Over a year ago, I won a 1-week condo stay in Sedona, Arizona. It only includes the condo and we are roughly 1,600 miles from there so driving isn't going to work this time (too much time off work). We needed plane tickets and a car. I waited until my price came up for the plane tickets and didn't look back since. But the car rental? I kept seeing $44/day as the lowest price and that just isn't good enough. Especially since I've been couponing for almost a year now, I know there's deals out there that I wasn't seeing.
Tonight, I booked our car rental, a standard sized car for $13/day with unlimited miles.
Plus, I'll get 4% back through ebates.
Plus, I'll get 2 miles for ever $1 charged on my rewards credit card.
So for every day of rental, I'll save $31 from the lowest price, earn $ .52 cash and 26 mile points
= $248 savings, $4.16 cash, 208 miles
