$40 Avis coupon for $20 on Groupon

Old Aug 27, 2011, 1:37 am
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$40 Avis coupon for $20 on Groupon

Just saw this on Groupon:

$20 for $40 toward a rental from Avis Car Rental

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Old Aug 27, 2011, 3:43 am
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Have to use their rate code, which means the discount will be off the full retail rate, which as usual for groupon, makes it hard to get a good deal.
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Old Aug 27, 2011, 8:31 am
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What a joke. Reminds me of the retailer who promotes an item "half-off" but, this only after jacking up the price 50% from the day before.
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Old Aug 27, 2011, 1:29 pm
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Yea... I wouldn't waste my $$$$
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Old Aug 27, 2011, 1:58 pm
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I don't see whats wrong with this deal.
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Old Aug 27, 2011, 5:44 pm
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Heres whats wrong

Originally Posted by UA Fan
I don't see whats wrong with this deal.
Using publicly available AWD code to which I am entitled (AARP)plus the coupon that Avis advertises I did a dummy booking for LAX for one week at the end of October I can rent a full size car for $275.00

Without the codes using their site that I must use to be able to use the Groupon deal the rate climbs to $319.00.
Need I go further?
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Old Aug 27, 2011, 9:30 pm
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Originally Posted by darben
Using publicly available AWD code to which I am entitled (AARP)plus the coupon that Avis advertises I did a dummy booking for LAX for one week at the end of October I can rent a full size car for $275.00

Without the codes using their site that I must use to be able to use the Groupon deal the rate climbs to $319.00.
Need I go further?
Depends how you use it.

Now on the other hand, I just did a car search for a weekend getaway (sat morn->monday morn). It came out to $44 . My corporate AWD knocked it down like $3, but I can get the same savings by "pre-paying" which isn't available on my corporate code.

Unless I'm missing something, I'd imagine the rates shown at avis.com with no codes entered are eligible for use on the coupon.
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Old Aug 28, 2011, 2:07 pm
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Just did a dummy booking for the same rental I have in OCT.

Current rental is using A074800. $90 ai (2 days in TPA)

Just by changing the AWD from the Groupon (S666500) it went down another $7 to $83 ai.

Why do I need to buy the goupon? Avis Preferred go straight to your car.

But does the groupon have a coupon code to take another $40 off of that?

And who do you see to give the groupon to?
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Old Aug 30, 2011, 8:58 pm
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Old Sep 1, 2011, 2:01 pm
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available again

For those of you who liked the $20 for $40 deal it is here today

http://www.groupon.com/ch/getaways/d...utm_source=rvs
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Old Dec 31, 2011, 3:07 pm
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Anyone that bought this Groupon trying to make a reservation for next year? I know Groupon's expiration is 12/31/2011 but Avis' paper voucher doesn't have an actual exp date. Btw, some rates are actually great, $45 ai for two days which means $5 after Groupon is presented at the rental counter.
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