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Update: Hertz has changed the terms of this promotion, requiring a minimum of 3 days for rentals in the US and Canada. Read more about it here.
As reported by Frequent Flyer Bonuses, One Mile at a Time, Million Mile Secrets, there is a potentially amazing promotion going on between SAS Airlines and Hertz rent-a-car.
The Deal
- Earn 5,000 SAS Eurobonus miles per Hertz Rental
- Direct link to the promotion here. Note: terms state you must book through this promotion page.
Key Terms
- Valid for rentals reserved by June 30th for pick up by September 30th, 2017
- Must use Discount code CDP 736686 to receive the discount and Promotion Code PC 203592 to receive the 5,000 SAS EuroBonus Extra points and your special conditions.
- Please quote your EuroBonus member number at time of booking and show your card at time of pick up.
- First 25 bookings made with this promotion which turn into a rental receive 25,000 EuroBonus points.
- Customers are informed at 5th October 2017 and points will be credited afterwards to their account.
- Customers need to be a EuroBonus member.
- Recourse to the courts is not permitted.
- Offer cannot be combined with any other offer, discount or promotion.
- All rentals are subject to Hertz standard terms and conditions.
- Must book through the promotional page according to terms (which is just a promo page at Hertz.com — link above)
Quick Thoughts
This could be a fantastic deal if it works. Check out this one-day rental I just looked up in Syracuse, NY on August 8-9, 2017:
That’s $20.52 all-in. If the promotion is honored as written, that would earn 5,000 SAS miles. What can you do with the miles? A couple of examples:
- 25,000 miles = round trip domestic US saver award on United
- 50,000 miles = round trip domestic US saver award on United (or round trip economy class to Hawaii)
- 60,000 miles = round trip economy award on SAS between Boston, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, DC, and San Francisco and Europe
- 100,000 miles = round trip business class award on SAS between those same cities and Europe
- 110,000 miles = round trip business class award between North America & Europe on Star Alliance partners
- 120,000 miles = round trip business class between North & Central America and North & Central Africa / Middle East
So twenty of those $20.52 one-day rentals should earn enough SAS miles for a round trip business class between North America and Europe — that’s $410.40.
But proceed with caution
You know what they say when something is too good to be true. This sounds far too generous to hold up. The biggest downside of the promotion is that the rental cars are non-refundable. If the promotion gets pulled/changed/not honored in some way, I imagine it’ll be a real hassle getting your money back. Furthermore, as bolded in the key terms, the miles won’t post until after October 5th — so you won’t know for sure if you’re getting credited until after it’s done. That’s a gamble. Still, I’ve been known to lay a wager — and I just may gamble on this one.
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https://frequentmiler.com/2017/04/13/hertz-changes-terms-sas-promotion/
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Pls let us know how it works after your first rental.
Question about the offer. 5000 per rental, 25000 extra miles for first 25 rentals. So meaning the total 25 rentals will get you 25*5000+25000=150000miles? If they got honored.
Maybe I should have just deleted that from the terms because I bet you’re not the only person who has read it that way — but no, I don’t think your understanding is correct. I think the first 25 people who made a booking through this promotion each got 25,000 miles. And I’m sure the first 25 had probably booked before I even saw the promotion. I expect to just get 5k per rental. So 25 rentals would earn 125k. Theoretically. And we won’t know for sure until after October 5th.
You are right. The rate comparable to rates using other discount code. What I am really concerned is the following phrase on the webpage:
“Remember all our rates include Theft and Collission Damage waiver, no hidden fees and make and model guarantee in the Hertz Collections.”
So is it suggesting that when you book through this webpage, you automatically get CDW? That seems to good to be true. In fact on the next page of booking, you are prompted for CDW at $29.99. So the questions are:
Do you have to spend the extra $29.99 to get CDW or the low rate already includes CDW as claimed? (unlikely, I think)
If CDW is not included and I do not elect to pay $29.99 extra for CDW, do I still get the bonus miles?
As you said, it says:
“Remember all our rates include Theft and Collission Damage waiver, no hidden fees and make and model guarantee in the Hertz Collections. As SAS EuroBonus member you receive special rates all year round with up to 15% discount.”
That seems fairly black and white — I take that to mean that you automatically get CDW included. I don’t see an option to add CDW for my rental. I see the option to add liability, loss damage waiver, personal effects, and roadside assistance at the counter — those are different. You may want to consider some of those things — the ins and outs of car rental insurance is not in my wheelhouse, so I make no suggestions as to what insurance you should/shouldn’t get.
I’m picking up my first rental tomorrow. I plan to drive it a couple of miles away and park it for the night to return it in the morning (and pick up the next one). I’ll let you know how it goes and I’ll specifically ask if CDW is included.
Why not just do 1/2 hour rentals? Why risk the car getting dinged/stolen/etc while parked overnight?
Someone on FlyerTalk did this a few years back when they had this promotion before. He found a cheap rental in Maderia that was renting cars for €11.30 out the door and did 37 rentals in a 2 day period. He got his miles as well.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-reports/1708084-37-rental-cars-2-days-185-000-miles.html
Are you sure the cars are non-refundable? I am able to reserve cars without pre-paying using hte web page.
If you’re seeing something different, great! All of the cities I tried looked like the pic above — they said “Save $, Pay now” with no “Pay Later” option. Lucky’s example was the same. However, I see that MMS has a picture with a Pay Later option. I tried a number of cities and haven’t seen one with a Pay Later option yet — but I’ll find one and update the post. Thanks for commenting!
If you click the pay now button initially it takes you to a page that gives you the option to pay later.
I’m not sure if this term was on the webpage when you wrote this post, but now it says:
•Hertz reserves the right to change or remove this promotion at any time.
If they just added that, it’s a very, very bad sign.
Yes, it was in there. Lucky has the terms copied at One Mile at a Time, and that line was there. That’s common — the terms for most promotions or just about any loyalty program have similar clauses. Of course, like I said in the post — I don’t know that this will pan out. I wouldn’t be shocked if it doesn’t or is a a hassle. But there are at least a number of blogs out there with screen shots of the terms and they haven’t pulled the promotion yet. Like I said, definitely a gamble — but I’m game, so I thought it was worth sharing for those who are.