Yeah, we'll score at some point or another. I think you've got know when to pull back when an offer clearly is not going to work out for you, though. I'm thinking of the hoped for Boston rental here. Something else will turn up. This seems to be a good time for promotions and deals. I'm keeping my eyes open, anyway.

Remember, you can only book for a pick up on the 8th, 9th or 10th and the earliest day of return is the 11th.

During the day I was thinking it must be some sort of typo, and I came home tonight half expecting it to be sorted, corrected to 1,800 Avios or something similar. But reading it again, there is no way it is a typo, because the 18,000 figure is mentioned several times over. I suspect Avis has got a surplus of Avios that they bought and they are looking at ways to offload them. So there might be more offers coming up.

For me, down in French speaking Switzerland, rentals are not so cheap at EUR110-139 (but even at that price it's a bargain!). So I had a look over the border at Lörrach in Germany, by Basel, and a 3 day C rental came in at EUR90. Not so bad, but then I looked at Mulhouse in nearby France, and I found one at EUR67. You've got to remember, each time you do a search, the booking engine seems to default to a Group B car. I didn't notice the first couple of times, so watch out for that.