yngdiego

Good to know! I got a Caddy XTS. Didn't know something better could be had. Next time I'll try and get something better.

DEN ConsultMonkey

AUS is BRUTAL. I am constantly assigned Hyundais, so many that it is at the point where I don't have the time or patience to even try to talk to them about it. It always makes me chuckle when this is my experience & one of the interns pulls up in a mustang conv or something decidedly better.

stimpy

That works for me too, even as a Pres Club member at LAX. And I do the same thing with Hertz except with Hertz they color code the contract jacket. So I just hold that up and someone runs over to drive me to the airport. ^

IAHtraveler

Which Hyundai? There are very few cars in the fleet I'd take over a Genesis.

DiverDave

I can usually talk them into a BMW 5 series or SUV. They aren't top of the line, but they drive pretty well and I have driven them enough that it doesn't take me 15 minutes to figure out how to drive the car off the lot.

Sometimes the car hasn't been washed, but I don't care. Then I usually hand over a $20 tip, well worth it since I usually rent for 2-3 weeks at a time.

But they do get a lot of CHM members. Once I was told sometimes as many as 10 per day.

David

IAHtraveler

Yeah, Avis has different jackets too. But it's often hard for employees to see it since:
1. They're not looking for them in the rush
2. Hard to see inside the windshield as I approach when the sun glares and/or there are headlights in their face.

Not blaming employees, as they're not at fault. Just looking for better methods.

dungeonlurker

You get rides to the airport as Pres Club?!

stimpy

At LAX I do. I recall getting it at one or two other large airports like ORD, but it's been a while since most all my corporate bookings have to be through Hertz these days. For personal booking in the USA I prefer Avis.

dungeonlurker

Interesting. Lucky you haha. I just did ORD this weekend and didn't get anything of the sort.

pseudoswede

I'm three rentals away from Preferred Plus. I have switched three upcoming rentals to Avis (I'm already Hertz President's Circle). How quickly does the status change? I have a fourth rental eight days after my third rental; I'm hoping to upgrade from the minivan I have rented to a 7-passenger SUV. Wishful thinking?

megalab

Depends from where. At LAX I had a 7-passanger SUV instead of a minivan waiting for me. At PHX they wouldn't upgrade from our minivan to one of the many SUVs on the lot even when I insisted.

pseudoswede

I'm a bit hopeful, then. This would be at SNA.

cesc

I am preferred plus and had booked a premium vehicle at Wilmington Amtrak station. Was given a Taurus limited but saw a Volvo XC60 and enquired if I could be upgraded to that. Counter staff told me that the XC60 was available - and also that it was only one class higher - but preferred plus upgrade only applies from economy through full size vehicles. Is that true?

rasheed

My small exit gate receipt when I picked up a car says I am PC, but still appear as PP on the website (nor have received any mailed packet as yet).

I think it is possible I might have received the status based on 2016 activity, but I don't know. Are there others who have seen any new status on the receipt of late?

I think what it says on the closing receipt when I return the car might help confirm if i am really PC or still just PP. I guess I could call, but I don't usually do so. Maybe I will see a packet in the mail?

Frankly, I am not really sure what type of service difference I would have anyway (perhaps a better pre-assigned car that I would still change in the app?).

Edit: Just got a renewal email on Preferred Plus, so not sure what that PC indication on the check-out receipt is about.

Rasheed

megalab

According to Avis Preferred Plus Terms & Conditions
... One-car-class upgrade is based on availability; maximum upgrade is to a premium car class.

Sounds like they were being stingy.