For our Maui trip back in February we rented a large SUV to shuttle us around the island. We picked a 7/8 passenger SUV (Ford Explorer or similar) from Hertz as they had some of the best pricing and we could take advantage of an Aeroplan bonus mile offer for Hertz rentals.
Related: Earning Stories: 2,500 Aeroplan Miles on a Hertz SUV rental in Maui
I put the car rental charges on my Diners Club MasterCard for two reasons. It has no cap on rental car value for the CDW just in case we got an upgrade (and we did, read the related story above!) and the possibility of using Club Rewards points for the charge. In the end I did end up using points for the rental:
That being said, the Club Rewards Program is changing on April 6th and the tailored travel credit drops to a 1.5% return. So that has got me thinking about my main MasterCard choice. It may be time to move to another card but keep this one for car rentals and the airport lounge access. The good thing is you can also convert Club Rewards points to 19 airline and hotel programs at OK but not great ratios unless they run a promotion. For example I did convert Club Rewards points during their last bonus for British Airways where the redemption rate of 1,250 points gave 1,300 Avios instead of 1,000.
Unfortunately the Diners Club Club Rewards MasterCard is not available for new applications but you could use some of the following cards to do the same type of partial (or full) redemption towards the travel charge:
- American Express Gold Rewards Card
- Capital One® Aspire Travel™ World Elite MasterCard®
- mbna Rewards World Elite MasterCard
- Scotiabank Gold American Express Card
- TD First Class Travel Visa Infinite Card
- and more! Simply look for "Any Travel Provider" in the Redemption Centre row of this chart: Travel Points comparison chart
Related: Why proprietary credit card reward programs are the best option for most Canadians
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