Originally Posted by
chriswiles
Oddly I'm not a huge fan of Preferred in the US. Why? I find that to speed up pickup, they pre-allocate your car and tell you the bay where it's parked on the Avis app or by email, then you get there and realise you never wanted that car. At least when you queue up you can often pick/choose a car. Or upgrade.
If you don't like the assigned vehicle you can just walk up to the preferred booth (usually close to where the cars are) and ask for something else.