Avis booking with BA

[airhostess767]

Originally Posted by Toria_dee

Hello from sunny Davenport...

As promised here is my play by play for Avis Preffered.

We arrived into Fort Lauderdale after connecting through Philadelphia. It was a case of grab the bags and head to the garage.

As expected my name wasn't on the preferred board so I made my way to the preferred desk opposite the boards.

The girl asked my name and confirmed dates etc. She asked to see my driving license & the credit card registered to my account (I used my current account debit card). Once she confirmed all these details were correct and corresponded with what Avis had on file, she printed me a slip and told me the parking bay of my car.

I asked about my additional driver and she asked if any where my spouse, I pointed to my h and said him. As expected she said he's covered automatically and they didn't need his details, but I had an additional driver I could add so my FIL gave over his driving license. The agent also confirmed it was all paid for and we just needed to bring it back with a full tank of fuel.

We made our way to the garage, loaded the car and were off.

My debit card was charged $99, but at the moment it's showing as a hold, not an actual charge, so I'll keep an eye and see what's what.

Car wise we booked BA flydrive and the car was Chevrolet Suburban (or similar), we have been given a Ford Expedition EL. It massive, very roomy and just lovely (as car goes). We managed 4 adults, 3 children, 6 suitcases, 7 hand luggage suitcases and a pram with ease.

So I've been up over 24 hrs now and heading to bed, but hoping my info re 1st time preferred rentals.

Easy as pie, she also confirmed that on my next hire my name will show on the board so no need for the kiosk.

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Thanks for taking the time out of your holiday to share this! It's very helpful, have a wonderful time!

[mick]

Originally Posted by Toria_dee

Hello from sunny Davenport...

As promised here is my play by play for Avis Preffered.

We arrived into Fort Lauderdale after connecting through Philadelphia. It was a case of grab the bags and head to the garage.

As expected my name wasn't on the preferred board so I made my way to the preferred desk opposite the boards.

The girl asked my name and confirmed dates etc. She asked to see my driving license & the credit card registered to my account (I used my current account debit card). Once she confirmed all these details were correct and corresponded with what Avis had on file, she printed me a slip and told me the parking bay of my car.



I asked about my additional driver and she asked if any where my spouse, I pointed to my h and said him. As expected she said he's covered automatically and they didn't need his details, but I had an additional driver I could add so my FIL gave over his driving license. The agent also confirmed it was all paid for and we just needed to bring it back with a full tank of fuel.

We made our way to the garage, loaded the car and were off.

My debit card was charged $99, but at the moment it's showing as a hold, not an actual charge, so I'll keep an eye and see what's what.

Car wise we booked BA flydrive and the car was Chevrolet Suburban (or similar), we have been given a Ford Expedition EL. It massive, very roomy and just lovely (as car goes). We managed 4 adults, 3 children, 6 suitcases, 7 hand luggage suitcases and a pram with ease.

So I've been up over 24 hrs now and heading to bed, but hoping my info re 1st time preferred rentals.

Easy as pie, she also confirmed that on my next hire my name will show on the board so no need for the kiosk.

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Thanks very much for the update Toria Dee. Sounds like it went like clockwork and I'm sure it will help lots of other Dibbers.

Now get your hankie out in readiness for MK. You know what I mean

Mick

[Toria_dee]

Aww Mick we're not doing MK until next week. So plenty of time to but that massive box of tissues

We're going to spend the first week relaxing etc. Just waiting on the rest of them getting up and then heading out for breakfast and to Walmart.

xx

[mick]

Originally Posted by Toria_dee

Aww Mick we're not doing MK until next week. So plenty of time to but that massive box of tissues

We're going to spend the first week relaxing etc. Just waiting on the rest of them getting up and then heading out for breakfast and to Walmart.

xx

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Joan's expecting a trippy Even if it's just "sitting round the pool reading", "ditto", "ditto".

Mick

[Toria_dee]

Originally Posted by airhostess767

Thanks for taking the time out of your holiday to share this! It's very helpful, have a wonderful time!

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No problem. I typed it all out in the car on the drive up to Davenport then posted once I had wifi

xx

[elmspenguin]

Thanks for the info it's our first time using Avis preferred and booking through BA. Can I ask does your paperwork say $0 in the to pay balance.

[Toria_dee]

Originally Posted by elmspenguin

Thanks for the info it's our first time using Avis preferred and booking through BA. Can I ask does your paperwork say $0 in the to pay balance.

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Sorry, just seeing this now.

I'm not sure, I'll check tomorrow when we're out as it's in the car. The girl at the desk did say it was all prepaid and just to bring it back full.

xx

[Warkman58]

Your BA vouchers states ore paid. This is paid when you take it to the booth in the car park(though lady year they didnt need it) when you pick up the car, then the bill us automatically paid. This us why if you log into the Avis website before picking the car up states a bill.
But your voucher pays it

[Toria_dee]

Another quick reply.

The hold of £78 put on my bank card by Avis for the car was returned to me last night. The ££ never left my bank, but was frozen so all in around 10 working days. Not sure if this is the standard time frame or just my bank (Barclays).

Right off to the pool for a bit

[BigSkip]

BA Vouchers are paid in full, but this last time, the doofus at the kiosk in the garage (preferred member, but no name on board) didn't process the voucher, so Avis took the full value from my Amex when we returned.

A month later, after getting BA involved, full refund of monies (worked out to be more due to interest rate fluctuations) a few bonus Avios, and still get airmiles for the money taken from card, and returned.

Not plain sailing, but worked out in our favour.