Originally Posted by
spainflyer
Just rented a mid-size SUV with pickup and return at BOS for a week in mid-Feb. Hertz price was 663 USD pay now, 851 USD pay later. The Budget web site had the same-type vehicle for 629 USD. Regular Priceline (not NYOP) had it with Budget for 262 USD. Booked it. YMMV.
That kind of price spread between Hertz/Avis and Priceline is increasingly common in my experience. I had a call from an Avis account manager a few months ago asking why I wasn't renting from them more. I said more than half my business was now going to Dollar and/or Priceline because, when Avis rolls out a dirty 50,000 mile car with marginal tires for me, I might as well pay bottom dollar for better.
Update: I have to be in Boston for a Sunday-Monday period at the end of January and booked Alamo via Costco Travel for $32.75 / day, intermediate. Not bad. The Avis and Hertz asks were, like, 2x / 3x more.