GLA
Booked CDAR (Citroen C4 or similar)
Received BMW 320d
ABZ
Booked CDAR (Citroen C4 or similar)
Received BMW 218d
other things to note from these two recent experiences:
- Agent at GLA was very nice. Told me that as Sixt Platinum I was entitled to a one category upgrade but he decided to bump me up further.
- On the other hand, agent at ABZ insisted that a Platinum I had no entitlement to an upgrade but only to a discount. He even showed me his computer screen which had a "not entitled to upgrade" note on it - which, to be fair, seems to reflect the Sixt website which says that you need to do 10 rentals in a year to be entitled to upgrades. He tried hard (as with the customer before me) to sell me the full insurance cover, and also offered the BMW 3 series and the Jaguar F Pace as paid upgrades, which I declined. When I asked what I'd get if I declined the pay upgrade he pointed to a Renault outside and said 'something like that', but lo and behold 2 minutes later as he taps away he then says, 'oh actually I can upgrade you to a 2 series'.
- I did a quick walk around of the ABZ SIxt car park and most of the 'standard' cars they had were manual - the only auto I could see that wasn't a higher category was the Skoda Octavia, so I sensed my chances of a complimentary upgrade were quite good.