Car Rental Q: I need to book a one way rental from BWI to LGA for tomorrow, but Avis and Hertz both say they have no cars available - when I switch to a same location rental I have plenty of options. What do you think would happen if I book a same location (I.e., BWI > BWI) but call and ask to change return location mid reservation? Using a corporate code which typically waives the one way fee…

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They have set up the sites to pretend like there's no inventory on short rentals btw. You might also try booking the one way rental just with more days and return the car early. You have a better shot at preserving the daily rate and being billed what you would hope to be billed...if you return early as compared to returning elsewhere than booked.

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It would probably work

Could be a huge fee. Only certain cars can be one way rentals.

Crash course wasn’t the best pun here

I've done this a lot. You can often get away with it but, sometimes, you will end up with an insane final bill and then you'll have to go Karen with customer service to have it adjusted and it's a very very YMMV situation.

You really have to study the rate structure of your corporate agreement and do a LOT of trial and error to figure out how it's likely to turn out.

Ask your corporate travel agency to book it for you. They can use codes you don’t have access to. One-way rentals cause shortages in places that need cars and excess inventory in places that have too many. The algorithms are set up to prevent this - they know what inventory they have and need based on historical rental patterns and existing advance reservations.

Thanks all!

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