There’s another Turo Amex Offer that could save you money on their alternative rental service. There are also often Chase and Citi offers out there with a similar discount.
The Deal
- Earn 20% back as a one-time statement credit after using your enrolled card to make a single purchase of car rentals online at turo.com by 12/31/2026
- Limit of 1 statement credit, up to a total of $30
- Offer valid for US and Canada reservations only
Key Terms
- Expires December 31st, 2026.
- Only U.S.-issued American Express® Cards are eligible.
- Limit 1 enrolled Card per Card Member across all American Express offer channels.
- Valid online at US or Canada version website turo.com or through the US and Canada version merchant mobile app. Must book directly with Turo.
- Remember to check your insurance policy and/or credit card for rental vehicle coverage.
- Not valid for Turo Shop and Turo gift card transactions.
- Excludes Community Benefits, previously completed trips, and payments made directly to hosts.
- Qualifying purchase means a purchase made directly with Turo during the offer period with your enrolled American Express Card and totaling at least $0.01 USD, as posted to your account following conversion from a foreign currency, if applicable, in accordance with your Cardmember Agreement.
- It is important that you check your eligibility for Car Rental Insurance benefits on your Card, as you may not be eligible for insurance when making a purchase with this offer.
- Please note that vehicle sharing or peer-to-peer arrangements, which allow independent owners to rent personal vehicles, are excluded from coverage under the American Express Car Rental Theft and Damage Insurance, if it is available on your Card. To receive coverage, you may need to purchase insurance through alternative means.
Quick Thoughts
In case you’re not familiar with Turo, it’s like Airbnb for cars. People list their cars on Turo, and you can rent them. Their website and app let you filter by price, vehicle type, make, location, and more.
We had our first experience with Turo when we rented a vehicle for my 40th birthday. The car’s owner was lovely, and we had no problems at all.
It’s not just for driving exotic cars; it can also save you a decent amount of money compared to a regular rental car. My wife and her friend flew out to California to celebrate their 40th birthdays together for a mini road trip along the West Coast. They rented an Audi Convertible for 9 days, and it only cost an average of $47 per day. That was lower than even the cheapest rental cars were going for at the time, let alone how much they would’ve had to pay for a convertible from Hertz, Avis, Budget, etc.
That $47 per day even included Turo’s Standard coverage for physical damage of the vehicle, so if they’d gone for the Minimum plan or declined that coverage altogether, it would’ve been even cheaper.
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Let’s say the offer was available on Chase. The value of that best-in-class CDW is . . . ?
Turo is still in business? I’ve probably rented more cars than 99.99% of Americans and I can’t imagine using them. Lots of things can go wrong renting cars. Just too risky for me.
I’m still amazed this is a business. The two hardest problems to solve while traveling are health issues and transport problems. The chances something will go wrong with a Turo rental is probably 10x that of a reputable car rental agency. And the consequences may be extremely problematic to your trip.It’s literally crazy to use Turo unless every other option is horrible.
I think it depends on the situation. We’ve rented from Turo half a dozen times now and had no issues.
It’s particularly useful if there’s a specific car you want to rent as there’s no guarantee you’ll get that from a rental car company. The price to rent from Turo – even when taking into account the extra cost for insurance – can sometimes be cheaper than from a rental car company.
For the average person, the pickup process is faster with Turo than it is with a rental car company. With Turo, you pick it up at the agreed time and you’re heading away in minutes. Unless you’ve got things set up in order to head straight to the aisle and pick up a car (which your average person renting a car generally doesn’t), the rental car pickup process takes longer.
I’ve also had it where a rental car company didn’t have any cars left, despite having a reservation. That meant I ended up missing out on attending a concert I’d been looking forward to as I wasn’t able to get to the concert venue as a result.
None of this is to say that things can’t/don’t go wrong with Turo rentals. We’ve also rented cars from traditional rental car companies far more than we have with Turo. However, there’s definitely a use case for it for many people.
My one Turo experience (which went fine) was with some guy who was doing it as a business — he had a small fleet of cars which he actually moved around the country based on seasonanility. Not as big as a mega corporation, but not not “one guy with beat up Chevy” either.
Any suggestions on how to use offers on 2 different AMEX cards to save $60 on a $300+ rental? The rental is for 2 weeks and includes a 2 week discount, so I do not want to break into 2 separate, back-to-back rentals. Split payments on Turo do not seem to be possible. And the AMEX terms state Turo gift cards are excluded from the offer. Any other ideas?
I’m not aware of any way to split payment other than doing two separate bookings I’m afraid.
My Amex offer was $20 off from $200 booking. Not as good as shown here but great timing for myself.
I just got my first AMEX. If I don’t see this in my Offers tab of my app, does that mean it’s not available to me?
Most likely. However, Amex Offers have a quirk where you can only see 100 offers at any one time. If you have 100 offers being displayed, you’ll need to load some, then when you refresh (or log back in) you should see more offers in their place. It’s a little frustrating, but it’s something to bear in mind when looking at Amex Offers.
I assume this wouldn’t work for renting through Turo in france? (given the language about the US site)
Does anyone know for sure if the CSR primary rental coverage applies to Turo? If I use my AMEX I can get this $30 credit but would also need some insurance coverage. Might be better off going with CSR if it covers insurance.
I don’t think the CSSR covers Turo as it’s not a regular rental car agency.
this is great for short rental, does the card holder have to be the same as driver?
I believe so, but you can add additional drivers like you can with regular rental car companies.