Avis Group B or Upgrade?

Guest · 17 Apr 18, 12:56 PM

hi,

we are going to Florida in October but this will be the first time we have hired a car.

we have our car hire through BA with Avis and I have joined Avis preferred to hopefully skip the queue at MCO.

After looking at a lot of the car hire threads on here it seems the most popular cars are bigger 4x4/SUV types.

Is there any reason for this other than personal preference? At the minute we have a group b car which is a ford focus or similar. there is only 3 of us, myself, husband and our 5 year old. 3 medium cases no buggy.

**pad406** · 17 Apr 18, 01:33 PM

Space wise, you will be fine. SUVs are popular for 2 main reasons I think.
1. The space if you need it
2. To not feel so 'small' and vulnerable when on the roads. generally cars there are so much bigger so a Focus type can feel really small

Monolith · 17 Apr 18, 01:54 PM

For what I�m about to say there is not guarantee but there are very few cars that are actually focus size with Avis at mco.

I hired the same kind of car last May & got an �upgrade� to a mid size car. This was an Hyundai Elantra. More than perfect boot space for 3 big cases and 3 hand luggage sized �cases�.

my wife and I with our 5yr old girl in her car seat.

Felt big enough to me (I drive a fabia estate here in the uk) If you�re really worried you can call back ba and ask how much the increase is to the midsize

Guest · 17 Apr 18, 02:10 PM

thank you for your help.

I think I will phone BA to see how much upgrade is!

thanks

Monolith · 17 Apr 18, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by laur3n

thank you for your help.

I think I will phone BA to see how much upgrade is!

thanks

Meant to say my upgrade was free as in I was told by the avis employee at mco that due to my avis privileged status. To be honest, I had a look around the garage. I think it was really just that they had no smaller cars.

Rowlf · 17 Apr 18, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by Monolith

Meant to say my upgrade was free as in I was told by the avis employee at mco that due to my avis privileged status. To be honest, I had a look around the garage. I think it was really just that they had no smaller cars.

Just a quick question about Avis Preferred - do you have to book direct through the Avis website, or can you go through the usual price comparison sites?

Monolith · 18 Apr 18, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by Rowlf

Just a quick question about Avis Preferred - do you have to book direct through the Avis website, or can you go through the usual price comparison sites?

It�s just a loyalty scheme with these added benefits. I was sold avis via a BA holidays flydrive. Was told by the ba person he�s signed to avis preferred and saved the queue. So I went into avis website, signed up and then contacted them when I got the physical card to have go with my ba voucher for car hire.

sparkles18 · 18 Apr 18, 11:27 AM

Last August we had a group A car from MCO to RPR for 24 hours and had plenty of room for the luggage we had 2 cases and 2 hand luggage for 2 adults and 1 11 year old.
We had booked a group B car for our second week but were upgraded to a Ford Edge which was a group W at the Doubletree hotel which was fantastic.

17 Apr 18, 12:56 PM	#1
	17 Apr 18, 12:56 PM Guest Guest
Guest Guest	Avis Group B or Upgrade? hi, we are going to Florida in October but this will be the first time we have hired a car. we have our car hire through BA with Avis and I have joined Avis preferred to hopefully skip the queue at MCO. After looking at a lot of the car hire threads on here it seems the most popular cars are bigger 4x4/SUV types. Is there any reason for this other than personal preference? At the minute we have a group b car which is a ford focus or similar. there is only 3 of us, myself, husband and our 5 year old. 3 medium cases no buggy.

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	17 Apr 18, 02:10 PM Guest Guest
Guest Guest	thank you for your help. I think I will phone BA to see how much upgrade is! thanks