Originally Posted by
Auto Enthusiast
This is a manifestation of one of the core problems with Sixt's branding, at least in the US. If you read their investor reports, they claim to position themselves as offering affordable luxury. They claim they are not a premium brand, but a discounter offering premium vehicles.
This is resulting in a lot of confusion in the US. If someone reserves a BMW, they probably expect a certain customer experience, even if they paid much less than the $250/day rate or whatever someone like Avis would charge. Then the customer sees policies that remind them of renting an econobox from Enterprise or Rent a Wreck. I don't know how Sixt can or will try to resolve this paradox. But if they're serious about understanding, and conforming, to the demands of the American market, I think they need to, and soon.
Even an econobox rental from Enterprise or Alamo won't give you such draconian restrictions on where you can drive.
It doesn't even make any sense, if it was purely the case that Sixt didn't want broken down cars 2000 miles from the nearest office it would make perfect sense but it makes no sense at all that you can rent a car in Phoenix and take it to Denver and Los Angeles but if you rent a car in Los Angeles you can't take it to Denver at all.
I gave up in the end and stuck with National who don't care where you go as long as you don't go to Mexico, which is entirely fair enough.