Originally Posted by
demue
With all the trouble at LAX, it may have been easier to try to negotiate a buy up for some extra insurance options over car class changes to make a Audi, Merc, BMW "appear" as they get commission on those and can make their targets which has worked well for me in such situations and provides some value vs. a (bogus) upgrade fee. YMMV.
I personally worry about that. I have a LAX rental coming up in a week (2 weeks LCAR) and got the pre-paid deal through a European Sixt site with all insurances already included. This means I don't really have any chips to bargain with if I'm assigned a vehicle I don't like. Of course, I could always try to negotiate them on the upsell, but that doesn't work for in-class upgrades I presume. On the other hand, I guess if there is more than one LCAR available I might be able to swap around for the specific model that best suits me.
Curious to see what will happen
Arriving at about 8PM on a Friday, wonder what the availability will be like.