Originally Posted by
bkafrick
But, on my credit card statement, they billed it in USD. When I called AVIS International Customer Service, they said there was nothing they could do. That my signature on file said I had agreed to the conversion. I told them my profile specifically said not to, and I told the agent picking it up and dropping it off to bill in British Pounds. The phone rep said I would have to opt out of the preferred program in order to avoid the auto conversion; that because I was preferred the contracts are generated automatically that way.
w.t.f?!
That’s my thought, basically the ’only’ thing you could do to avoid this is to pay cash, as I was told at LAX Avis. Who on earth on FT will pay cash? Don’t use them if you don’t like to, or don’t give them your preferred profile when you book your car outside the US. To me it’s a price to pay to be able to swap a better car (for US rentals).
It’s annoying and there is no way to avoid it as preferred.