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    Tired of long rental car lines?  You can get free National Executive status when you click this link through a desktop browser (mobile devices don’t seem to work).

    I’ve written before about getting free Avis First status and National Executive status, but now there’s another way.

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    Bottom Line

    You can get free National Executive status (accessible via desktop computers only) until February 28, 2017.

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