Originally Posted by
Tuneman1984
On occasion I have seen Thrifty go the Avis/National route of charging a high daily rate with no drop fee, though this is typically between major centres in close proximetry (e.g. Calgary-Edmonton). So if your rate was $194.49/day plus taxes, you'd only pay the taxes.
This may be a Canadian thing. I haven't seen this to be the case in the U.S.