Originally Posted by
91StealthES
Agree, it just plain respect and general attitude you have toward the staff. Hell, I hadn't been at LGA for a couple months and I was personally approached by 2 staff member (a hug by one) and the manager. I frequent the location and have always been nice and polite to them and they have always taken care of me, almost 100% without my asking.
I would never pull a DYKWIA and show the app showing my 25+ National rentals or 25+ Hertz rentals already for the year. That's just distasteful, and if I were a staff member, I probably wouldn't upgrade you unless you were genuinely a nice individual as well.
Back to the hype topic. No hype. As mentioned, no real benefit other than faster free days and the capability to have a car delivered to a private airport. Big benefit in my eyes is using the Free Days on any vehicle. When on vacation and using free day certificates, I typically book a luxury SUV and that pretty much gives me pick of the lot wherever I am.
Plus one. I frequent LGA as well and gotten to know a few of them and they are way nicer than the people at JFK with the exception of a few people there. Depends on the people at LGA as well but I have driven out in a Q50 on a lux res there without a fee. As far as nyc goes I find they are more stringent on giving people upgrades but I have gotten good deals on the upgrade.
I've gotten a MB C300 on a lux res, Volvo S60 and a S90 even ( premium elite which is the S90 is classified as). The S90 is even nicely equipped with a few options which I'm going to do a ride report on.