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National Emerald Club has brought back its popular One Two Free Promotion. The promotion this year will earn you a free day’s rental for every two days of renting a midsize or large car in the US. Similar to last year, the promotion has a whole load of options to pick up extra Emerald Club points.
Key Terms
- Promotion is valid through February 28, 2018
- You must register for the promotion
- Earn a free rental day for every two qualifying rentals
- There are plenty of other options to earn points although some are only open to US residents, or are only valid for activities in the US
- Free Rental Coupons are valid until June 15, 2018
Other Earning Options
There are plenty of other earning options during the promotion, the full list includes:
- Preregistered Rollover Points (U.S. Residents only): Points earned during the 2016 Promotion are rolled over when you register for the 2017 Promotion.
- Redeem a Free Rental Day (U.S. Residents only): One-Time bonus of 300 points when you redeem a Free Rental Day earned during the 2016 ONE TWO FREE® Promotion.
- Mobile App Download: One-time bonus of 25 points when you download the National Car Rental App.
- Mobile App Rental: 75 points when you reserve using the National Car Rental App and complete the rental.
- Refer A Friend (U.S. Residents only): 300 points for each Refer a Friend who enrolls in Emerald Club and completes a Qualifying Rental. Limited to 10 Refer A Friend bonuses for up to 3,000 points.
- Email Opt In: One-time bonus of 50 points when you opt in to receive Emerald Club emails, which provide useful information, special offers and savings opportunities.
- Opt In: Virtual Credentials: One-time bonus of 50 points when you opt in to your next membership kit electronically.
- Weekend Rental: One-time bonus of 100 points when you rent 2-4 days with a Saturday night keep (in addition to the points you earn for completing a Qualifying Rental).
- Weeklong Rental: One-time bonus of 200 points when you rent for 5 days or more (in addition to the points you earn for completing a Qualifying Rental).
- Neighborhood Rental: 200 points when you rent with Enterprise Rent-A-Car at neighborhood locations (i.e., all locations other than airport locations). Limit to 3 bonuses for up to 600 points.
- Emerald Reserve Service (U.S. Residents only): One-time bonus of 25 points when you access the Emerald Reserve Service to receive a specific car class – Convertible, Minivan, SUV or any other vehicle. Available only at major airports throughout US and Canada.
- Latin American or Caribbean Rental (U.S. Residents only): 300 points when you rent at participating locations in Latin America and the Caribbean. To find participating locations, visit our site.
- Rent in Europe: 300 points when you rent at participating locations in Europe (through Enterprise Rent-A-Car). To find participating locations, visit our site.
- Take Our Survey: 50 points when you complete a brief Emerald Club survey.
- Add SiriusXM (U.S. Residents only): One-time bonus of 300 points when you add Sirius XM Satellite Radio to a Qualifying Rental at participating locations in the Continental US (Additional fees apply).
- Earn 5 Bonus Opportunities: One-time bonus of 75 points when you complete any 5 available bonus opportunities on your dashboard.
- Make 3 Rentals: One-time bonus of 100 points when you complete your third Qualifying Rental.
Overall
Although National is not offering a status match like it did last year, this can still be a very lucrative promotion if you regularly hire cars. While the earnings from the rentals are great, the earnings from all the other options can wrack up a serious amount of points relatively rapidly. When you consider that it costs 600 points for a free rental, and thanks to plenty of activities earning bonus points, you can easily earn several days’ free rental over the course of the promotion.
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National is a good rental company. I have used them many times. This promotion is great to attract others from another brand
Great offer. I only use national when they are least expensive. Always found there cars to be clean with no issues
Can you earn multiple bonuses on the same rental? Say I book using the app, purchase the XM radio and keep the rental for a Saturday. Do I get all bonuses?
As I understand the terms, as long as all bonuses are 1-2-Free associated, yes, you can.
Definitely a great promo. Signed up
Perfect since it is a preferred vendor for my business rentals!
Welcome Back 1-2-FREE
I loved this promotion, it was sorely missed
Good offer from what I can see, a free day always comes in handy.
I’m a member of another rental car program and I have trouble redeeming the free rentals with them. Does anyone know if the free rentals are difficult to redeem with national?
Based on my experience, National is straightforward.
I have registered for this offer and completed the short survey,
Is this the best promo for car rentals now?
For an untargeted promo, yes.