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Old Jan 26, 2025 | 8:46 pm
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born sleepy
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: SDF/TLV/ATL
Programs: AA EXP, UA LT Ag, Marriott LT Ti, Hyatt Glob, Avis PC, Busted-Knuckles Club.
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Location: ATL
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Received: First car or second car?

My name is not on the board and the app isn't doing anything other than throwing error messages. It turns out that my new state puts dashes in the license number which I dutifully put into my Avis profile once I got the new one. Well, their system cannot handle any characters other than letters and numbers because the agent at the kiosk said that's why my name wasn't on the board. Oh thanks, wish someone would've told me that last summer... anyway, "we're not doing upgrades tonight." There's about oh a thousand cars here but sure, don't bother with honoring status, it's FINE.

Get a newer Mazda 3 which seems nice, and as I left I went to put up the driver's window. It stops and goes back down. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. Clearly the window is jamming and activating the safety, so I took it back and ended up with a newish Hyundai Elantra which feels cheap and flimsy, but it works. And it's been awhile that I've had a car that did not absolutely reek of cigarette or weed smoke, and did not have 70,000mi on it, so there's that going for em.

I never liked Avis but it's been the sole rental co. through three different employers, probably because lowest bidder for the business, and really, after so many broken tired cars and rude, useless agents lately, I despise this company and wish them bankruptcy.
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