Here is an ongoing promotion for the entire year of 2011. Simply rent a car at Budget car rentals and you can collect bonus airmiles on top of your normal base reward miles.


Rental #1: 15 base Air Miles + 10 Bonus Air Miles = 25
Rental #2: 15 base Air Miles + 15 Bonus Air Miles = 30
Rental #3: 15 base Air Miles + 35 Bonus Air Miles = 50
Rental #4: 15 base Air Miles + 45 Bonus Air Miles = 60
Rental #5: 15 base Air Miles + 55 Bonus Air Miles = 70
Rental #6: 15 base Air Miles + 70 Bonus Air Miles = 85
Total = 320 Airmiles with a bonus of 230 airmiles!

The 'fine' print
Only valid at participating locations in Canada and the US.
No need to present a coupon.
Bonus Air Miles awarded once per completed and qualifying rental.
Base Airmiles collected at 1 for every $10 spent up to a max of 100 per rental.

With this deal it makes it worth it to at least price-comparison shop at Budget Rent-a-car for your next Car Rental!

Simply book online at Budget.com or call at 1-877-467-2328.

Click Here to Print the coupons (PDF)

When spending your hard earned air miles don't use them for a car rental! Here's why!

When renting a car you have to pay for two things: the car rental and insurance. You don't 'have' to get the insurance but it's definitely the 'smart' thing to do otherwise if there is an accident you will be paying for it out of your pocket. Sometimes this insurance can cost more than the car rental itself!

However, some credit cards (like this one) have an added bonus of car rental collision insurance as part of the credit card. For example: the Platinum American Express Airmiles Credit card states as part of their promoional package that "Car Rental Theft and Damage Insurance" is included!

When renting a car with your airmiles you can't use your credit card to cover the collision insurance. This is because you need to book and pay with your credit card for it to be valid. Therefore, if you're booking with your airmiles you have to pay for the insurance out of your pocket. However, if you would book (and pay) with your credit card you only pay for the car rental. Often these two will be the same price (if not more for the insurance).

For Example: Renting a car in Vancouver for a week in October will cost you $292.02 (after taxes). The insurance will cost approximately $24.95/day. This works out to $175 in insurance costs! So if you were booking with airmiles it would cost you the air miles PLUS $175!!! If you simply rented with your platinum credit card it'll cost you $292 and not the $175!

Note 1: The liability insurance is usually covered by your own car insurance. Be sure to check with your insurance provider on this prior to renting the car.

Note 2: I find travelocity.ca to be the best place for booking car rentals as they make a cool table with all the car prices and dealers.

*** note: I'm not an expert on insurance and/or credit card fine print..... Take the advice above as a guideline and do your own do diligence when dealing with scary things like insurance.

This coupon will get you Double Airmiles Reward miles until December 15th when booking a car rental at Budget-Rent-A-Car. Remember, you get 1 airmiles reward mile for every $10 you spend at Budget.

Earn up to 120 Airmiles (triple reward miles) on a rental of a National Car or Truck Rental.

The second one I may have missed and is pretty cool. Get 10 times the airmiles this Saturday at Rexall with a minimum $50.00 purchase. This Saturday (October 25th) only!

Rent from Budget between September 22 and December 15, 2008 and you can earn DOUBLE AIR MILES reward miles.  Quote coupon # UCNZ042 / DBL-0392 at time of reservation and present coupon at time of rental.

The coupon is located here so be sure to print it before arriving at the rental car place.

Budget Car Rental

Present this coupon when booking for 2 consecutive days and earn 15 airmiles.

National Car Rental

Earn Triple airmiles Reward Miles when booking for 2 consecutive days. When reserving use coupon code: NB1Z22AJV

Remember that when booking a car rental to always check your options. I personally use Expedia to check my options you know the whole Your Trip, Your Way at Expedia.ca. This usually gives me a good idea of what car rental agencies will be the most expensive during that time.

Finally, for those with kids Toys'R'us are having a 25% off of their clearance merchandise sale this week. It's definitely worth checking out if you need some kids stuff. Take an Additional 25% off Clearance items. Limited Time Only!