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Originally Posted by JonDuke

Just learned this a few days ago:

If you are a top tier member for various hotel chains or airlines, you can use that status to be matched by car rental places like National. Usually its hotel A will match your status with hotel B but or rental A will match your status with rental B but this is Rental A will match your status from Hotel or airline, which I think is neat and wish I knew it sooner.

I travel lots and am platinum with Westjet and top tier with 5 different hotels.
I submitted my status from a hotel and WJ together and was given the Executive Elite level for National car rental. The whole process took less than 24 hours too. I love the Emerald Aisle but am excited to be able to pick from the executive side from now on.

I've had both and Aisle is fine for me. Every now and then there will be something nice in Executive and most stations have just let me take it once I ask.

Originally Posted by Wormius

I wish the status went the other way around! We have it with Enterprise/National, but it only transfers to other rental car agencies, not to hotels or anything.

You aren't missing anything. You earn points faster but the only other benefit to me is guaranteed 4pm checkout without bickering for it. If you stay at the same property often enough with zero status, the staff will remember you and give you whatever you want anyway.