fatmac70

[=Flying Machine;32703499]Any recent reports for PHL? Thanks[/QUOTE]
I was there last week. The Emerald Aisle is closed all cars are in the other section - generally where the Alamo signs are. Also Enterprise is now is the National/Alamo area.
There are much less cars than usual and there are some premium/luxury/speciality cars - but very limited choice. You will probably get the class choice but not necessarily your choice of car.

Flying Machine

I was there last week. The Emerald Aisle is closed all cars are in the other section - generally where the Alamo signs are. Also Enterprise is now is the National/Alamo area.


Thanks, I have a PC reservation over at Hertz, and I just made one at National as a back up with EE. It’s a two week reservation so I definitely wanted a nice vehicle a modern low mileage SUV was my normal choice pre-pandemic. I figured I’d back myself up just in case Hertz is running low on cars, pick up is Tuesday evening around 7 PM early October. What a shame that the Emerald Isle and even the executive section is closed

CMK10

Picked up yesterday at noon:





Choose your generic rental car options only in the Executive Aisle. No Impalas, 300s or Maximas even. I ended up taking a Jeep Compass Limited with 19,000 miles and XM radio. Pretty disappointing selection overall.

rsl_sltid

Great selection at the Executive Aisle when I arrived 05/07/2021 at around 7:30am. The aisle was completely full. I just walked one aisle and found a car I really liked. Here's what I could see but they had even more on another aisle:

2 Dodge Chargers
1 Toyota 4Runner
1 Mazda CX9 Grand Touring (I grabbed this one)
7+ standard SUVs, I saw Chevy Equinox's and Toyota Rav4s
There were also tons of full sized sedans like Camrys, Jettas, Altimas

I was very surprised to see a 4Runner but I love the CX9s. It only had about 250 miles!

whatamidoinghere

Does anyone have any recent experiences here? Have a rental tomorrow morning and am worried about not finding any SUVs in the Emerald Aisle.

rsl_sltid

I haven't been there since May but of all the 10+ Emerald Isles I have visited this year, the PHL aisle had the largest selection of SUVs. Hopefully someone has been there more recently that can confirm.

raven_sax

Just rented here last weekend. When we got off the bus, the selection was sparse to say the least - I'd estimate 50-60% of spaces in Emerald and Executive were empty. There was an Acura MDX in Executive, but another family was able to snag it before we could get off the bus. Other selections were a bit underwhelming - lower spec Camrys, a few Rav4s. As we were walking the aisle, a nice VW Atlas was just being brought out, and we were able to grab it.

ChevyCruze

Did you hit the jackpot with a sweet SUV or... ?

GreeNYC

Never saw an Acura at National, really nice to have it in the fleet.

Auto Enthusiast

That Acura might be one of the used cars everyone is talking about filtering into rental fleets now, to help fill demand during the shortage.

hourglass

Any recent updates? Does anyone know if there is an aisle for luxury reservations or would it be a printed contract at the counter?

Brandinho1

Rented from here in late September and not much good stuff on the EA of ES. Ended up taking the Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid and was actually surprised. Had a decent amount of “power” when you needed it and a very inviting interface on the infotainment screen. I would rent this again.

xienon

It's great that Hyundai hybrids/EVs come in higher trims rather than the base cars we're used to from Hyundai/Kia. I no longer have to avoid Hyundai/Kia's like the plague.

oftech

Picked up Thursday morning 10/28. Aisle looked to be mostly Camrys and Elantras with a couple of base Chargers sprinkled in. Executive was full, mostly the same. Shockingly high number of Camrys and Chargers under the canopy. One Jeep Compass and an Explorer Limited that someone was sitting in. Two Mini Cooper Countrymans but both lacked CarPlay so I passed. Across from the canopy there was a Maxima with 44k, Passat with 30k, and a handful of Silverados with over 40k. I asked the booth attendant if they had anything more interesting and she said it would likely be parked in the stalls so to ask inside the main building. No wait for National and was offered a 2020 INFINITI QX80 for my 24 hour rental. Horrible on gas but well-equipped and extremely comfortable. Staff were all pleasant but the shuttle back sat for about 10 minutes until the next one was pulling in. Make sure you leave time to get back to the terminal when you return.

hourglass

I saw on the PHL location's arrival instruction that

"This office only services deplaning Airport customers. "

Do they check your flight ticket at the booth or is the location only accessible via shuttles and the shuttles are after security area?