Originally Posted by
PVDColleen
Hello all!
I have never posted on the AVIS threads, so please forgive if this is a stupid question.
I requested a reservation for 4 days, 20 hours, over a weekend, subcompact, and the quote is $337.00 including tax. HUH?
This past April, I rented from the same location, LAX, had the car for 12 days, and paid $227.00....with an upgraded car.
Does anyone know WHY the big jump? Any ideas how to get a better rate?
Thanks in advance!
4 days and 20 hours is billed as a weekly rate. Anything beyond 4 days and 3 hours is billed by the week.
also, april is a slow season time throughout most of the country. rates back then are almost always lower.
thirdly, april was before the big "adjustment". due to gas prices and economy, april was still "hopeful" for the summer. Reservations booked before April 1 did not have built in gas price spike (not all of it at least), nor the airlines closing up shop (ATA, Aloha) who service the LAX area. So come mid april, there was a glut of cars across the country, which during the summer period was rectified. There are still deals that can be had, but you have to look very very closely.