Jan 4, 2016, 10:18 am
Last edit by: IceTrojan
This thread is to provide data points for upgrades at Avis. If you are wondering or would like speculation on what upgrades will be given at a particular location, please visit this thread:
The "2016: What upgrade will I get at Avis?" thread
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Received: (if it differs from the assigned vehicle)
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The "2016: What upgrade will I get at Avis?" thread
Please use this format when posting, to keep it clean:
Location:
Status:
Booked:
Assigned:
Received: (if it differs from the assigned vehicle)
Any other comments.
2016-2017: List Your Upgrades
May 7, 2017, 9:21 am
#361
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Tumi
Programs: DL DM
Posts: 473
A couple of data points:
Location: RSW
Status: Preferred
Booked: Full Size (Chevy Impala)
Received: Infiniti Q40
Location: CVG
Status: Preferred
Booked: Full Size (Chevy Impala)
Received: Nissan Frontier (with only 8 miles!)
Location: CMH
Status: Preferred
Booked: Full Size (Chevy Impala)
Received: Mercedes GLC
Location: RSW
Status: Preferred
Booked: Full Size (Chevy Impala)
Received: Infiniti Q40
Location: CVG
Status: Preferred
Booked: Full Size (Chevy Impala)
Received: Nissan Frontier (with only 8 miles!)
Location: CMH
Status: Preferred
Booked: Full Size (Chevy Impala)
Received: Mercedes GLC
May 7, 2017, 7:26 pm
#362
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Programs: AA Exec Plat, Marriott Plat, Priority Club Plat, HHonors Diamond, Avis CC
Posts: 673
Location: ORD
Status: Chairman
Booked: Full Size
Received: Cadillac XTS
Status: Chairman
Booked: Full Size
Received: Cadillac XTS
May 8, 2017, 6:58 am
#363
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
Programs: AC SE100k, Marriott Titanium, Accor Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 428
Location: YYZ
Status: Preferred
Booked: Intermediate
Received: Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk
(Impressed, fully loaded, under 4k km -- oddly from Quebec... pretty sure I'm getting some rude looks on the 401 around here...)
Status: Preferred
Booked: Intermediate
Received: Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk
(Impressed, fully loaded, under 4k km -- oddly from Quebec... pretty sure I'm getting some rude looks on the 401 around here...)
May 12, 2017, 2:08 am
#364
Join Date: Feb 2017
Programs: Avis Preferred, Spirit Airlines, Delta Skymiles
Posts: 28
Location: YOW
Status: preferred plus
Booked: Impala
Received: Chevy Traverse AWD
What can I say about the Traverse......while i appreciate the upgrade, same quality of materials and exact same parts as GM was using out of the parts bin back in 2000s. Feels and drives the same as a 2006 Impala with the same steering wheel and many of the same partsbin parts.
Status: preferred plus
Booked: Impala
Received: Chevy Traverse AWD
What can I say about the Traverse......while i appreciate the upgrade, same quality of materials and exact same parts as GM was using out of the parts bin back in 2000s. Feels and drives the same as a 2006 Impala with the same steering wheel and many of the same partsbin parts.
May 12, 2017, 4:33 am
#365
Join Date: Feb 2008
Programs: National Executive Elite, Hertz PC, Avis CC, Continental Onepass
Posts: 451
March 18
Location: GSP
Status: Avis CC
Booked: Midsize
Received: BMW X3
April 1
Location: LAX
Status: Avis CC
Booked: Full
Assigned: Cadillac XTS
Received: Mercedes E300
April 30
Location: CLT
Status: Avis CC
Booked: Full
Received: Buick Lacrosse
Location: GSP
Status: Avis CC
Booked: Midsize
Received: BMW X3
April 1
Location: LAX
Status: Avis CC
Booked: Full
Assigned: Cadillac XTS
Received: Mercedes E300
April 30
Location: CLT
Status: Avis CC
Booked: Full
Received: Buick Lacrosse
May 12, 2017, 11:15 am
#366
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: San Marcos, CA
Programs: DL - DM MM / UA - PP / LH - SEN / Marriott - AMB-LTT / Avis - PC
Posts: 342
January 8
Location: FRA
Status: PC
Booked: Full Size
Received: Mercedes Benz E200
April 29
Location: CLD
Status: PC
Booked Economy
Received: Mustang Convertible GT
May 6
Location: CLD
Status: PC
Booked: Economy
Received: BMW 528i
May 10
Location: SLC
Status: PC
Booked: Full
Received: Hyundai Genesis
Location: FRA
Status: PC
Booked: Full Size
Received: Mercedes Benz E200
April 29
Location: CLD
Status: PC
Booked Economy
Received: Mustang Convertible GT
May 6
Location: CLD
Status: PC
Booked: Economy
Received: BMW 528i
May 10
Location: SLC
Status: PC
Booked: Full
Received: Hyundai Genesis
May 13, 2017, 5:47 am
#367
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 7
Location: DEN
Status: Preferred
Booked: Specialty (Ford Mustang)
Received: 2017 Camaro SS (117 miles)
Nice car - everything but leather it seemed. Touchscreen with Apple CarPlay. 455 hp from what I understand.
