I liked your upgrade stories and wanted to book a car from Budget for the first time.

See what happened, and system is still not up after hours and hours:

"Technical Difficulties

The online reservations system is currently unavailable. Please call 800/527-0700 to make
a reservation over the phone while our system is unavailable. Or go ahead and take a few
moments to continue browsing at Budget.com and try again. We apologize for the
inconvenience and hope you can complete your reservation with Budget shortly."