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Old Feb 11, 2012, 11:48 am
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Originally Posted by jlawrence01
Do you have access to a CORPORATE RATE with a major corporation? In most cases, there is a provision where you can initiate a one way rental at an increased DAILY rate WITHOUT a drop-off fee.
I own my own company, and Avis has issued us our own AWD code, but it usually has no impact on base rates and sometimes makes things worse. A couple of the AWD codes posted here in the Avis forum are as AutoEnthusiast describes:

Originally Posted by Auto Enthusiast
More common are corporate contracts that give a percentage discount off the higher retail daily rate, or for the largest companies, the same flat daily rate as roundtrip but with a per mile charge.
You get a seriously lowball day rate, but a per-mile charge of $0.30 to $0.38, so on a trip of 1000+ miles it's less advantageous.
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