Sure, if you are a member, ask at your local Costco. There is also a BJ's rate, and probably a Sam's Club rate too. There are all sorts of rates for all sorts of things, from just about every membership club you could think of.

D005297 ?
 

does anyone know if i will get id'ed using this code D005297 ???!!

it still offers me a HUGE discount on the avis uk website but i dont wanna be turned down at the desk in alicante ?

Maybe you can become a USAA member
 

Many more people can qualify for USAA membership nowadays. It used to be only military officers but now is pretty much available to anyone with a family link to someone in the service including enlisted personnel (The family member doesn't have to be career,either). This includes divorced spouses, widows and widowers, etc., who can be members for life. FT'ers should look into this as USAA's rental contract term for Avis, Budget and Hertz come with some significant perks.:)

Using the AWD above (A679100) gets some great rates. Will it work? I'm going to be in LIH JUl 25 - Aug 8. I am seeing a rate of $200/week incl taxes.

Can someone let me know if this AWD will work when I pick up the car?

Coupon code for NYC??
 

I tried to add a coupon code for JFK and it says that this location does not participate in corporate coupons. It did take the AWD number.

Anyone have a coupon code for NYC? Free weekend day? $$ off?? Anything?

AWD numbers are negotiated CONTRACTUAL rates, while coupons are just that coupons, and generally not contractual or negotiated. Rental locations must accept AWD numbers, but they are not always required to accept coupons.

Coincidentally, in the window that opened up below your message, was the following ad:

Save 25% on AVIS RENTALS
USE AWD #Q273400
for 25% OFF AVIS Car Rentals
www.smartbizsavings.com/avis

that was coincidental.......unfortunately, those codes were not worth the pixels they were displayed on at JFK. Not a $ off!

looking for LA, off airport
 

Hi,

I am new to this.

I am looking for a weekly rental for a 4-door with decent trunk like Chevy Malibu, Corola or even Yaris(small but decent trunk) not at airport in west Los Angeles, or Valley, preferably West LA, Beverly Hills, westwood, or around North Hollywood, Studio City etc.


I have "preferred Avis card" and the best deal I got was 166 / week for Intermediate class.

I tried USirritated's link below ***THANKS**, and somehow figured out this great deal:
http://www.smartbizsavings.com/avis-discounts.php

which gives me 25% off, so it comes out to 155 a week for intermediate(pontiac G6) total is 172 with tax


Is this a Good deal?

as said before, I am new to this and appreciate anyone's suggestion

Glad to see it's working somewhere. D005297 used to be my favorite code in the U.S. The savings were fantastic. But it hasn't done anything for me in 2010.

If you search this thread solely you will find over 150 references to this code including...

#1678 Just tried D005297 and it was $50 more total for a 4 day rental.

#1769 ...but it sounds like D005297 may be dead

#1779 had been using D005297 for years, and then was told one day it was an "expired" code not valid any more and he'd have to pony up rack rate

If you search only thread titles in the Avis forum you will find threads D005297 Beware and D005297 "May it rest in peace"

Great link, I got this price 167.79 for a week in LA:

this is before $25 coupon, what will be the total with the coupon, I assume coupon is before taxes right?

Yes, coupons should be applied before taxes are calculated.

this is great information

That is what FlyerTalk is for! People helping people, sharing information for the common good.

Come on guys, I need desperately that somebody help out.

My local rental office (in Europe) is quite strict, and ask for employment proof for any codes linked to a certain company.

This thread is miles long and very old, let's have a summary of codes which they can't make problems and currently work.

It's a difficult request, but whoever manages to do this, will be doing this thread a huge fauvor.

Yeah! And I'd like this weeks winning power ball numbers, too!
< I'm not holding my breath ELAL, and I hope you're not either ;) >

Any good codes for Italy around?

G298100 has been posted as good for Europe in general, although I do not know where this particular AWD number is sourced from. (Gevoha has been mentioned previously, as some sort of computer company, but actually that name is for a Jewish Yeshiva in New Jersey, so this attribution is very dubious!)

K851000 is the AWD number for Hhonors, and it has been mentioned that it works well in Italy.

