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Meanwhile, you don't get miles for Avis' (and maybe others') ANC (Anchorage, Alaska) airport location. So don't assume you always get miles for airport locations!
Ie, which specific airport or non-airport location it is makes more of a difference than just whether it's an airport location or a non-airport location.
That's a bit of a unique case. It's because the franchisee with rights to Alaska (Alaska Rent A Car, Inc., owned by the slightly-loony Halcro family, which has been involved in Alaska politics for many years) is operating under a franchise agreement that dates back to 1955 and which is very generous to the licensee and doesn't require them to participate in basically any of Avis's benefits and programs.
My understanding is that all of the rest of Avis's operations in the US are either corporately owned or "Avis Agency" operations, which are fully integrated into the corporate system.