Originally Posted by
rockycfc
Hi There
I am from New Zealand, and the company I work for has an AWD code we can use. When I use that code in the avis.com site (rather than the local .co.nz site) and set my place of residence as NZ I get one price which seems similar to rack, maybe a small discount.
However if I leave at the default "I am a US resident" I get a substantial discount on this.
Now, my question is I am not a US resident, will they check this when I pick the car up and ping me for a higher rate?
You might want to get an Avis Wizard number (they are free. go to
https://secure.avis.com/programs_and...umber_app.html to apply). That way, at major airports you can totally bypass the counter and the first person who sees your drivers license will be the person at the gate who has no idea about your rate and doesn't care about anything other than that your name and the car you're in both match the contract.
That said, you might want to put a US based address (friend? office? anything?) in your Wizard profile, since giving the NZ address there and then checking the "I am a US resident" box is rather contradictory. But your profile address doesn't have to match your drivers license - for example, my profile address is my office, which is in a totally different state from where my license is issued.