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Old Nov 6, 2021 | 2:23 pm
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Is Avis dropping AARP?
In the October/November, 2021 issue of AARP Magazine, there is a full-page ad for Budget which contains the following language:

"Budget is the exclusive car rental provider for AARP members." (Emphasis added.)

And yet, the Avis/AARP webpage is still live:

https://www.avis.com/en/association/A359807

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Old Nov 6, 2021 | 6:41 pm
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Well, Avis and Budget are part of the same company (Avis Budget Group). They also own Payless and Zipcar as well. AARP has a deal with all of their affiliated companies. It sounds like the magazine editors just didn't get the memo:

https://www.aarp.org/benefits-discou...t-a-car-10043/
https://www.aarp.org/benefits-discou...t-a-car-10133/
https://www.aarp.org/benefits-discou...payless-10103/
https://www.aarp.org/benefits-discou.../zipcar-10117/
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Old Nov 6, 2021 | 7:25 pm
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Originally Posted by AutoSlash
Well, Avis and Budget are part of the same company (Avis Budget Group). They also own Payless and Zipcar as well. AARP has a deal with all of their affiliated companies. It sounds like the magazine editors just didn't get the memo:

https://www.aarp.org/benefits-discou...t-a-car-10043/
https://www.aarp.org/benefits-discou...t-a-car-10133/
https://www.aarp.org/benefits-discou...payless-10103/
https://www.aarp.org/benefits-discou.../zipcar-10117/
Except that this was a Budget ad. Presumably, it was created by Avis/Budget Group, or their ad agency, not AARP. And there is no Avis ad in the current issue. That's unusual.
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Old Feb 6, 2022 | 6:52 pm
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Interesting because I see the AARP discounts on the Budget page, but no longer any AAA discount. Could it be that the latter is now discontinued?
https://www.budget.com/en/associatio...rtner-sp3-aarp
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Old Feb 7, 2022 | 4:25 am
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Originally Posted by SkyTeam777
Interesting because I see the AARP discounts on the Budget page, but no longer any AAA discount. Could it be that the latter is now discontinued?
https://www.budget.com/en/associatio...rtner-sp3-aarp
AAA was always partnered with Hertz/Dollar/Thrifty. They were never partnered with Avis or Budget.
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