If I were still eligible for AF, I'd be pi$$ed. I have an Avis ~5 miles from home. Other than Hertz, the only other decent rental company within 40 mins is at IAH. I used the coupons regularly for weekend getaways, or even 1-way to/from the airport because it's not considered 1-way for some reason if I drop off/pick up at my local place and go to/from IAH.

Corporate contracts are keeping me with Avis for business rentals, but for everything else, I'll take what's cheapest.

I just called to have them remove my frequent flier number from my profile, and was told that you have to email [email protected] in order to do it.

I'll be moving my business
 

I'll be moving my biz from Avis to Hertz

I still say the rule is write-write-write, then vote with your bucks. I got a response telling me they have opened a "case number", and I'll get a response soon...... Guess my letter was a tough one, no instant form letter response for me.

Hopefully when they see those of us who rent 40 times a year suddenly disappearing, somebody with brains will either modify this, or drop AvisFist completely. I, for one, couldn't care less about requalifying, if this is the way we get treated.

I agree the downgrades to AF are not good.

In fact for a recent 2 day weekend rental from BUF, Avis wanted to charge $99/2 day weekend (and this is in the middle of winter!), then $66/weekend per recently set out 50% weekend rate.

Meanwhile via Hotwire, cars were available at ~$50/2 day all in. Hertz via their 50% off rate came out to about the same price as Hotwire--so Avis's rates are higher for less.

Since I was annoyed with AF, I decided to give Hertz a try.

Alas, my Hertz BUF rental was not without trouble:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hertz...rding-buf.html

Yeah this does suck but if the rate is good I will still go with Avis. To me their customer service is better than whoever owns (National/Alamo/Enterprise)

Avis - to the extent you read this board, please know that I have diverted all my business to other carriers since you sent this letter.

I did send an email to you, and you sent me a ridiculous response earlier this month that addressed the change from 3 rentals to 4, even though I specifically said that I had NO issue with that change. It was the intentional screwing of your loyal customers that are also loyal partner customers, in my case Delta, that I had a problem with.

So, congratulations. I'm renting just as much as ever, but that revenue is going to your direct competitors.

I did not realize that the free weekend rentals now require a saturday night. I'm not good at reading small print. My last coupon will expire in 2 weeks and I can't use it so I'm renting when I don't need it just to put miles on someone else's vehicle.

Avis sent me an email saying they notice I don't rent from them anymore. They offered me a whopping 15% off to return. :D

Yeah, they've always had the Sat stay, as far as I've seen. If I have a coupon that's expiring, I always grab one Saturday morning at the local office & return it Monday. If nothing else, like you said, I get to drive someone else's vehicle for a few days.

I put a whopping 70 miles on it in 48 hours. However, it allowed BamaVol Jr #3 to take my car Friday night when he needed it rather than wait until I finished work several hours later. So, all in all, worth the $1.52 it cost me in fees after they zeroed out the $13.99 gas fee.