{"id":3173,"date":"2014-08-15T10:09:31","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T17:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/?p=3173"},"modified":"2014-08-20T18:13:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T01:13:01","slug":"free-avis-first-premium-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2014\/08\/free-avis-first-premium-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Avis First got me a Premium Upgrade and Free Weekend Rental!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I learned from the<a href=\"http:\/\/quickdeals.frequentmiler.net\/2014\/08\/instant-free-avis-and-national-car.html?utm_source=feedblitz&amp;utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&amp;utm_campaign=frequentmilersquickdeals\" target=\"_blank\"> Frequent Miler Quick Deals <\/a>(which I highly recommend you sign up for)\u00a0that you can get Avis First for free if you have a Mastercard World Elite credit card. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avis.com\/car-rental\/html\/bridge\/preferred\/cwt\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">The link to sign up is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily my Barclays Arrival credit card is a world elite card, so I signed up using the link and entered my credit card information. So what does this mean when renting a car? It means free upgrades when available,\u00a02\u00a0day weekend rental rewards earned with every fourth rental of two or more days,\u00a0dedicated reservation line, and\u00a0you can skip the lines and paperwork and go directly to your waiting car (I hate waiting in lines so this is great!).<\/p>\n<p>Once you sign up online, you will get an email stating that you need to Activate your Avis First membership.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/activate-avis-first.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3181\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/activate-avis-first.png\" alt=\"activate avis first\" width=\"502\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/activate-avis-first.png 502w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/activate-avis-first-300x182.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/activate-avis-first-400x243.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/activate-avis-first-200x121.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/activate-avis-first-150x91.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The great part about this free upgrade is that it comes with a free 2 day weekend coupon. According to the agent, this coupon takes a couple of weeks to post. Also when you sign up now, your Avis First membership will be valid until 12\/31\/2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: I receive my free weekend rental coupon code via email within a week from signing up for Avis first. The email states that the coupon will expire Jan 2015 and it is non transferable.<\/p>\n<p>After I became Avis First, I made my reservation online for an intermediate car, but when I went to pick it up, I got upgraded to a premium car, a 2014 Ford Taurus<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span> LTD FWD with leather<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span>seats and all. Talk about getting spoiled.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/IMG955102.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3174\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/IMG955102.jpg\" alt=\"IMG955102\" width=\"361\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/IMG956412.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3175\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/IMG956412.jpg\" alt=\"IMG956412\" width=\"401\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/Avis-receipt.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3176\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/08\/Avis-receipt.png\" alt=\"Avis receipt\" width=\"397\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/Avis-receipt.png 397w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/Avis-receipt-300x49.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/Avis-receipt-200x32.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/08\/Avis-receipt-150x24.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also a reader reminded me that you can credit your reservation to participating airlines, hotels, and other partners to earn points. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avis.com\/car-rental\/content\/miles-points.ac?navId=T4M07S00\" target=\"_blank\">Here is a list of all their current partners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a World Elite Mastercard, then I recommend signing up for this free Avis First.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I learned from the Frequent Miler Quick Deals (which I highly recommend you sign up for)\u00a0that you can get Avis First for free if you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":3177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[193,192,262],"tags":[600,242,601],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Free Avis First got me a Premium Upgrade and Free Weekend Rental! 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