A153700 and D086533 have been mentioned as being good AWD numbers both specifically for Italy, and generally for Europe, although I do not know where these particular AWD numbers are sourced from. (They have been mentioned as both being for the same company, the first one for employees of that company [I saw one mention that this is the US Avis employee number, so beware!], and the second for customers of that company, but the company name is not certain.)

B149870 is supposed to be good in Europe generally, but again, the company affliliation is unknown.

L358190 is the number for the BMW Car Club of America, and should work worldwide. Note - this is for a club, not for a company, so the RA will never be able to ask you for your company ID!

At least one of those should give you a 30% discount, and one or two on the list might be as high as 50%. However, some of these will work in some European Countries on certain dates, but might not work in other European Countries, or on other dates. YMMV Let us know what works, okay?

Great post!

It's seems quite simple, join Hhonors, and I assume you are free to use it.

What you said is technically true, and if you were a member of Hhonors, then you are totally free to use it. However, in practice, the usage could be more broad, since I would be very surprised if an Avis rental agent would ask for proof of membership in a hotel program such as Hhonors, or Starwood Preferred Guest, etc.

A recent experience with longstanding AWD codes
 

Over the years I have found this thread to be hugely valuable. As a refresher for anyone new here, a useful list of codes can be found on Page 66 of this thread, Post #967. It's a few years old, perhaps there's an updated post somewhere between then and now, but I don't have the patience to go through it.

I'm a Presidential Preferred Member, which is for holders of the Continental Airlines Presidential Plus MasterCard. Recently I was trying to do a one day rental on short notice in Miami, and found that there was no availability for anything but luxury class, with a SmartCar (as if!) available for $48 for the day and a compact class car for $99 a day, and then a limited number of options ranging from $179 for the day and up. Otherwise every other car class was showing as "Sold Out."

Put in the AWD code D005297 - ASAP (ameteur sports assistance program, which I've used many times in the past), no change.

Put in the AWD code J868801 - Florida Visitor Bureau and BOOM! suddenly there was availability for subcompact class right through to full size and beyond. Subcompact, Compact and Intermediate were coming up at $44, $45 and $47 respectively (cheaper than that SmartCar which curiously went up to $50 for the day). Got the same results using D833357 - The American Society of Travel Agents.

Then I put in A074800 - Citicorp Leisure Travel. The rates on the classes above dropped to $32, $33, and $34. I have never used this code before.

I found it very curious that there was no availability for a Preferred Member (or anyone else), but once I input a few AWDs, suddenly there were cars available, at drastically lower prices.

Anyway ... just sharing this experience for any who find it useful, or informative.

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This code increased my price from $172 to $222...

Request Help:

Going to Vegas Aug 28-Sept 1 and would like a good rate on car rental, help would greatly be appreciated.

What AWD numbers are you entitled to use or have? Have you done any coupon codes research, or are you just expecting us to do it for you?

Has anyone used this A514190 AWD recently? I see this coupon is still valid, and the AWD shows in the list in post #976 as: A514190 - State of Colorado Travelers. Is this a generally usable code for anyone visiting Colorado, kind of like the Orlando Visitors Bureau K199060 or Florida Tourism? Or is this for travel agents?

Really helps with a rental coming up in NM, but I'm not sure of the criteria. It's unlimited mileage, but I can't tell about the LDW, etc.

Thanks!

Question on codes
 

I'm renting a car in Portland, ME in october and thought I had found a good price until I googled and found this forum!

My question is, I currently have a reservation under AWD C066983 (which is FL Golf Entertainment Association (open to all golfers and family, no ID required) for a total of $279.40 (after taxes for 3day/18hours). If I use AWD A074800 (Citicorp Leis. Travel) it drops it down to $201.96.....will I have to show proof of something at the rental counter to obtain this rate??

Also, can a coupon code be used for a free weekend day ontop of the Citicorp rate? (TUGA083)

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!! :cool:

I'm also seeing some good weekly rates in the US with A074800. Anyone have experience with this? From it's description, it should not be problematic.

