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Via View From the Wing, you can get free elite status from Avis Rent a Car and National Car Rental IF you have a World MasterCard.
Update: Looks like only Word Elite Mastercards qualify for the Avis First sign up!
Car rental elite status can get you benefits such as free upgrades, less time waiting at the counter, and dedicated reservation phone lines.
World Elite MasterCards
Here are some World MasterCards:
- Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite™ Mastercard®
- Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite Mastercard
- Barclaycard Hawaiian Airlines World Elite Mastercard
which will get you free elite status from Avis.
Avis
Link: Avis First elite status sign-up
You can get free Avis First elite status IF you have a World Elite MasterCard.
The terms say that you have to live in the US and must be the primary cardholder. So if you’re an authorized user, you can NOT get free Avis First elite status. But I haven’t checked to see if that is actually the case when you fill out the form!
Avis First elite status gets you:
- Free upgrades
National Car Rental
Link: National Emerald Club Executive status sign-up
You can also get free National Emerald Club Executive status just for signing up!
As a National Emerald Club Executive status member you:
- Choose any rental car from the “Executive Aisle” (full-size or larger)
- Get free upgrades
- Get 1 free rental day with 5 paid rentals
- Pay no 2nd driver fees
You can also get free National Emerald Club Executive status if you have the American Express Platinum card or if you bought a Milepoint Premium membership.
Bottom Line
You can get free elite status from Avis IF you have a World Elite MasterCard.
Avis First elite status gets you free upgrades and up to 8 free weekend rentals per calendar year.
National Emerald Club Executive elite status gets you free upgrades, and you can choose any car from the “Executive Aisle,” and a free rental after 5 paid rentals.
I think that National perk is now gone. The World Elite page doesn’t show it any more and the National link to sign up gives this message: “MasterCard World Elite employee: Unfortunately the opportunity to enroll at the Executive level is no longer available.”
HI all
I too have a World Elite Mastercard (Barclaycard Arrival) and followed the link to sign up to AVIS (never had a wizard number before this) and all it did was sign me up as preferred. How do we get the AVIS First account upgrade we are meant to be seeing ?
Thanks\
BTW I looked for a section stating ‘Already have Preferred Service? Click here and provide your Name and Avis Wizard number and you will be upgraded to AVIS FIRST within 24 hours, subject to verification.’ but cannot see that anywhere
Thanks Ralph. I did notice that. I guess the promo code comes mailed to you is that correct? I’m waiting for mine and will definitely use it.
This might be known to others but I wasn’t initially aware that signing up for Avis First includes a free weekend rental simply for signing up! I wrote about my experience getting the code and using it.
http://pointscentric.com/2014/08/21/free-two-day-weekend-car-rental-from-avis-with-avis-first/
Daraius, you put the misleading and wrong title there.
“You can also get free National Emerald Club Executive elite status just for signing up!” <===== this is NOT RIGHT, as it's NOT Executive Elite but only Executive!!!! Please fix this as this misleading your blog reader and create a confusion.