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Old Jun 30, 2021 | 4:05 am
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CalItalian
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Was at LAX on Tuesday, June 29, at about 2:15 pm. PC was fully packed. Every single vehicle was a midsized SUV. No other kinds of vehicles at all. No luxury brands. Most appeared to be fairly new. Nothing exceptional but I'm always on the lookout for out of state license plates as the station manager loves to get rid of them in PC. Most times they are the best choices in PC & again that was true. I took a brand new (2500 miles) Illinois plated 2021 Ford Edge Titanium with full leather, about every electronic control option Ford has plus active, free SiriusXM (in a 90 day free trial period verified by a countdown of days left on the in-dash screen subscription setting).

I was in a bit of a rush so sorry no pics this time but LAX was packed to the rafters with all kinds of vehicles, many brand new. 5* was also full.

For those that know President's Circle at LAX, there use to be 3 full lanes & 2 partial (about 2/3 each) lanes for PC vehicles. Now, there are only 3 full lanes. The former two partial lanes close to the gold office are now reserved & upgrades only. So, there are fewer slots now for PC vehicles.

Hertz was running consolidated Hertz/Dollar/Thrifty buses (Hertz buses) during most of Covid. Dollar/Thrifty now share Dollar buses & so those customers no longer use the Hertz buses.

It was busy at the time I rented. 3 agents in the Gold Office. Couple of customers in line and all agents helping customers. All the long time agents that I've known for decades are back.

Regular office is a zoo like I've never seen before. Customers lined up outside the door for Dollar/Thrifty. At least 30 customers in line for Hertz area.

All of the gates were open so leaving the facility was a breeze. No line at all.
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