Thanks for the insight Noah.

I just got online and wanted to let you guys know what I did get.

I reached the Gold Counter and had some small talk and asked them about the reservation and what I could get. I said I had booked a Fullsize but I hated FORD Taurus's. Anything Japanese-ish would be good.

He said he had an Avalon. I asked... what that looked like and before he could reply, I skimmed through the CAR PICTURE FLIP BOOK and noticed Avalon was in the Premium class. i.e. GPS included.

I said, I'll take it.

It was low mileage, close to new, clean, nice all leather interior etc PLUS Hertz Never Lost GPS (something without which LA would have been more crazy than I can ever imagine).

Great drive and a friend said there was amazing LEG ROOM in the back which I verified later when returning at the airport.