Free Sixt Platinum card for Club Carlson Gold members and various other hotel elites

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• Ryan says:

  12 May12 May 06:44

  Does this work with the free club Carson gold membership for ALL Amex (not just plat) holders which is still active?

  https://headforpoints.com/2014/04/19/news-from-the-beach-avios-suitcase-tesco-wine-bonus-free-club-carlson-gold/

  Rather broadens the scope of this offer!

  • Rob says:

    12 May12 May 08:22

    Yes – if Carlson is still accepting applications under that Amex link then Sixt will accept a scan of your Carlson card.

• Henry says:

  12 May12 May 07:39

  Ooh excellent, thanks Raffles, this’ll be a boon for our family holiday in South France this summer. We usually use Sixt as they tend to be cheaper and we’ve always found them very helpful and friendly. This’ll be even nicer!

• Mikeact says:

  12 May12 May 07:48

  I was just about to say the same thing. …comparing like for like, my Avis and/or Hertz cards always come out far better price wise.

  • Alan says:

    12 May12 May 08:02

    I must say I was impressed with Hertz on a recent trip. Bypassed a massive queue to go straight to the car lot where they already had my name and car location on the electronic display. Just got in and drove off (although could have swapped for another car in the Gold aisle if I’d wanted). Was a Hertz points redemption and they ended up not charging me any taxes plus it stacked with the 4h Amex Plat benefit 🙂

    • Elena says:

      12 May12 May 22:46

      Alan I agree I had excellent experience with Hertz as well. I think I will be using them again soon.

• pauldb says:

  12 May12 May 08:02

  I’ve used Sixt twice – agree they are often not competitive. Second time around I booked through Orbitz for a lower rate without insurance, and was able to my Sixt Plat number on the Sixt website (and to earn some AA miles).
  Unfortunately neither rental got an upgrade and the mobile app which promises a choice of car offered a choice of just 1. 🙁

• N says:

  12 May12 May 08:28

  If you have Hilton Gold, Club Carlson will status match to their Gold, which gives a route to Sixt Plat.

• Ben E says:

  12 May12 May 11:39

  Managed to get it using an expired Etihad gold

  • pauldb says:

    12 May12 May 16:50

    It does beg the question how do they know. You’d think there are some DPA issues here: are Carlson/Etihad really going to confirm their member’s details to Sixt?

    • Rob says:

      12 May12 May 17:01

      No they don’t. That is why status match promos are always great for people who can use Photoshop!

    • Jeff says:

      12 May12 May 17:02

      They don’t, the card is granted immediately. Meanwhile no checks beyond a cursory glance of an uploaded image (which could easily be doctored) could be performed anyhow. Of course, they weren’t anticipating a mass influx of HfP readers, so they may belatedly revisit this process, assuming it is viewed as a threat to their ‘Platinum’ programme (which I sincerely doubt).

• Mario says:

  12 May12 May 14:48

  I’m getting a “Invalid File Type” when trying to upload the picture! Anyone else getting this?

• thesaver79 says:

  12 May12 May 14:53

  Question around Avios Preferred which you can get with the Amex Platinum. Is it just the standard (lower) Avis Preferred tier? It seems that anyone can join for free here: http://www.avis.co.uk/loyalty

  Am I missing something?

  • Rob says:

    12 May12 May 17:00

    I don’t think so. Amex Preferred used to have either a fee or a minimum number of rentals, can’t remember which, so the Amex offer had value. Then it went free / no minimum rentals! No idea what the Amex deal is, if any!

    • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

      12 May12 May 18:19

      Perhaps it drops you into one of the elite tiers

      http://www.avis.co.uk/new-avis-loyalty/Avis-Preferred-Tiers

      • drphilth says:

        13 May13 May 09:27

        It doesn’t. You get a bog- standard, lowest tier Avis membership. That said, the first time I used it I booked a very cheap compact car via ba.(I’ve found it is often cheaper to book via ba.com rather than Avis.co.uk)
        I got a brand new Audi A1 with 700 miles on the clock. I was quite happy with it – I was expecting a clapped out Renault Clio (which is what I got the second time I tried it – different location though)

        • thesaver79 says:

          13 May13 May 09:28

          I agree, prices on the ba.com site seem to be much cheaper! But I believe the cancellation policy is far less flexible.

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