$50 off with Thrifty with minimum 2 days renting

[alpink]

Here you go Your $50 car rental saving has landed | Thrifty Car Rental Australia
Your $50 car rental saving has landed | Thrifty Car Rental Australia
Though I can't find if thrifty acceps AX with no surcharge or not, I found 1.5% surcharge on AX but not sure ..
Your $50 car rental saving has landed

As an American Express cardholder who has recently booked with Virgin Australia you are entitled to $50 off rentals of 2 days or more for our intermediate cars or larger.
Book now and take advantage of this great deal!
Simply fill out your rental details on the booking engine on this page to take advantage of this offer.

Terms and Conditions

• Rent a Thrifty car for a minimum of 2 days and receive $50 off.
• Offer valid for completed rentals between 1 December 2012 and 30 April 2013.
• Only one $50 discount per rental period per Cardmember.
• Offer valid for car classes ICAR to IWAR only at participating locations around Australia and subject to availability.
• The $50 off is based on time and kilometre charges only, and excludes GST, optional and extra charges.
• This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion, special offer or corporate rates.
• Drivers must meet the standard age, driver’s licence and credit requirements of Thrifty.
• Standard Rental Agreement conditions apply

 

[AdMEL]

Re: 50$ off with Thrifty with minimum 2 days renting

Thanks for posting! Out of interest, which type of American Express Card(s) do you hold?

 

[alpink]

Re: 50$ off with Thrifty with minimum 2 days renting

platinum edge

 

[oz_mark]

Re: 50$ off with Thrifty with minimum 2 days renting

I suspect, given the validity dates, that this was for the Amexnetwork Amex and Virgin weekly deals promotion that ran last year.

 

[AdMEL]

Re: 50$ off with Thrifty with minimum 2 days renting

platinum edge

Interesting. I have a Platinum Edge and have recently flown Virgin, but have not heard of this offer! Did you receive it via e-mail? Recently?

I forgot to say, welcome!

 

[alpink]

Re: 50$ off with Thrifty with minimum 2 days renting

intense googling that's how I found it.
and it's valid until end of April, too bad I rent a car last week end I did a test and seems to be working. I can't see anything when booking where you can prove you just booked with VA...weird
Still not sure if thrifty acceps AX or not though.
Thanks for the welcome

 

[markis10]

Re: 50$ off with Thrifty with minimum 2 days renting

The 5 day $75 offer is better value if you can fit 5 days in!

 

[alpink]

Re: 50$ off with Thrifty with minimum 2 days renting

it's 85$ ! yeah I agree a lot better, but if you want only a week end you will pay 1 day instead of 2 still good and cheaper than $85

 

[AdMEL]

Re: 50$ off with Thrifty with minimum 2 days renting

Pretty sure I've always paid with Amex. And they wouldn't be offering something like that if they didn't accept Amex for payment!

 

[alpink]

Re: 50$ off with Thrifty with minimum 2 days renting

sure, but maybe they do charge 1.5% for paying by credit card, that's on the FAQ of thrifty website

Are there any additional charges to the rental?
Any additional charges such as Young Driver surcharge, Premium Location Surcharge (as known as Airport Recovery Fee), Vehicle Registration Recovery Fee, Administration Fees and optional extras are all included in your Quote at the time of booking. Other extras such as refuelling or our Pre-paid Fuel service may be applicable at the completion of your rental. A surcharge of 1.5% will apply when paying by credit card.
The 1.5% is calculated on the amount debited on your credit card. The owner of the credit card must be present at the time of vehicle collection. Cash payment is an accepted payment type, however a security bond will be required. Please ask our friendly counter staff for further information.

 

[AdMEL]

Re: 50$ off with Thrifty with minimum 2 days renting

sure, but maybe they do charge 1.5% for paying by credit card, that's on the FAQ of thrifty website

Are there any additional charges to the rental?
Any additional charges such as Young Driver surcharge, Premium Location Surcharge (as known as Airport Recovery Fee), Vehicle Registration Recovery Fee, Administration Fees and optional extras are all included in your Quote at the time of booking. Other extras such as refuelling or our Pre-paid Fuel service may be applicable at the completion of your rental. A surcharge of 1.5% will apply when paying by credit card.
The 1.5% is calculated on the amount debited on your credit card. The owner of the credit card must be present at the time of vehicle collection. Cash payment is an accepted payment type, however a security bond will be required. Please ask our friendly counter staff for further information.

I'm not sure what you're getting at - the website says there will be a credit card surcharge and in the absence of details to the contrary, I would expect the surcharge to be the same, whether you use a mastercard/visa, or amex.

One thing to note - the surcharge of 1.5% is subject to GST, so it effectively is a 1.65% surcharge.