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Jan 11, 2014 | 4:45 pm

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Originally Posted by LakeCentralFlyer

If I go to Hotwire or similar sites and price the same class car (standard) I get tons of rates for the same trip for right at $50. Less than half the price on National's website.

Am I missing something here? Is there some secret to get National's rates lower or is that just the price you have to pay if you want to use them? I do like using the Executive Aisle but $50 vs. $115 is quite a steep difference!

I know the feeling, posted about it here in Flyertalk.

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Originally Posted by LakeCentralFlyer

Does everybody else think National is expensive?

for my regular weekend rentals out of ORD I never used to think so, but the past year has been terrible, easily a 30% price jump over previous year's prices. So bad I no longer use them much at all.

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