Last edit by: TravelinSperry
As of 2/12/14: We've had quite a few "Hey, come use this AWD. It's great" type of posts. When the AWD doesn't give a good discount, but is only posted to try to get renters to use the AWD of someone so the poster can earn free days from their Avis Corporate account. From here out, please put the company/trade group/etc that's associated with the AWD or we'll delete the post to keep it on-topic here.
Status Match &/or Complimentary Status (only public matches posted where Avis or entity post public links - certain corporations also offer upgrades - they are not listed since they are not public)
Status Match
Status Match &/or Complimentary Status (only public matches posted where Avis or entity post public links - certain corporations also offer upgrades - they are not listed since they are not public)
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Avis Discount Codes - Put AWD codes in this thread only
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#2179
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Unless something has recently changed, it has always been extremely expensive to rent a car in one European country and return it to another. Basically, it's un-doable except in extreme cases.
On the other hand, there's usually no drop charge returning in a different city in Europe as long as it's in the same country.
On the other hand, there's usually no drop charge returning in a different city in Europe as long as it's in the same country.
Cross-border rentals in Europe are different than between US states because they're separate countries with their own import laws. It's not like a NC car in Atlanta, for instance, where nobody cares as long as the vehicle is on rent most of the time.
Hertz-transfer.eu has a list of cars that need to be repatriated. FT members in the Hertz forum have said using it gives the regular rate without the usual separate drop fee.
Hertz-transfer.eu has a list of cars that need to be repatriated. FT members in the Hertz forum have said using it gives the regular rate without the usual separate drop fee.
The rentals I had in Spain and Italy did not have punitive one-way fees. The highest one way fee that I have ever paid in Europe was 35, which was for Spain, pickup in Sevilla and drop off in Grenada, which are about 3 hours apart. I suspected that both were independently owned single locations, as opposed to the large company which owns many/most of the locations in Spain, but I do not know that for certain. I was Avis Select Preferred (what is now roughly equivalent to AvisFirst) at the time of all of my European rentals, as I had not yet attained Avis Chairman's Club, my present status, and I do not think that status had anything to do with the one-way fees (or lack thereof).
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#2183
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That Hertz transfer website is intriguing -- given that I know of no other practical way to rent in one European country and return to another -- but I suspect it would be difficult to use in practice. At least for Americans, who have to arrange their air transport to the continent in advance. Like if I flew into Spain and out of Germany, I'd have to get lucky to find a car in my arrival city that needed to be repatriated. Still, I'll remember this trick just in case I ever need it!
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#2185


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Last month Avis and Hertz had a glut in the NY area, so you could have gotten this one-way for an incredibly good price. The glut seems to have resolved, because one-way out of the NY area with both companies is back at the $100+/day for an economy car.
I suggest checking all the options- companies, locations, including some nearby neighborhood stores in Long Island, etc.
I suggest checking all the options- companies, locations, including some nearby neighborhood stores in Long Island, etc.
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Dominican Republic?