Consolidated "Renting at SFO; What Kind of Cars to Expect?" Thread
Dec 12, 2017, 9:43 pm
#76
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: "elite"-ist
Posts: 240
Picked up PC from SFO on 12/8 in the mid morning. Was able to snag a Mercedes SLC. There was also A Jaguar, Infiniti sedans and sUV, and the normal cars. All in all a great selection. I’d definitely choose hertz over national now.
Dec 13, 2017, 2:40 am
#77
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands
Programs: Marriott LTP, Hilton Gold, ITA Elite+, Cathay S, Singapore S, Hertz PC, Avis PC
Posts: 3,152
Picked up a car last week Saturday evening around 7pm. Nothing too interesting except about 3 Q50s and one 300C. Picked one of the Q50s, great car to drive.
Dec 18, 2017, 6:59 am
#78
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC E75K, Amex Plat, NEXUS, Aman-user (not really a -junkie)
Posts: 1,721
Wasn't at all impressed by PC selection on Friday afternoon 12/15. I walked around for a while. There was a Q50 that was taken. A bunch of KIA SUVs and Nissan cars... on my second walkabout, they had just brought up a Mercedes CLA so I took that...it has 25k miles and seems in need of maintenance.
LAS has had far and away the best ultimate choice selection IMO.
LAS has had far and away the best ultimate choice selection IMO.
Dec 28, 2017, 5:42 pm
#80
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: CHI
Posts: 15
Can anyone comment on the selection in the Gold Plus area recently? I have an SCAR booked for a weekend in January, with a late flight (10pm-ish arrival). Last time I was there at that time (June), I got to choose between a Corolla with a check engine light on, and a Hyundai Elantra in a very low trim (with an ICAR booked).
Jan 13, 2018, 12:59 am
#81
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: SFO
Posts: 70
Picked up tonight Friday 1/12 around 11 pm. Fully stocked PC section and it looks like Hertz got a lot of new cars for the new year. Most of them were new Camrys and Avalons, but some interesting things I've never seen before were also in PC like a few Subaru Legacy sedans and a base Honda Civic (weird because Honda doesn't sell to fleets). A few nice cars - 1x Buick Lacrosse, 3x Infiniti Q50, 1x Infiniti Q60, 2x Infiniti Q70. The Q50s and Q70s were brand new, about a month old!
Jan 13, 2018, 10:49 am
#82
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: San Francisco/Sydney
Programs: UA 1K/MM, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Something, IHG Gold, Hertz PC, Avis PC
Posts: 8,161
Jan 16, 2018, 9:48 am
#83
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: Hilton Honors, Hertz Presidents Circle, National Executive Elite
Posts: 275
I was there on Saturday 1/6 morning and the selection was pick your color Q50/New Camry/Legacy
Regular gold and five star section was so packed that they started parking cars on the driveway and a lot of cars were inaccessible.
There were a total of about 100+ new camrys and legacy when I was there.
Regular gold and five star section was so packed that they started parking cars on the driveway and a lot of cars were inaccessible.
There were a total of about 100+ new camrys and legacy when I was there.
Jan 17, 2018, 3:11 pm
#84
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: CHI
Posts: 15
Picked up tonight Friday 1/12 around 11 pm. Fully stocked PC section and it looks like Hertz got a lot of new cars for the new year. Most of them were new Camrys and Avalons, but some interesting things I've never seen before were also in PC like a few Subaru Legacy sedans and a base Honda Civic (weird because Honda doesn't sell to fleets). A few nice cars - 1x Buick Lacrosse, 3x Infiniti Q50, 1x Infiniti Q60, 2x Infiniti Q70. The Q50s and Q70s were brand new, about a month old!
Jan 21, 2018, 11:03 am
#85
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 9
1/18 (Thursday) evening at 8PM, PC lot was pretty much full and had the following:
Pick your color new camry
Pick your color Subaru Legacy
pick your color Avalon
3 x altimas
3 x large KIA SUV
1 x Caravan
1 x Q50 3.0T
1 x Q50 2.0T
Went with the Q50 3.0T
Pick your color new camry
Pick your color Subaru Legacy
pick your color Avalon
3 x altimas
3 x large KIA SUV
1 x Caravan
1 x Q50 3.0T
1 x Q50 2.0T
Went with the Q50 3.0T
Jan 29, 2018, 8:57 am
#86
Join Date: Jan 2018
Programs: Hertz- President Circle, Avis - Preferred Plus
Posts: 2
1/26 (Friday) evening around 7. PC lot was average. Have had much better luck early in the morning or late at night. Anyways they had:
- Multiple 2018 Camry LE
- 3x Avalon
- 2x Q50 (2.0t as well as 3.0t, some AWD)
- 2x Q60 (3.0t as well as a 3.0t sport with some fancy interior additions but no extra power)
- 2x Maxima (SV trim)
- 3x Rogue AWD
- Multiple 300s
- 2x charger R/T (now with backup camera and nice leather seats)
- One lone CLA250 which looked like death
Ended up taking an Avalon (decent car actually). Would have taken a maxima but both smelled terribly of cigarette smoke
- Multiple 2018 Camry LE
- 3x Avalon
- 2x Q50 (2.0t as well as 3.0t, some AWD)
- 2x Q60 (3.0t as well as a 3.0t sport with some fancy interior additions but no extra power)
- 2x Maxima (SV trim)
- 3x Rogue AWD
- Multiple 300s
- 2x charger R/T (now with backup camera and nice leather seats)
- One lone CLA250 which looked like death
Ended up taking an Avalon (decent car actually). Would have taken a maxima but both smelled terribly of cigarette smoke
Feb 13, 2018, 2:50 pm
#88
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: Marriot Am, MU Pt
Posts: 3,092
Friday noon time, the selection was pretty disappointing. No SUVs, not even a minivan. The best choices were 3x Chrysler 300S and one Jaguar XF in the PC section.
I ended up paying for an upgrade to a brand new Chevrolet Suburban.
I ended up paying for an upgrade to a brand new Chevrolet Suburban.
Feb 14, 2018, 8:40 am
#89
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: AMS
Programs: Delta Skymiles - Platinum; Hertz - President's Circle; Expedia - Gold
Posts: 473
Jan 27, president's circle at SFO:
Quite a decent selection of cars, the notable exceptions to the boring Camry's, Sonatas and Impalas were a couple of SUV's (one of them Ford Explorer), Mercedes CLA, Jaguar XF (although on rather thick tires - so handling would be mediocre), 1 infinity Q50, 1 well-equipped Chrysler 300C (which I took for a one-way to Vegas).
No Mustangs / Camaros, other than a basic Camaro Coupe that was eligible for a premium upgrade
Quite a decent selection of cars, the notable exceptions to the boring Camry's, Sonatas and Impalas were a couple of SUV's (one of them Ford Explorer), Mercedes CLA, Jaguar XF (although on rather thick tires - so handling would be mediocre), 1 infinity Q50, 1 well-equipped Chrysler 300C (which I took for a one-way to Vegas).
No Mustangs / Camaros, other than a basic Camaro Coupe that was eligible for a premium upgrade