ten6mom
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Good to know for future- thanks!Sorry I didn't see this post before I posted my previous post. At one week out the price is most likely the price. I find the best prices at about 6-8 weeks out.
Good to know for future- thanks!Sorry I didn't see this post before I posted my previous post. At one week out the price is most likely the price. I find the best prices at about 6-8 weeks out.
LOL. I live in Goodyear. The only time I've had to rent a car in Phoenix is back in 2012 when we lost our keys coming back from Orlando. We had to have our car towed to the car dealership for a new key. Then we had to rent a car home. That is a 600 dollar mistake you don't make again.I am still crossing my fingers for you!
I am doing Costco Travel, booking through Enterprise simply because they're the cheapest one in a reasonable distance from my house. I'm in the Phoenix suburbs but on the far edge of the metro area, so there aren't a ton of convenient pickup locations near me. The location I've been using is near a bunch of car dealerships. It would be more convenient (but much more expensive) to use the smaller airport (not PHX) but I'm all about cost!
I'm in south south south Gilbert, practically on the reservation.LOL. I live in Goodyear. The only time I've had to rent a car in Phoenix is back in 2012 when we lost our keys coming back from Orlando. We had to have our car towed to the car dealership for a new key. Then we had to rent a car home. That is a 600 dollar mistake you don't make again.
Sooo I have a Hilton Amex (and a Hilton Honors account).
I have a newly acquired Amex BBP.
I would like to eventually be able to transfer the MRs to Hilton (sometimes... not always).
If I "link" my Amex to my Hilton Honors, will ALL the MRs I ever earn automatically go there??? (I don't want that). I was getting ready to link it and then I stopped because I basically only want them in very specific situations, not all the time.
Please help me before I screw something up! (I don't have any MRs right now since I haven't had a payment post yet).
Whew! Ok thank you.No they don't go there automatically. You have to go into your AMEX account and tell them to move x number of points over to Hilton (or an airline, etc.)
Yes. It’s just like URs. I have Hyatt, United and SW linked into UR. For MR, I have only used Qantas so far.Whew! Ok thank you.
And presumably I can "link" more than one loyalty program/card to my Amex account and then just transfer MRs to the appropriate program any time I need them?
So did I! We must talk pop tarts way too much!I read that as pop tart
Whew! Ok thank you.
And presumably I can "link" more than one loyalty program/card to my Amex account and then just transfer MRs to the appropriate program any time I need them?
You got a lot of responses but I’ll add on. I rent cars regularly since we drive to the NPs. We put a lot of miles on those cars! Echoing the group.Do any of you use rental cars fairly regularly? Is it normal for the price to fluctuate quite a bit?
Originally I made a reservation for 5 days for my upcoming trip. Last week my friend, who is splitting the cost with me since we always carpool, asked me how much to PayPal me for the car. When I looked up the reservation I discovered I had made it for pickup on the wrong day!! Yikes! So to pick it up a day earlier now went from $234 to $374. Obviously my fault so I quoted her for half the original dollar amount and I will just have to eat the rest.
But, today on a whim I went back and looked and the same rental is down to $337. Obviously I rebooked that and canceled the higher one.
And I feel like on my first rental a few months ago, when I brought the car back, they ended up charging me a bit less LESS than my original reservation stated (which I wasn't going to complain about).
So are rentals cars just... weird in that respect or am I missing something? This is only the third time in recent years I've rented. It just seems odd to me.
Hi, We haven't gotten a new card in years. I've been phasing out our Barclays card (most of our life is on autopay) in favor of our Disney card to use the points to pay off our DVC.
That's great and all, but I figure we're spending enough we should get getting a better deal for ourselves.
We have a trip in May to universal, and I know they have some perks for using an AMEX card, so I'm wondering if there's an AMEX card that has particularly good bonuses? If not, I just want some better way to either get cash back or pay for travel. Worst case we could charge Universal to our Delta card and get something else for charging the rest of our life to.
Do any of you use rental cars fairly regularly? Is it normal for the price to fluctuate quite a bit?
Originally I made a reservation for 5 days for my upcoming trip. Last week my friend, who is splitting the cost with me since we always carpool, asked me how much to PayPal me for the car. When I looked up the reservation I discovered I had made it for pickup on the wrong day!! Yikes! So to pick it up a day earlier now went from $234 to $374. Obviously my fault so I quoted her for half the original dollar amount and I will just have to eat the rest.
But, today on a whim I went back and looked and the same rental is down to $337. Obviously I rebooked that and canceled the higher one.
And I feel like on my first rental a few months ago, when I brought the car back, they ended up charging me a bit less LESS than my original reservation stated (which I wasn't going to complain about).
So are rentals cars just... weird in that respect or am I missing something? This is only the third time in recent years I've rented. It just seems odd to me.
Hi, We haven't gotten a new card in years. I've been phasing out our Barclays card (most of our life is on autopay) in favor of our Disney card to use the points to pay off our DVC.
That's great and all, but I figure we're spending enough we should get getting a better deal for ourselves.
We have a trip in May to universal, and I know they have some perks for using an AMEX card, so I'm wondering if there's an AMEX card that has particularly good bonuses? If not, I just want some better way to either get cash back or pay for travel. Worst case we could charge Universal to our Delta card and get something else for charging the rest of our life to.
So did I! We must talk pop tarts way too much!
I’m sorry I’m so young guys. I’ll try harder to be old next time!!
I am cautiously optimistic
It really looks similar to the DL transformation. I love the new sparkly blue enhancement there. I think that will make Cinderella Castle really pop. I also like the gold! The darker gray bottom has me on the fence. Not sure what that will do with the forced perspective. Only time will tell!