My biggest complaint is visibility. I'm considering swapping it out due to that.
Status: Preferred
Booked: Specialty (Ford Mustang)
Received: 2017 Camaro SS (117 miles)
Nice car - everything but leather it seemed. Touchscreen with Apple CarPlay. 455 hp from what I understand.
My biggest complaint is visibility. I'm considering swapping it out due to that.
May 13, 2017, 10:23 pm
#368
Join Date: Jan 2013
Programs: Mileage Plus 1K, Alaska 75K Gold, AVIS Presidents Club
Posts: 52
Location: LAX
Status: Presidents
Booked: Full
Assigned: Mercedes GL350
Received: Mercedes GL350
Location: YVR
Status: Presidents
Booked: Full
Assigned: Dodge Challanger
Received: Dodge Challanger
Status: Presidents
Booked: Full
Assigned: Mercedes GL350
Received: Mercedes GL350
Location: YVR
Status: Presidents
Booked: Full
Assigned: Dodge Challanger
Received: Dodge Challanger
May 14, 2017, 1:39 am
#369
Join Date: Feb 2017
Programs: Avis Preferred, Spirit Airlines, Delta Skymiles
Posts: 28
Location: DEN
Status: Preferred
Booked: Specialty (Ford Mustang)
Received: 2017 Camaro SS (117 miles)
Nice car - everything but leather it seemed. Touchscreen with Apple CarPlay. 455 hp from what I understand.
My biggest complaint is visibility. I'm considering swapping it out due to that.
Status: Preferred
Booked: Specialty (Ford Mustang)
Received: 2017 Camaro SS (117 miles)
Nice car - everything but leather it seemed. Touchscreen with Apple CarPlay. 455 hp from what I understand.
My biggest complaint is visibility. I'm considering swapping it out due to that.
May 14, 2017, 10:53 am
#370
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: LHR
Programs: HH D,CC,SPG,AZ: Gold;BA Silver, TK Elite
Posts: 809
Location: ORY
Status: Presidents
Booked: Economy (Corsa or similar)
Assigned: Opel/Vauxhall Astra
Received: Brand new C200 (14km on the odometer) with full specs.
Awesome upgrade, the fact that I was only renting it for a day helped a lot :-)
Status: Presidents
Booked: Economy (Corsa or similar)
Assigned: Opel/Vauxhall Astra
Received: Brand new C200 (14km on the odometer) with full specs.
Awesome upgrade, the fact that I was only renting it for a day helped a lot :-)
May 20, 2017, 7:19 pm
#371
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: LHR
Programs: HH D,CC,SPG,AZ: Gold;BA Silver, TK Elite
Posts: 809
Location: OAK
Status: Presidents
Booked: Full (Fusion or similar)
Assigned: VW Passat
Requested: Chrysler or Charger
Received: Chrysler 300M fully loaded (leather seats, Sirius XM, panoramic sunroof, rearview camera, seat warmer/cooler,...)
Great car to be honest, really liked to drive it on the Highway 1, and other side roads up to Tahoe! Car had ca 6400 miles on the odometer
Status: Presidents
Booked: Full (Fusion or similar)
Assigned: VW Passat
Requested: Chrysler or Charger
Received: Chrysler 300M fully loaded (leather seats, Sirius XM, panoramic sunroof, rearview camera, seat warmer/cooler,...)
