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This is a pretty easy way to collect 25k Etihad Guest Miles on a 3 Day Avis. The cool part is you can take advantage of this deal 3 times, meaning you could earn 75k Etihad Guest miles with just 9 Avis car rental days spread across 3 separate rentals. Let’s take a look at the details and how you’d go about using it.
25k Etihad Guest miles Details: Go here to book
- Must be an Etihad Guest Member
- Book between 10/28/22 and 10/31/22
- Rental days start between 11/1/22 and 12/23/22
- must finish by 12/31/22
- Etihad Guest members earn 25k bonus miles on 3 or more rental days on top of base earning
Make sure you select Etihad Guest to accrue miles
Some great Etihad Sweets Spots
Ordinarily when you think of a mileage program, you probably look to fly the airline it’s attached to, and you can definitely use Etihad miles on Etihad. But, the best deals are actually on the partners of Etihad: American, Royal Air Maroc, Oman Air, Air Serbia, and Brussels Airlines
Using Etihad miles on American is simply divine
You’ll need to find AA space bookable by partners, and call into Etihad to book, but these rates are incredible.
- US to Europe/South America
- 50k in Business
- 62.5k in First
- US to Asia
- 50k-55k in Business
- 62.5k to 67.5k in First
One easy way to check if an AA flight is bookable by Etihad is if it’s bookable on the British Airways site:
Other great sweet spots
These are a little bit more niche redemptions, but nonetheless, incredible uses of Etihad miles
Royal Air Maroc
If you’re looking to fly more than 2000 miles ( think New York to Morocco ) this could be a great way to fly. Look for new Dreamliners that feature a 1-2-1 business class cabin you could book for just 44k miles from New York to Casablanca
Oman Air
Oman has one of the business business class products in the sky. Typically, I’d say the best way to book is via Aeroplan, perhaps adding on a leg out of Europe via stopover, but Etihad miles can be used strategically as well. Note this table features city pairs not region or distance.
- London to Muscat – 44k in business
- Paris to Muscat – 42k in business
- Cairo to Musca – just 22k in business class
Brussels Airlines
Again, similar to Oman Air, these are city pairs. Brussles Airlines has an OK business class product, but for these rates, pretty hard to deny the value. Fly from DC or NYC in business class to Europe for just 44k miles…37k with a 20% bonus.
- This Promotion is open to Etihad Guest members (“Eligible Participants”)
- This Promotion is valid for residents globally and for rentals in Avis participating locations.
- This Promotion is valid for reservations made from 28 October 2022, 12:00:01 AM GST to 31 October 2022, 11:59:59 PM GST and car pick-ups from 1 November 2022 to 23 December 2022. Rentals must be completed latest on 31 December 2022.
- Etihad Guest members can earn 25,000 bonus Etihad Guest Miles per eligible rental during the promotion period, on top of base earning per USD spent.
- Etihad Guest members can earn base earning per USD spent as below –
Bronze Members will earn 3 miles per USD spent
Silver Members will earn 3 miles per USD spent
Gold Members will earn 4 miles per USD spent
Platinum Members will earn 5 miles per USD spent
Bronze Co-branded Credit Card Members will earn 3.75 miles per USD spent
Silver Co-branded Credit Card Members will earn 3.75 miles per USD spent
Gold Co-branded Credit Card Members will earn 5 miles per USD spent
Platinum Co-branded Credit Card Members will earn 7.5 miles per USD spent - A minimum 3 consecutive rental days is required to earn the bonus miles.
- Etihad Guest members can enjoy up to 15% off during the promotion period.
- This Promotion is valid only for reservations made via www.avisworld.com/etihad.
- The bonus Etihad Guest miles apply to participating Avis locations in the USA (excluding Alaska), Canada, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia (exclude Pacific) only.
- This Promotion is valid for rentals with car group C or above only.
- This Promotion is valid for maximum 3 reservations created during the promotional period.
- Discounts of up to 15% off Avis standard inbound rates is valid worldwide, but level of discount various from country to country and subject to availability.
- Discounts may apply to all rental length (weekend, daily, weekly rates).
- All discounts offer is subject to mandatory surcharges for the full rental duration.
- Discount restrictions may apply at certain times in certain locations.
- Booking confirmation is subject to car availability. 24 hours advance booking prior to the rental car pick-up time is required for the promotion.
- Etihad Guest Miles will be credited to the member’s account 4 to 6 weeks after the completion of each eligible car rental.
- Etihad Guest miles will be awarded on rentals made for a maximum length of 28 consecutive days. Any additional days will not be eligible to earn Etihad Guest miles.
- Miles per USD spent will be awarded on the base rental rate (time and mileage only) and not on taxes, fuel or additional fees.
- Miles can only be earned on one loyalty programme for each qualifying self-drive rental at participating locations.
- Etihad Guest members will be eligible to earn Miles only if the full name in the rental agreement matches the full name in the membership account.
- Renters can only claim Miles for their own rentals, i.e. only one rental at a time. Consecutive or conjunctive rentals will not qualify for Etihad Guest Miles – only the first qualifying rental in such situations will be awarded miles.
- To qualify, rentals must include the Etihad Guest membership number of the first named driver (the “renter) at the time of reservation. The Etihad Guest membership card must be presented at the location during vehicle pick-up.
- Discount and mileage accruals are based strictly on non-contracted rates only.
- Rentals made using Avis contracted (corporate/government) rates/AWDs, chauffeur-drive, or van rentals do not qualify for promotional/bonus Etihad Guest Miles. Travel industry staff rates, replacement/insurance rates, selected association programmes, and net rate programmes do not qualify for this promotion.
- This promotion is not valid on Avis Prestige, Avis Signature Series and Avis Select Series rentals worldwide.
- If any other AWD number is present in the rental booking no bonus Etihad Guest miles will be awarded.
- If any other AWD number is present in a customer’s Avis Preferred profile and this is used in the rental booking no bonus Etihad Guest miles will be awarded and once booked this cannot be reversed.
- Renter must meet standard Avis age, driver and credit requirements and advance booking is required.
- Missing mileage claims must be made within 180 days of the conclusion of each qualifying rental. To claim missing miles, original Car Rental Agreement copy is required. Members are required to retain copies of these until miles are credited to members’ accounts.
- This promotion may not be used in conjunction with any other coupon or promotions, other than those stated on this website.
- Avis and Etihad Guest are not responsible for typographical errors or omissions.
- Avis and Etihad Guest reserve the right to discontinue this offer at any time.
- Avis and other Etihad Guest terms and conditions apply.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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