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Old Oct 31, 2013 | 10:58 am
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GNALUZU
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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Originally Posted by jisaac
Maybe status match?
Pretty sure that Avis won't status match into President's Club, but I could be wrong.

Originally Posted by drzoidberg
How do you get upgrades to bmws/xts/specialty cars? My location pretty strict about limiting upgrades to luxury vehicles.
I know that some people call the Chairman number and ask that an upgrade request, for a specific vehicle, be put into the rental notes. I used to do that. I even had one rep read me the current inventory of the location because I was asking what they had on the lot.

Currently, I just shoot off an email to the chairman desk with my rental confirmation number and let them know that I would prefer X car. I always put a line in there that says I know that upgrades are based on availability.

My request is usually for options on a car, not a specific car. For example, I always want to have manufacture installed GPS and working XM because when I am on the road I tend to drive 800-1,200 miles in a week.

I have a pretty good success rate of getting BMWs when I ask for them, but I think it really just depends on the location that you are renting from.
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