Originally Posted by
Wiggums
Once in a while, I'd see cars from AZ or NV. It was about five years ago when I really wanted the Park Avenue, and there was one there with AZ plates in LAX, the agent said no because it was AZ plated. I wound up with a CA-plated Cadillac.
Were you ever able to rent the cars with non-CA plates in CA? Maybe rules have changed recently - and it was a few months ago when I got a NV-plated car in SNA.
Hmm. That's weird. I know sometimes cars can't be given out because they need service, which has happened to me several times. (when I had an upgrade coupon, grrr
) I don't know why they wouldn't give out an AZ or NV vehicle otherwise. As you said, they gave one to you at another CA airport. Another poster once mentioned getting an AZ car in PHL that wasn't in good shape. It sounds like maybe the car you wanted just came in from a one-way and the computer says it needs to go for an oil change.
I saw guests at my San Francisco hotel driving rental cars (barcode stickers on the rear window) registered in AZ, NV, NJ, and MD. In NY, I've been given cars from across the country. At my hotel here in Miami, I just saw two TX-plated rentals, one from MA, one from NJ, one from CT, and one even from MN and IL.
As for the European system, I'm no legal expert, but that was just what I heard on this forum in another thread.