National Car Rental is a rental car company based in Clayton, Missouri. 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. In 1996, National acquired the Canadian fleet and operations of Tilden Rent-a-Car. National is owned by Enterprise Holdings, which also owns Alamo Rent a Car and Enterprise Rent A Car. On August 1, 2007 Enterprise Rent-A-Car assumed control of Vanguard Automotive Group. It was purchased from Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. In 1987, National... launched the Emerald Club, the car rental industry's first membership-based, frequent-renter program aimed at speeding up transactions for business and leisure travellers. Emerald Club membership has four tiers: Emerald Club , Emerald Club Executive , Executive Elite , and Executive VIP, where the higher tiers are reserved for those who rent most frequently from National. Members have the ability to earn credits each time they rent that can be used to earn free rental days.
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