Great car to be honest, really liked to drive it on the Highway 1, and other side roads up to Tahoe! Car had ca 6400 miles on the odometer
May 21, 2017, 4:56 pm
#372
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: YVR
Programs: AC SE, HH Gold, Marriott Titanium, National EE, Sixt Platinum, Hertz PC, AVIS PC
Posts: 1,908
Location: YVR
Status: Preferred Plus
Booked: Luxury
Received: Ford Mustang Convertible
A little bittersweet with this one.. although the weather in Vancouver is pretty decent this weekend, I would never think a Mustang was a suitable sub for a Luxury rental. Being a holiday weekend, the lot was pretty empty when I arrived Saturday afternoon - there were a couple BMW sedans, a Jag sedan and a Lincoln cross over.. those were not 'available' to me.
Ron.
Status: Preferred Plus
Booked: Luxury
Received: Ford Mustang Convertible
A little bittersweet with this one.. although the weather in Vancouver is pretty decent this weekend, I would never think a Mustang was a suitable sub for a Luxury rental. Being a holiday weekend, the lot was pretty empty when I arrived Saturday afternoon - there were a couple BMW sedans, a Jag sedan and a Lincoln cross over.. those were not 'available' to me.
Ron.
May 25, 2017, 12:31 pm
#373
Join Date: Aug 2016
Programs: Rapid Rewards, Avis Preferred
Posts: 5
April 20
Location: MEM
Status: Preferred
Booked: Full Size
Assigned: Ford Escape Ecoboost
Received: Ford Escape Ecoboost
I was pleasantly surprised by this car. I've always viewed the Escape as just another bland crossover. I didn't expect the punch that the Ecoboost provided, though. It's not a racecar but from a stop, it'll quickly get you going. Also get pretty good gas mileage, which was appreciated since I drove nearly 1000 miles in a weekend.
April 30
Location: MEM
Status: Preferred
Booked: Compact
Assigned: Kia Soul
Received: Kia Soul
Never been a fan of the look of this car but kept it to see what the hype is about. Drives better than I expected but got worse gas mileage than I expected, too.
May 19
Location: DCA
Status: Preferred
Booked: Convertible
Assigned: Cadillac XTS
Received: Ford Mustang Ecoboost (non-convertible)
I was horribly disappointed by my experience at DCA. Our flight, like every other flight that night, was delayed a couple of hours, causing us to arrive after their midnight closing time. I was flat out told that since it was after midnight, I had no other option and they couldn't work with me. My fiancé and I had to appeal to a couple of people before we were given any other option. It wasn't our fault, after all, that we arrived so late. They finally gave us an option of the Mustang with 22k miles and a dirty interior.
The Cadillac was loaded out and all around seemed to be a really nice car but this was just for two of us with small bags. We didn't need all that car and had specifically booked a convertible because we wanted a convertible. The manager at the location told us that they "only have 2 convertibles and they go fast." He didn't really have a response after we informed him that we had booked it 5 months ago, though. This was my first time driving the redesigned Mustang. It has good power and drives really well. The visibility left a lot to be desired, though.
Location: MEM
Status: Preferred
Booked: Full Size
Assigned: Ford Escape Ecoboost
Received: Ford Escape Ecoboost
I was pleasantly surprised by this car. I've always viewed the Escape as just another bland crossover. I didn't expect the punch that the Ecoboost provided, though. It's not a racecar but from a stop, it'll quickly get you going. Also get pretty good gas mileage, which was appreciated since I drove nearly 1000 miles in a weekend.
April 30
Location: MEM
Status: Preferred
Booked: Compact
Assigned: Kia Soul
Received: Kia Soul
Never been a fan of the look of this car but kept it to see what the hype is about. Drives better than I expected but got worse gas mileage than I expected, too.
May 19
Location: DCA
Status: Preferred
Booked: Convertible
Assigned: Cadillac XTS
Received: Ford Mustang Ecoboost (non-convertible)
I was horribly disappointed by my experience at DCA. Our flight, like every other flight that night, was delayed a couple of hours, causing us to arrive after their midnight closing time. I was flat out told that since it was after midnight, I had no other option and they couldn't work with me. My fiancé and I had to appeal to a couple of people before we were given any other option. It wasn't our fault, after all, that we arrived so late. They finally gave us an option of the Mustang with 22k miles and a dirty interior.
The Cadillac was loaded out and all around seemed to be a really nice car but this was just for two of us with small bags. We didn't need all that car and had specifically booked a convertible because we wanted a convertible. The manager at the location told us that they "only have 2 convertibles and they go fast." He didn't really have a response after we informed him that we had booked it 5 months ago, though. This was my first time driving the redesigned Mustang. It has good power and drives really well. The visibility left a lot to be desired, though.
