Originally Posted by
idiosyncrasy
Just picked up my rental booked as CFAR and as Plat. I could've picked a GMC Acadia (which apparently was an SFAR) on the app but was interested in what the counter had, but the Acadia was just given out to the couple before me. At the counter I was told I was being upgraded to a Jeep Compass, which ended up being the very base model and had no backup camera or even auto-headlights. Is a Jeep Compass really an IFAR?
On a side note, with this Jeep rental and my last experience with a Jeep, I don't think I ever want to drive a Jeep again. Absolutely no power, holy cow.
At both LAX and SFO we were supposed to get an Acadia (even checked in with their app), but ended up with some other ridiculous small vehicle (I think it was a BMW X4, hardly any room for suitcases) they considered an "SUV" at LAX, said we were receiving an upgrade, had to then protest and we got a Nissan Pathfinder or something like that.
At SFO, it was beyond crazy - people were lined up outside the small office at the hotel, we waited 2 hours to get our vehicle. Wanted an Acadia, but even though they were coming in and going, all were either assigned or were going to be cleaned.
Then they tried to palm off a Jeep on us as well, but I refused. There were absolutely no choices as they were effectively oversold. Ended up with a Nissan Armada (which was *h u g e*), fine until we traversed the hills in the city - one couldn't see down over the hood, much less down the hill when cresting the top!
The agent at SFO also sold us the Golden Gate Bridge tolll "pass" for the days we were there, lying that the toll was quadruple the amount that it actually was! (We even told him were only crossing it once, and he still pushed this and convinced us by lying to us...)