Cars at MIA (Int'l Airport Location)
Jul 17, 2015, 11:46 am
#181
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 91
Arrived on Saturday night and the Exec Aisle had not much to choose from. Picked a Jeep Laredo. That thing turned out to be the biggest piece of junk. Returned it on Sunday around noon. Wow! What a change in inventory. Picked a fairly new Ford Explorer (5k miles).
Jul 18, 2015, 10:18 pm
#184
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: ATL
Programs: Marriott Platinum, Delta Kryptonium Medallion, National Executive
Posts: 1,889
I'm pretty sure it's a trim level of the Jeep Grand Cherokee
http://www.jeep.com/model-compare/de...Code=CUJ201503
http://www.jeep.com/model-compare/de...Code=CUJ201503
Jul 21, 2015, 1:33 pm
#185
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,857
There isn't an Alamo forum and as they are the same firm with the same fleet at most locations I'd imagine that his answer will be exactly the same whether he had a National or an Alamo reservation. The only fundamental difference is that as a new car enters the fleet it generally starts its life sitting on National aisles before moving over to Alamo as the miles increase.
Alamo also operates the 'pick your car from the aisle' setup - it's exactly the same as National (Because it is National) only without Emerald Aisle or Executive Aisle, just the reserve aisles.
Alamo also operates the 'pick your car from the aisle' setup - it's exactly the same as National (Because it is National) only without Emerald Aisle or Executive Aisle, just the reserve aisles.
Jul 21, 2015, 8:14 pm
#186
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: NYC
Programs: UA Plat, National Exec Elite
Posts: 664
I'm pretty sure it's a trim level of the Jeep Grand Cherokee
http://www.jeep.com/model-compare/de...Code=CUJ201503
http://www.jeep.com/model-compare/de...Code=CUJ201503
Jul 22, 2015, 9:31 am
#187
Moderator: National Car
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: SE MI
Programs: Delta PM, National EE, Hertz PC, Hilton DM
Posts: 2,168
Jul 28, 2015, 8:27 am
#188
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,857
This will only be my 2nd or 3rd time to get a car in MIA, and the others were a while ago. I do remember very clearly that there was construction or something that made finding the rental car return very difficult - I had to use satellite view on my GPS to find a way to get on the stupid road, since everything was blocked. I see others in this thread have had similar issues, at least in the past.
Is the rental car return still nearly impossible to find (if you don't already know where it is), or have they corrected that situation now?
Sorry for the OT, but I really don't ever want to come that close to missing my flight because of a rental car again, and this seemed like the place most likely to have people with this information.
Is the rental car return still nearly impossible to find (if you don't already know where it is), or have they corrected that situation now?
Sorry for the OT, but I really don't ever want to come that close to missing my flight because of a rental car again, and this seemed like the place most likely to have people with this information.
Arrived around noon on a Thursday. EA was a little low, so as I walked up, they offered an upgrade to EA, no questions asked. Took a fully-loaded Challenger with 127 miles on it. There were several other of the normal, boring cars previously reported, and an almost equally-new Camaro. The only thing I noticed in EA was a couple Jeep Patriots.
Last edited by bobert24; Aug 1, 2015 at 8:57 am
Aug 1, 2015, 9:01 am
#191
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,857
You're probably right. I got a Liberty from National at BWI a few years ago, and it's been stuck in my head as their Jeep model since then. By the time I saw them while I was in MIA, I was already zoned in on the Challenger in ES, and just gave a cursory glance at EA to make sure there wasn't anything worth looking at.
Aug 1, 2015, 4:44 pm
#192
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MEX
Posts: 1,014
I think they stock up around 4am for the early redeye arrivals from the West Coast and South America. At 5am you should be fine.
Aug 2, 2015, 6:00 pm
#193
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 146
Thanks a lot ^
It varies but I think it should be full. I'm usually picking up late at night 1-2am and it's empty but in the next hour or so it starts to fill up, although there are no actual National employees at that time. Just ladies arranging the cars.
I think they stock up around 4am for the early redeye arrivals from the West Coast and South America. At 5am you should be fine.
I think they stock up around 4am for the early redeye arrivals from the West Coast and South America. At 5am you should be fine.
), but I'd rather not like to have a full size sedan. Is that possible?
Dec 11, 2015, 2:48 am
#195
Join Date: Apr 2011
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Is there any chance of a getting 7 seater just before Chrsitmas in EA?
Is there any chance of a getting 7 seater just before Chrsitmas in EA?
Will the staff get me one if I ask nicely?
I will keep a backup reservation in case...
Will the staff get me one if I ask nicely?
I will keep a backup reservation in case...