Amex offers:
- Get a 1X $20 statement credit by using your enrolled Card to spend a total of $150+ directly with National Car Rental by 12/31/2017. Valid through US website, US mobile app or at participating locations in US/US Territories.
- Get a 1X $20 statement credit by using your enrolled Card to spend a total of $200+ directly with Enterprise Rent-A-Car or online at enterprise.com by 12/31/2017. Valid through US website, US mobile app or at participating locations in US/US Territories.

The Fine Print

Enterprise:

Offer valid for rentals made directly with Enterprise Rent-A-Car through US website enterprise.com, US reservation telephone line, US mobile app, or at any participating locations in the US, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
Rentals must be paid for between promotion start and end dates to qualify.
Not valid on previously completed rentals.
Transaction must be in USD to qualify.
Not valid for Enterprise Truck Rental, Enterprise CarShare, RideShare by Enterprise, Enterprise Fleet Management, Entertainment and Production rentals, and General Aviation/FBO rentals.
Excludes rentals through international locations, third parties, agents, and affiliate sites that link to/from enterprise.com.

National:

Offer valid for rentals made directly with National Car Rental through US website (nationalcar.com), US mobile app, US telephone reservation line, or at any participating location in the US and US territories.
Excludes international websites and locations, General Aviation/FBO rentals, and rentals through third parties, agents, and affiliate sites that link to/from nationalcar.com.

Our Verdict

Neither deal is bad if you’re in the market for a car rental. Keep in mind American Express cards do not provide primary collision insurance (Chase Sapphire Preferred & Reserve do).

Hat tip to Danny Deal Guru

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Billy Bob (@guest_510868)

November 7, 2017 22:01

#510868

and affiliate sites that link to/from … does this exclude BeFrugal, Ebates, MrRebates, etc.?

AG (@guest_500787)

October 25, 2017 12:23

#500787

Thanks, that’s what I anticipated.

AG (@guest_500160)

October 24, 2017 16:15

#500160

I just want to understand why National/Hertz/Enterprise are so popular renting options, when their prices are always atleast 30-40% higher than companies like Alamo/Thrifty/Dollar etc for the same class vehicles? I recently booked a 3-day car rental from Chicago O’hare and thought of taking advantage of the National Amex offer, but even after the Amex discount, Alamo/Thrifty/Dollar were much cheaper than National. Am I missing something here?

NinjaX (@guest_500543)

October 25, 2017 04:01

#500543

given the type of blog site you are on, i am surprised at your question. i believe you can come to the conclusion yourself fairly easily. here is a simple but similar question. why do you pay 40% premium for apple products? if you dont like apple then why do you buy a higher class car when you can buy used honda civic?

AG (@guest_500711)

October 25, 2017 10:50

#500711

NinjaX

While I understand the point you are trying to make, I am comparing the “exact same” vehicle at the two rental companies. If the exact same model of an apple iphone is being sold by two different companies, I will ofcourse go with the one which is selling it at a 30-40% lower price. I think your comment was directed more towards the service/experience/benefits part rather than the product part, i.e, pricier rental companies provide a better service/experience/benefits for renting the exact same vehicle compared to a cheaper rental company. I don’t know if that is true and that’s what my question was to begin with.

Mr. Emoji (@guest_500764)

October 25, 2017 11:57

#500764

N/H/E are more of the corporate partners, vs A/T/D are more for leisure travelers. For leisure travelers, they might not care much about the rewards or the upgrade aspect but more focus on the cost.

I prefer National because with status you can pick any available car in the lot which essentially is an upgrade. Even when you paid for the midsize car, you may end up getting a large SUV and this kind of upgrade happens quite often.