National Car Rental

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National Car Rental is a rental car company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. National was founded by 24 independent rental car agents on August 27, 1947. It has grown from 60 locations in the United States in 1947 to over 2000 locations worldwide as of 2005. It's Head Office in the UK is in Leicester. Since 1987 it has marketed the Emerald Club to its renters, which was the first such program in the car rental industry. See below for more of an explanation.

National is owned by Vanguard Car Rental USA Inc., which also owns Alamo Rent A Car.

1 Emerald Club
- 1.1 Benefits
2 Vehicle types
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Emerald Club

One of the rules for keeping membership is that one rental must be completed within each calendar year.

There are 3 levels of membership in the Emerald Club. To pass to one or the other you must first pass certain yearly milestones which are as follows:

Emerald Club Must rent 1-11 times or one for this many days: 1-39

Emerald Club Executive Must rent 12-24 times or one for this many days: 40-84

Emerald Club Executive Elite Must rent 25+ times or one for this many days: 85+

[edit] Benefits

Members receive one credit for each vehicle rental or every 4 consecutive days of vehicle rentals. Credits can be redeemed for free rental day depending on the membership level.

[edit] Emerald Club

7 Credits needed to redeem one rental day

[edit] Executive

All the benefits of Emerald plus:
Renter is always charged the rate of the next lower class of vehicle. For this to apply however, a full sized car or higher must be rented.
6 Credits needed to redeem one rental day