Originally Posted by
angel.x.martinez
Can this fee be waived?
Sure. Don't rent at the airport.
Of course, then you have to pay your costs of getting to the off-airport location. Likely much more than that fee.
And then you have to pay the often-higher rates at a non-airport location (because of less competition). Like much more than that fee.
Everything that is charged by a non-govenment entity is called a fee. (Even some things that are charged by a government entity, but aren't techincally taxes, are also thus called fees.) Just because it's a fee doesn't mean Avis made it up; it may be imposed on all rental companies that have booths at that airport.