Here is Avis' response to my inquiry about renting a car in Spain with liability insurance:

"Thank you for contacting Avis.

Avis rates include, at no additional cost, compulsory car insurance and complementary public liability insurance and surety with unlimited guarantees, as well as insurance coverage for car damage by fire.
Not included in damage to the car due to collision, theft, acts of vandalism, or any theft of personal property, death or injury to the hirer or passengers traveling in the Avis car.

If we can be of further assistance, let us know.

Thank you for choosing Avis.

Shirley/21430322
www.avis.com"

I've been checking some other rental companies and at least one states that the rental includes mandatory liabilty insurance. I assume that if its mandatory and included at one, its mandatory and included at all.

Looks like I'll just book with the D005927 AWD and assume it includes liability coverage.

I don't know if I would just assume that.

I have searched the forums but couldn't find an answer to my question:
I do not own a car, so I don't have any kind of insurance, yet I have a credit card that entitles me to free CDW/LDW whenever I rent a car. When I rent a car in the US - am I covered for liability insurance by the renting company?

Yes, at least according to the email that AVIS sent me above, the liability is built into the price with them -- your CC would function as primary insurance for collision since you don't have any other car insurance policy (if you're just named on another policy, I don't know if that counts as having insurance but maybe check on this with VISA/MC).

Avis insurance in Australia
 

From Avis CS:

Yes when renting in Australia the Avis vehicles come with Unlimited Public Liability and property damage.
Public liability covers injury or death to persons outside the Avis vehicle and Property damage covers damage to property other than the Avis vehicle or renter or passenger's property.

Thank you for choosing Avis.

Stella/12570323

Thanks Stella, but what about the US?

Email her and ask - she responded to me in less than an hour.

My apologies... hehehe... I thought u were Stella. Didn't read it right... Can u plz give me her email address?

Avis homepage>Customer Service>Reservation Questions (or something like that).

let us all know how code d005927 works out - I thought someone mentioned a few pages ago that they had no problem when they used this code or was I imagining that?

I have used this one a couple times, no questions asked.

Thanks for the fast reply! I have made 2 bookings using this code for Naples(Italy) in May as I am not sure yet what size of car I require - is it ok to have two open bookings or should I cancel one before arrival at the airport? What would be great is to pay for the lower priced one only to find they have to upgrade me to a bigger car anyway! It could happen...you never know:) I have not had to leave any credit card number or deposit on these bookings but assume they are "confirmed".

Has anyone else made two booking for the same rental period? I thought I read a post here where someone said they did but I can't find it again!

At least a few people have told me they've used it in Europe without any problems. I'll definitely report back but my trip is also in late May so you might rent before I do...I have also booked 2 reservations but under 2 different names so I don't anticipate any problems -- are you traveling alone? Have a great trip.

You want a bigger car in Italy? Make sure to get extra CDW :p .

The code worked for my res in Australia.

Thanks for your replys guys!

I am not travelling alone but I will be the only driver so I'm not sure if booking in another name would be a good idea in my case...my rental will be 17th-30th May.

Good comment about wanting a bigger car lol! I have been looking at some of the excesses these companies charge and most are huge, 1000 euros not uncommon though to be fair the last time I rented a car in Scotland (from Thrifty) I think the excess was in the region of £600.

I think the avis excess is "only" £220 which seems fair enough but I am not 100% certain of this yet - perhaps an email enquiry would be in order soon.

Still considering whether I should prepay for the cheaper car(@ avis.co.uk) and then still have the option of having the larger car when I get there. The group E car is normally £406 reduced to £250 (was £259 a few days ago!) and the group G car was £515 reduced to £315. Big difference as you can see.

Found this link from the travelsupermarket site - they want £309 for an Alfa 147 group D car which is pretty expensive.

YOUR RENTAL FROM AVIS INCLUDES

* Sales tax as of Booking Date: 24-Mar-2006. Airport Surcharge for rentals commencing at an airport location.
* Unlimited mileage and fire insurance. Liability Insurance for injuries or damages to persons or things outside the vehicle.
* Rental includes Collision Damage coverage and Theft Protection for the vehicle. Rental limits potential vehicle damage or loss liability to an excess of approx. GBP 220

Hey everyone,

I had autoeurope.com match my AVIS rate -- I also prepaid and so it eliminated any issue with the AWD code which doesn't appear anywhere on my payment voucher. You can cancel anytime with Autoeurope without penalty but the prepayment is reassuring me that I'll get my car at this rate. Autoeurope actually contracts avis and hertz so it's the same locations and car as on my AVIS reservation.

