Originally Posted by
dogcanyon
Had an interesting experience with National/Alamo last weekend in West Palm Beach. You check in at the desk inside the airport, but instead of assigning your car there, you just board the shuttle and they drop you off inside the lot at the row corresponding to the size of car that you reserved. The cars already have the keys in them and you just pick the car you want. We had about 10 cars to choose from (probably 4 or 5 different makes). No Priceline discrimination there!
That's standard for many Alamo/National locations.
Originally Posted by
alanh
There was also an agent at Alamo that nagged me about an upgrade, until he finally admitted they didn't have the car I reserved so they'd have to upgrade me for free.
IME, that's normally what it means if the agent is super-adamant about selling you the upgrade; stand your ground and you get the upgrade for free.
Originally Posted by
We Will Never Forget
I've never had Hertz come even close to the Budget or Avis on price though.
I have tried every discount code I could find to throw in the mix, but no luck.
Um, we're talking about Priceline bids here...you don't know which company you get until your price is accepted, and you certainly can't use discount codes!
Originally Posted by
GUWonder
From experiences, first or second-hand:
Hertz is definitely by far and away the best for Priceline; Budget next; and then Alamo.
I have never had any problems with Priceline bids w/Hertz, Budget, or Alamo - all three have done perfectly at least once. The only problematic Priceline rental I had was with Avis, where I returned the car early and their computer automatically charged me the day rate even though the rental was prepaid. I got it sorted out with the customer service folks, but it was a hassle.