Thread: No more upgrades for Avis First?

Quote: Originally Posted by lastumps I just got my invitation for Avis First yesterday. My next travel date is December 5th so hoping to get an upgrade then! Well....good luck to you.

Quote: Originally Posted by lastumps I just got my invitation for Avis First yesterday. My next travel date is December 5th so hoping to get an upgrade then! Then reserve a sub-compact! Whether First or not, I have something like 95% success with upgrades from sub-compact to compact, unchanged after moving to Avis First. Since I pay for the car and the gas on my own dime, for me compact is the best cross between enough car features vs good...

Then how would you explain the generous promotion with Delta? I generally rent for only 2-3 days at a time, but I managed to get over 20K Delta miles. Maybe because that's a Delta product, not an Avis product per se? Rewards programs do cost them money, though.

Quote: Originally Posted by Auto Enthusiast So, perhaps Avis is more reluctant to "give something for nothing," because to them at least it may seem like implying a lack of value of the product. This may manifest itself as fewer coupons and fewer automatic upgrades. Then how would you explain the generous promotion with Delta? I generally rent for only 2-3 days at a time, but I managed to get over 20K Delta miles. As for the...

starting late last year i stopped getting upgrades. My company only allows me to rent from Avis and it has to be an intermediate car. That was fine last year because I always got an upgrade but now I am getting HHRs, PT Cruisers, Elans, and very small cars that Avis passes off as intermediates. I rent from different airports recently BOS, PVD, LGA and ATL with the same results. I think Avis has scaled down their fleet and only have bigger...

I just got my invitation for Avis First yesterday. My next travel date is December 5th so hoping to get an upgrade then!

I've been in First for maybe 6 months now and the upgrades have been hit and miss. I've gotten an SUV from Intermediate at PDX a couple times, but mostly just what I rented. Never have I gotten upgraded at DAL or MCO. Every time I'm renting in TUS I get upgraded. I figured "oh First is sucking and it's Thanksgiving, but if I rent a Full Size I might get lucky". Rolled in and got a brand new Jeep with 4...

I'm pretty new to Avis First, and I can say that in the 3 months I have been "First" I have never received and upgrade. Pretty much the best car I've gotten is a Sonata...and that's truly the best! There is absolutely no difference in Preferred vs. First in my honest opinion. I just rented a car locally for a couple days for work they guy was like "Well, I can give you a Sonata". I asked him...

No upgrades on my last trip. I just received a Corolla as an intermediate car in COS. They usually at least give me a small SUV there, and a Corolla is far from an intermediate car in my book. I love getting the Endeavor or the Santa Fe when they have them. They had plenty of upgrades available on their lot.

I'm finding the same thing. Tried to request an upgrade as an Avis First today at PHL. The rather surly agent working the Preferred desk indicated that "none were available". Of course, this would have been more convincing if she had even struck a single key on the keyboard in front of her. When I asked her to check the system just to make sure, she refused, saying "I already checked and we have...