A friend of mine just returned from an extended stay business trip.  He rented a car for this trip for several months, but the problem is that he never took the time to sign up for the rental car rewards program. Facepalm. (Luckily he did register for his hotel rewards program is now Platinum Elite with IHG. Still!) I hear about this happening far too often—someone is unsure of where or how to find the rewards program information so they just….don’t do it. For a normal short trip or two this wouldn’t be the biggest deal. But my friend was gone for almost six months! My mind can’t even compute all the points that he missed out on.

So in an effort to avoid this happening in the future for any of you, here is a list of the most common reward programs in the US with links to their sign-up page (and additional information, if on a different page), including airlines, hotels, and rental car companies. If I missed one that you use often, please list it in the comments!

Rental Car Companies

• Enterprise (For more information on this program click here)
• Hertz
• Thrifty
• Alamo
• Budget
• National (For more information on this program click here)
• Dollar
• Avis

Airlines

• Delta (For more information on this program click here)
• American Airlines (For more information on this program click here)
• Southwest Airlines (For more information on this program click here)
• United (For more information on this program click here)
• JetBlue (For more information on this program click here)

Hotel Chains

• Ritz-Carlton (For more information on this program click here)
• Starwood (For more information on this program click here)
• Fairmont (For more information on this program click here)
• Hyatt (For more information on this program click here)
• Marriott (For more information on this program click here)
• Best Western (For more information on this program click here)
• Choice Hotels (For more information on this program click here)
• IHG (For more information on this program click here)
• Hilton
• Carlson 
• Wyndham

Readers, did I miss any? Do you have a sad story about how you missed out on a ton of points by not signing up for a rewards program?

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