Originally Posted by nacho

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.