Any tips or hacks when using Avis Preferred?

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Switch to Hertz - did it a year ago

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Be friendly at the counter/become friends with them. Got multiple mustang convertibles, Benz, BMW at the SLC airport by doing that and always asking what else they have

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Hertz is much better. Just made the switch after 3 years of getting no perks from Avis

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Wow, couldn't disagree more on Hertz vs Avis...

M1, rationale? Used to be a fan until they bungled the new app rollout...while it's great when it works, too often I arrived at an airport without a car assigned then had to wait in a long line, or I had a crappy car assigned and when I tried to switch cars thru the app it showed nothing as available.
Used to be better when they had the line of Exchange cars you could go to at pretty much all the larger airports, you could use that as a workaround - since they've been phasing those out one location at a time, I gave up on Avis

I’ve seen the row of exchange “select and go” cars at my airport. If you’re preferred can you switch into any of those?

Yep, if you book above a certain class you can just grab and go! Think you might need a certain status to do that tho

@A1 - I was a hertz presidents circle member for 2 or 3 years and never received more than a minimal upgrade. I've been booking Avis lately and been upgraded to a Yukon Denali in various airports from compact multiple times.

Trick is to book a night before or early morning on day of arrival. Most times you will get better upgrades than doing early booking

D1: agree, but this is a gamble for very busy sites. At SJC I often got no vehicles available when I tried the same-day booking.

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