Avis Fleet List (US & Canada Cars by Class)
Oct 28, 2022, 3:24 pm
#1666
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: USA
Programs: UA Platinum, 1MM
Posts: 13,460
The Cadillac XT4 turned out to be a decent rental car compared to what one could get. As another poster said above, it really does not seem competitive to other premium entry-level SUVs. Bad decisions like no heated seats as standard (only in a package), a good amount of road/wind noise, suspension is thumpy, some dirt cheap plastic used towards the lower half of the cabin, engine is not that refined and MPG is not competitive, some exterior incandescent bulbs, and lack of lane departure as standard. These aren't things that are hard to fix if the GM bean counters would get out of the way.
Oct 29, 2022, 3:55 pm
#1668
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 3,706
I made a reservation for Christmas-Jan 2nd out of MIA airport for a mid-size SUV. The agent assured me all of their cars had “all-weather tires instead of regular ones” but they would still put in my request for an AWD. Does anyone know if this is true?
Do you know what suv is likely I would get? It said “Mazda CX-5 or similar”
Do you know what suv is likely I would get? It said “Mazda CX-5 or similar”
Oct 29, 2022, 4:07 pm
#1669
Join Date: Oct 2022
Posts: 3
Nov 2, 2022, 10:06 pm
#1670
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 3,706
Nov 2, 2022, 11:10 pm
#1671
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: NYC
Programs: AS MVPG, DL KM, Bee Six, Bonvoy Plat, Avis PC, Natl Exec, Greyhound Road Rewards Z"L
Posts: 16,710
Nov 3, 2022, 11:06 pm
#1673
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Jakarta
Programs: BA GGL, GA PLAT, SQ Gold
Posts: 527
Bit of advice if I may: doing a week long road trip around NE US and Canada, picking up the car at Seatac.
Have narrowed down our choice between Premium Elite SUV and Premium Standard SUV, both are similar costs for a week, 2 people, which is better?
Have narrowed down our choice between Premium Elite SUV and Premium Standard SUV, both are similar costs for a week, 2 people, which is better?
Nov 4, 2022, 6:36 am
#1674
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: NYC
Programs: AS MVPG, DL KM, Bee Six, Bonvoy Plat, Avis PC, Natl Exec, Greyhound Road Rewards Z"L
Posts: 16,710
The Premium Elite SUV will most likely be nicer, but that's a LOT of vehicle for two people. Both of those vehicle types are huge, and gas is not cheap where you are going. Just something to keep in mind. These days, if it's just me or if one other person, I try not to go larger than a standard elite SUV (Pathfinder or similar; my experience has been Ford Explorers).
-J.
Dec 7, 2022, 3:44 am
#1676
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: CPH
Programs: UAMP S, TK M&S E (*G), Marriott LTP, IHG P, SK EBG
Posts: 11,095
IAH on December 24, are they busy. I booked an immediate and PC member, any chance I would get an upgrade? It's for 2 people with 4 suitases.
TIA.
For my rental in Toronto (non-airport location), it was an ordeal (late June and return in Mid-July):
Somehow Avis didn't let me rent as my CC somehow was attached in another profile. Took us 2 hours to get a car (Ford Escape) and it we got a car with 7/8 fuel (we were told it was full and it looked like that and it wasn't after we drove it). The staff couldn't speak proper English and he seemed to have a good time telling people that there was no car or you couldn't rent a car. We got things sorted out after the manager came.
Anyway the car had issues (shake like crazy when turning) and we had to swap at YYZ. Got there - given a car that had missing part inside. Refused it and was told you could wait until someone returned a car. We waited for 2 hours and finally got a car with the same model (there were tons of X1s and Q3 lining up neatly).
I was also able to return the car at YYZ instead of that location, but then the PC coupon didn't work. Had to contact Avis afterwards to sort things out, and they gave me the $ back.
TIA.
For my rental in Toronto (non-airport location), it was an ordeal (late June and return in Mid-July):
Somehow Avis didn't let me rent as my CC somehow was attached in another profile. Took us 2 hours to get a car (Ford Escape) and it we got a car with 7/8 fuel (we were told it was full and it looked like that and it wasn't after we drove it). The staff couldn't speak proper English and he seemed to have a good time telling people that there was no car or you couldn't rent a car. We got things sorted out after the manager came.
Anyway the car had issues (shake like crazy when turning) and we had to swap at YYZ. Got there - given a car that had missing part inside. Refused it and was told you could wait until someone returned a car. We waited for 2 hours and finally got a car with the same model (there were tons of X1s and Q3 lining up neatly).
I was also able to return the car at YYZ instead of that location, but then the PC coupon didn't work. Had to contact Avis afterwards to sort things out, and they gave me the $ back.
Dec 7, 2022, 10:36 pm
#1677
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 3,706
Dec 8, 2022, 6:24 am
#1678
Join Date: Oct 2022
Posts: 1
How often do Premium SUVs in the fleet not have 4WD? I'm picking up a premium SUV rental from RIC next week for a cross country drive mostly to get through snow in the Rockies and Cascades, and it would somewhat suck to get a solely RWD option.
Dec 8, 2022, 9:39 am
#1679
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: CPH
Programs: UAMP S, TK M&S E (*G), Marriott LTP, IHG P, SK EBG
Posts: 11,095
I know and I'm asking whether IAH Avis is giving upgrades just by asking (more like the attitude of that outlet). I used to rent from LAX and they were very generous about upgrades before but it didn't seem to be the case the last couple of times I rented there.
Dec 8, 2022, 7:00 pm
#1680
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York suburbs
Posts: 4,210
If it's a one-way, AWD availability may be further restricted.