Earn Double Virgin America Points for Hertz Rentals

Virgin America has added a third rental-car company to its Elevate partner lineup. And as is expected with such tie-ups, there's a bonus on offer to promote the new relationship.

Offer Details

Now, in addition to Avis and Budget, members of Virgin America's Elevate program can earn points when renting from Hertz.

Normal earning rate will be one Elevate point per dollar spent on qualifying rentals. But through December 31, program members will earn double points, plus a 35 percent discount on rentals of two or more days.

Deal or No Deal

By the standards of rental-car promotions, in Elevate and other airline programs, this is not a particularly generous offer. Both Avis and Budget are also offering double Elevate points. Avis matches Hertz's 35 percent discount, and Budget isn't far behind with its own 30 percent discount.

The bigger story here is the growth of Virgin America's program.

With only one major hotel partner (Hilton) and just three airline partners (Virgin Atlantic, V Australia, Virgin Australia), Elevate has a long way to go before attaining the scale of major carriers' programs, which allow members to earn miles at hundreds of partner companies and feature worldwide award opportunities.

The addition of Hertz is another step in the right direction. More steps are needed.

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Comments

[Tim]

35% is good, but still not as good as AAA. I'd love to add to my Virgin America miles, but I'm only a few thousand away from a free ticket on United so I'll stick with that on my upcoming rental.