Bloody Avis site was down all day yesterday, Saturday (like FT !!). Also Hertz was down. Only Hertz ticked me off even more, because it would let you go through the whole reservations process and just when you ask the system for a final quote, it would return a "sorry, system is down" message.

Anyways, back to Avis, of all the sites they are the only ones that do not verify the validity of any coupon one uses at the time of reservation. National (my preferred site) and Hertz all check the coupon. The reason this is important is that when you enter a coupon number on the Avis site, it is not guaranteed that that rental location will accept your coupon (some coupons might only be valid at airports locations for example, although it is not stated on the coupon) and you could be put up to some arguing at rental time. When the discount is substantial I now e-mail Avis with the confirmation number for verification. A pain of a process.

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