Just get a quote from Autoeurope (one of the most popular car rental agencies in Europe) and then there's a "best rate" link. The form asks you for info from your AVIS reservation but it doesn't ask about any code you might have used to get the rate (obviously don't mention it). Autoeurope sent me a revised quote that beat the Avis rate (AWD D005927) by $5.00 and then asks for prepayment info (remember to use the CC that will give you CDW coverage). One caveat -- autoeurope charges for an additional driver so this is an additional surcharge you'll have to pay when you pick up.

D005927 (which is it)
 

Anybody used the D005927 without any proof of ID?
Is it safe to use? What is this from ?
It get a good price for rental in France

I have used D005927 (and 5297) in recent history (i.e., last six months) in both USA and Europe with no questions asked. As always, YMMV.

Read back through this thread and you'll see that the code derives from some sports association and many people have used it successfully.

can you recall which page of the thread as I have read most of this thread and have not seen any ref to a sports assoc.

Why is the search tool here so lousy as well - it is really difficult to match phrases etc...

I believe D005297 is the sports one. D005927 I think was discovered accidentally when I mis-typed the former code trying to reserve my dad a car. I have no idea where it comes from, but the one or two times I used it no ID was required.

Posts 346, 389... research takes time.
Agreed! on the worthless search tool!

As one poster said, if questioned just tell the Avis agent that an airline employee or some travel agent told you to use the number.

Since I know its got something to do with sports I'll just say I got it from ski area I ski patrol at.

Thanks for that! Saved me a long reread through the forum, hope that this code is around for a good while longer:)

Confirm that 5297 is good
 

I and some colleagues have also used 5297 on several occasions in France and Scandinavia, with no questions asked.

Glad to hear of your experiences - thanks for that.

I hate to ask anyone to do volunteer work for me (although since I do try to contribute useful info on flyertalk, I only feel half bad ;) ), but this forum would really benefit from a sticky post summarizing the various discount codes and their likely effectiveness, source and "legality." I did see that somebody tried this a few pages back on this thread. With over 100,000 hits, obviously many, many people (including me!) rely on this thread for help. If there's an "Avis expert" who would like to undertake this effort, I think there are many of us who would be forever in your debt. Thanks!

USAA just sent me AWD A177204. For a domestic reservation I just made, it beat the other recently posted codes, including the sports association. YMMV.

I doubt anyone would be questioned using this one. USAA is a large insurance company, and while it was originally restricted to military officers, the membership requirements are now so broad that practically anyone could be a plausible member.

car hire in Italy
 

I have been using D005591 consistently for car hire in Italy (7 times during the past year). It has always given me a massive 40% discount! Where they show the rate in the invoice it comes up as Euro Supervalue, whatever that means.

I do not take out any extra insurance with them as I have an annual insurance with http://www.insurance4carhire.com/, which covers me for Europe for one year for £49, which is less than I would pay for the extra insurance for one car hire with Avis. They also do worldwide cover.

My son is also insuranced with them and recently had an accident in Italy. insurance4carhire returned the approx. £1,000 Avis had charged him in excess. They even returned his taxi costs to pick up another car.

what are the benefits to use an Avis AWD code ?
 

especially renting domestically ?

I have tried every possible one (those that are deemed "safe") on our upcoming Hawaii trip (one weekly rental at Maui) - the lowest rate it ever produced, still like $90 higher than a plain Budget rate using either an AA or an UA discount code for an intermediate - what gives ?

I assume renting overseas, such as we will do for a trip to Scotland, using Avis code may produce great savings. I have yet to test them.

But, what is the big deal of these Avis discount codes ? We dont know if they provide CDW or not, if even if they do, when there is really an accident, would it cause problems ?

I hope those who had the misfortunes of having accidents using those codes would post their experiences.

I thought that the Avis excess for Italy was £220 - was the £1000 excess due to your son's age or some other reason? £1000 seems pretty high for an excess in my experience.

It's a game: there's never one car rental company that's always cheapest. These codes usually make Avis competitive with other agencies, or the absolute cheapest. When Avis still isn't competitive, I rent elsewhere.

Don't know what the answer is, he is over 25. I suspect it could be something to do with the discount code. Whatever the reason, it did not cost him anything due to the extra insurance he had taken out, who didn't bat an eyelid at the amount. He also said the insurance company were very easy to deal with.

Re Scotland (also Ireland), the absolute cheapest rates I've found were through Hertz on the RyanAir website - go figure?

Re CDW - just e-mail Avis and ask. They got back to me within an hour.

Thanks for the Scotland info
 

Can one do one-way rental thru RyanAir website ?

Some people on the BMI forum suggested to me to rent one way EDI to MAN as we need to fly to CDG for our return back to U.S.

here is a winer
 

awd t111949

any idea
 

what this code is?

Avis Discount Code in Lebanon???
 

I am planning a trip to Lebanon (BEY) and have tried all the codes, none have worked.

Any suggestions, codes that have worked in BEY???

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