Last edited by RBD22; May 25, 2017 at 12:50 pm
May 26, 2017, 8:31 am
#374
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: YVR
Programs: AC SE, HH Gold, Marriott Titanium, National EE, Sixt Platinum, Hertz PC, AVIS PC
Posts: 1,908
Location: YVR
Status: Preferred Plus
Booked: Luxury
Received: Ford Mustang Convertible
A little bittersweet with this one.. although the weather in Vancouver is pretty decent this weekend, I would never think a Mustang was a suitable sub for a Luxury rental. Being a holiday weekend, the lot was pretty empty when I arrived Saturday afternoon - there were a couple BMW sedans, a Jag sedan and a Lincoln cross over.. those were not 'available' to me.
Ron.
Status: Preferred Plus
Booked: Luxury
Received: Ford Mustang Convertible
A little bittersweet with this one.. although the weather in Vancouver is pretty decent this weekend, I would never think a Mustang was a suitable sub for a Luxury rental. Being a holiday weekend, the lot was pretty empty when I arrived Saturday afternoon - there were a couple BMW sedans, a Jag sedan and a Lincoln cross over.. those were not 'available' to me.
Ron.
May 19
Location: DCA
Status: Preferred
Booked: Convertible
Assigned: Cadillac XTS
Received: Ford Mustang Ecoboost (non-convertible)
I was horribly disappointed by my experience at DCA. Our flight, like every other flight that night, was delayed a couple of hours, causing us to arrive after their midnight closing time. I was flat out told that since it was after midnight, I had no other option and they couldn't work with me. My fiancé and I had to appeal to a couple of people before we were given any other option. It wasn't our fault, after all, that we arrived so late. They finally gave us an option of the Mustang with 22k miles and a dirty interior.
The Cadillac was loaded out and all around seemed to be a really nice car but this was just for two of us with small bags. We didn't need all that car and had specifically booked a convertible because we wanted a convertible. The manager at the location told us that they "only have 2 convertibles and they go fast." He didn't really have a response after we informed him that we had booked it 5 months ago, though. This was my first time driving the redesigned Mustang. It has good power and drives really well. The visibility left a lot to be desired, though.
Location: DCA
Status: Preferred
Booked: Convertible
Assigned: Cadillac XTS
Received: Ford Mustang Ecoboost (non-convertible)
I was horribly disappointed by my experience at DCA. Our flight, like every other flight that night, was delayed a couple of hours, causing us to arrive after their midnight closing time. I was flat out told that since it was after midnight, I had no other option and they couldn't work with me. My fiancé and I had to appeal to a couple of people before we were given any other option. It wasn't our fault, after all, that we arrived so late. They finally gave us an option of the Mustang with 22k miles and a dirty interior.
The Cadillac was loaded out and all around seemed to be a really nice car but this was just for two of us with small bags. We didn't need all that car and had specifically booked a convertible because we wanted a convertible. The manager at the location told us that they "only have 2 convertibles and they go fast." He didn't really have a response after we informed him that we had booked it 5 months ago, though. This was my first time driving the redesigned Mustang. It has good power and drives really well. The visibility left a lot to be desired, though.
Ron.
May 30, 2017, 3:56 am
#375
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: LHR
Programs: HH D,CC,SPG,AZ: Gold;BA Silver, TK Elite
Posts: 809
Location: CDG
Status: Presidents
Booked: Select series Audi Q2
Assigned: None
Received: Mercedes CLA200d, 9km on the clock
Well, this one was a long one to wait for. Had booked the Q2 due to the excellent fare I got on an auto booking (cheaper than even a group A cat.).
When I arrived at the counter, the lady had trouble processing my rental, so after 15 minutes passed me to a supervisor. Supervisor got me the Q2, but since the car was at another location, had to wait for an hour to get the car.
Finally, when it arrived, it was a manual, not an auto as per booking, so they gave me the brand new CLA instead, 2 h after arriving at the counter
Status: Presidents
Booked: Select series Audi Q2
Assigned: None
Received: Mercedes CLA200d, 9km on the clock
Well, this one was a long one to wait for. Had booked the Q2 due to the excellent fare I got on an auto booking (cheaper than even a group A cat.).
When I arrived at the counter, the lady had trouble processing my rental, so after 15 minutes passed me to a supervisor. Supervisor got me the Q2, but since the car was at another location, had to wait for an hour to get the car.
Finally, when it arrived, it was a manual, not an auto as per booking, so they gave me the brand new CLA instead, 2 h after arriving at the counter