Originally Posted by
makos
Though the easiest way to avoid it is just to use pre-pay option.
You can't rely on the pre-pay option always being available, though. It depends on many factors, including possibly things like far ahead you're reserving, and which exact location your reservation is at. I only see it up come up on a small fraction of the Avis rentals I'm looking up (most often the ones I'm looking far far in advance).
Originally Posted by
makos
Also just to note, if you are Preferred you wont be asked to opt in/out from DCC during pick up. You have to set DCC settings on Avis' website in your Preferred account settings!
Thanks, I didn't realize they'd added that on their website. (Years ago, when they starting using DCC, you had to
call to get it turned off, if it got turned on somehow.)
Joining Preferred is free, so that may be easier, in that it works for all rentals, no matter how soon before the rental start you make the reservation (which may be a case where prepaid rentals are rarely if ever available).
Also, speaking of Avis Preferred: The next step is Avis First, but you can't qualify for that with pre-pay rentals, according to:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/avis/...l#post20938318 (link to start of discussion at post 21)