Giveaway: National Car Rental Executive Elite Status

As promised last week, I’m giving one lucky blog reader National Car Rental Emerald Executive Elite status.

As I mentioned, I have Executive status with National myself (but not ‘Executive Elite’).

National’s unique selling proposition is its ‘Emerald Aisle’ where Emerald Club members pick their own car. Just cruise the aisle and pick the one you want from that area of the rental lot, it’s not just about picking the car with the lowest miles or the most prestige on offer but sometimes you want a bigger car for more people or a smaller car for easier parking.

It’s much nicer than getting assigned a car you don’t want, and then queueing for a rental counter agent to beg to be switched to something else. Much faster, too.

Emerald Club <I?Executive members get to pick from the ‘Executive Aisle’ which tends to have a greater, broader selection of better cars.

Here’s a comparison of National’s elite levels.

  • Executive status is earned after 12 rentals or 40 rental days. Regular Emerald Club members earn free rental days every 7 rental credits, Executive members earn free rental days after 6 credits and their free days are valid on a full size car not just a midsize.

  • Executive Elite is earned after 25 rentals or 85 rental days. Every 5 rental credits earns a free rental day, valid for any car that’s available. Executive Elite members also get guaranteed reservations with 24 hours notice. And in practice the treatment received is better than the published benefits, or so Executive Elite members tell me.

Want Executive Elite status for a year?

  • All you need to do to enter is leave a comment to this post, either how you would make use of rental car elite status or what one thing would make the car rental experience better for you?

  • Only enter once. Anyone leaving more than one comment will not be eligible to win.

  • I will draw a winning comment at random using random.org

  • The contest will remain open for entries through Friday, April 29 at 6pm Eastern.

This is a giveaway, I don’t get anything by offering it, all interpretations of rules are mine and it isn’t mean to be a strict terms and conditions just a friendly gesture to benefit readers. If you have a question, please don’t post it as a comment here since you only get one entry! Instead email me.

Enter away, good luck on Executive Elite status, and thanks for the giveaway opportunity, National!

About Gary Leff

Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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Comments

  1. I would put this membership to very good use by taking all those trips I wanted to but couldnt afford to, and in style!

  2. I would love to be able to pick my car… the ‘something like such-and-such car’ descriptions never quite illustrate it properly for me. (plus it would be nice to pick a colour of car too, especially for finding in parking lots)

  3. An extra set of keys and gps with every car would definitely coerce me to use National Car Rental ALL THE TIME 🙂

  4. Would enjoy National Executive Elite status and would make them my company of choice. All car rental companies would do well to innovate – examples of nice perks include Enterprise ‘picking you up’ and the Hertz #1 Club Gold having your card ready for you when you arrive with the your name listed and no lines!

  5. Have gone back and forth between Avis and Hertz for years. Would be nice to try an alternative. BTW. Have not been successful trying to get either of those companies do a status match.

  6. Elite status – yes please. I would love to be able to pick my own car for change. The time wasted at the counter arguing about cars assigned has been getting out of hand….

  7. It would be great to have a layout of the rental agency as part of the confirmation email… save time on arrival!

  8. How could it benefit me? I have an upcoming national rental and to have elite status would be awesome but the best thing would be if all rental companies got rid of one way fees!

  9. Because renting from Hertz was so dreadful when the nearby National was closed. Have exec, but would love exec elite – faster free rentals.

  10. If only all rental car companies offer Emerald Aisle service, that is what I would like to see. Thanks!

  11. I just made the switch from Hertz to National because of how quickly one gets rewards. I travel a lot and the comfort of a nicer vehicle would be even nicer than it is already! Executive elite would mean I get to enjoy my vacations even more, be more comfortable traveling for work, and get free rental days faster, all wonderful things.

  12. Thanks for your giveaways Gary! A better rental experience – How about if they had a universal GPS mount already in the car for those of us that bring our own GPS. (Yeah, I know this won’t happen.)

  13. I’m already Executive, but would love Exec Elite. I have to travel for work all the time, and it seems the Emerald Aisle cars at some places are the Elite cars at others. I’d love to be able to sit in the same car all the time.

  14. I would use the car rental elite status to not worry about booking a specific category, and to try out different categories of cars available in the “Emerald Aisle”!

  15. I am at the Executive level but would love to see what the Executive Elite treats are.

  16. This would get me back to using National. I am an Emerald Club member, but have using Hotwire lately when needing a bigger car.

  17. Hopefully with Executive Elite status I would get a little better treatment when the Emerald Aisle/Executive Aisle is full of minivans or other non-desirable i.e. give me the Caddy you have hidden in back.

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