Originally Posted by
USirritated
An MS Office Professional Product Code, or any Professional Product Code is for the exclusive use of the person who purchased that SOFTWARE LICENSE, and there are all sorts of disclosures which come with that code, both "in the box/packaging" and when the software is loaded/registered. However, an Avis COUPON CODE is totally different, because there are no usage licences involved, and very possibly no disclosures related specifically to that coupon either either (except restrictions on usage, which would preclude it being used in certain types of reservations anyway), so if that COUPON CODE is not meant to be public, then AVIS needs to restrict or change it in some way so as to make it unavailable to the public, and Avis can do that through monitoring on Avis's own computer system. If Avis does not choose to do that, then that would be the choice of Avis, and it would have no impact on anyone else.
My company uses one master MS product code which is for the exclusive use within our organisation. Avis has also given us an specific AWD which is for the exclusive use of our employees.
Same with K444404 which was given to Netjet user (?) by Avis. If this is the case then using this code unauthorised is indeed fraud.
The situation is different if it is a publicly available code for Tourist Offices etc.
You say that if this AWD is not meant to be public then Avis needs to make it unavailable to the public. But AFAIK Avis has not made this AWD available to the public.