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National Car Rental Emerald Club Loyalty Program Celebrates Milestone
For 35 years, National Car Rental has been offering customer loyalty benefits as a first in the industry.
March 17, 2022
National has been offering loyalty tier extensions throughout the pandemic, most recently extending the Emerald Club’s elite tiers and free days.
Source: National Car Rental
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National Car Rental celebrates the 35th anniversary of its Emerald Club loyalty program. Launched on St. Patrick’s Day in 1987, Emerald Club was one of the first frequent-rental programs in the industry. Today, the Emerald Club has 8.2 million members.
To mark the 35th anniversary milestone, National has launched a new webpage that celebrates the loyalty program’s key milestones and highlights top cultural moments during the years in which the milestones occurred. Additionally, National is unveiling a new Emerald Club logo, which will appear in customer communications and on the website throughout the year.
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