Originally Posted by
megalab
Was poking around in my Avis First account looking for any deals for a rental I needed this weekend. Found a free weekend coupon expiring 2/28/15! I have no idea where it came from, except maybe from a rental I made a month ago. Regardless, it was perfect timing; applied it a noon, picked up the car at 1 pm.
I recently completed my fourth rental of 2015 and went looking for my free weekend coupon for a trip at the end of April. Hasn't shown up yet but the Avis First CS rep said "it was being processed, but could take 2-3 weeks." Let's hope it comes through.
I just noticed on the coupon I talk about in the quote that the issue date was Aug 27, 2014, a couple of weeks after I qualified for Avis First. I had applied it to a rental in Nov 2014 that I later cancelled, but it never reappeared in my account. I wanted to use it at the end of Jan 2015 but the Avis First CS said it had expired and no new ones would be issued. Thus, very surprising that it reappeared a month later with a 2/28/15 expiration date.
One more note: While making a reservation on the website today I was shown to be Avis First. When checking something on the mobile app, I noticed my status banner was chanced to Avis Preferred Plus. I recall Avis First in that banner just a few days ago. Looks like something is moving along.