As far as coupons go, the Avis website accepts them with this code, so it SHOULD work. That said, I recently had a rez in ANC using a "dubious" code (not this one) and I was supposed to get an additional $5/day off using a coupon. I didn't get the coupon discount on my final bill. Given the circumstance -- I was already saving something like $35/day with the code -- I didn't press the matter. I much prefer the Alamo/National system where you confirmation email clearly shows your FINAL price, including coupons. If there's a dispute, it's much easier to convince the counter agent that you've been overcharged.

What exactly is Citicorp Leisure Travel?? Is this something that comes with a business or gold Citi card?? It's just if I use this code and get to the rental counter and they ask me where I got it from I don't want to look like an idiot and say I don't know.....:confused:!

I've checked several but still lowest I can find is like $30 a day.

I've checked multiple coupon codes/AWD even if I'm not entitled to use them.

If I were in your shoes and they asked me where I got it from, I'd say "Citicorp" and then be silent. But that's just me. Really, the answer is that if you aren't comfortable with having this question asked, then don't use any AWD codes that you're not explicitly entitled to use with written evidence to back it up. Because realistically, the chances of them asking are so small (unless you're using, say a state gov't code or an Avis employee code) that you shouldn't worry about this kind of thing.

$30 a day isn't terrible. Have you tried carrentals.com? Have you tried autoslash.com? What are Hotwire rates like for those dates? Do you have to use Avis or are you just concerned with getting the cheapest car possible?

Need an AWD for LAX for the next two to three weeks
 

Anybody can suggest me some good AWD codes to use in LAX, CA for a rental that will take place in the next two to three weeks?

Thanks mate! I will definitely let you know how it plays out for me.

SXM
 

Does anyone have a code that will work for SXM? It seems all the ones I have tried are not valid there. Thanks in advanced.

I have a suggestion. It will probably be ignored but I'm going to suggest it anyway.

In the future if people make posts of the nature of "I need advice on a code, I tried all the other ones and they didn't work for my date/location/car class/whatever" I think they should include, at a minimum,

dates
car class
location
ALL the other codes they have tried along with the rate each of those codes gave

This will not only help people on this thread be more helpful, but I think a lot of us are more inclined to help those who have already shown that they've made some effort to help themselves, and simply saying "I tried all the codes and none of them worked" is frankly a little questionable considering how often the claim is made here. Not calling out anyone in particular, just saying what would make ME more likely to spend 2 minutes trying to help someone out.

Cheers

I totally agree. Lately people have been leaving these open-ended generic questions that are impossible for anyone to make logical recommendations on. If you put in the post exactly what you've got so far, others here will be able to be much more helpful. To post a question like "whats a good code for "BOS" is just a waste of time (in my opinion).

SXM
10/14-10/18
Full size SUV/Luxury Crossover SUV
I believe I've tried basically every code on the last 5-10 pages. Thanks.

I seriously doubt that you would find any effective coupons for that particular type of vehicle at that particular location. My guess is that SXM stocks almost no full size or luxury crossover suv's, and because of that there will be little, if any, discounting available. As a matter of fact, since it is such a small island, and since it is predominately a leisure destination, and not a business destination, you might not find any coupons or discounts that will work for SXM, although I could be wrong about that last point. Just my guess. YMMV.

Appreciate the response, and yes I am kind of figuring the latter since none of the codes had any effect on the pricing of any type of vehicle, not just the ones I am looking for.

I concur. If cost is your primary motivation then you are probably better off not using Avis for this trip. From carrentals.com it looks like Dollar has a full size SUV for ~210 Euros including all taxes, some 100 Euros less than Avis for those dates. Hotwire doesn't even come up with anything at SXM.

In general, I would think that SXM would be a hard get for just about anything over a full size car, especially for the rental car companies which cater to business travelers, such as Avis, National, and Hertz, but possibly less so for the companies which cater to leisure travelers, such as Budget, Alamo, and Dollar/Thrifty. You might also check some of the real off brands, such as Advantage, Payless, and since it is a colony of a European country, even Sixt. Check carrentals.com, autoslash.com, Orbitz, Priceline, and Kayak, and then you will really know where the cheapest deal is. Again though, your choices for full size or luxury suv's might be limited anyway.