Avis/BA Car Hire Upgrade

[Matty777]

I had a Premium (Taurus etc) booked with BAAVis for two weeks Mar/Apr ir £425. I've had a Tahoe before and got a bit of a longing for a Tank again.
So I phoned up, bizarrely it was only £130 more plus their £25 "admin" fee. Bargain, couldn't get my card out quick enough 🤓 May have been the end of their Jan sale though.

[MOONCHESTER]

Originally Posted by Norris1969

The BA upgrade prices are crazy when you know how much Avis are really looking for to make the upgrade. I was prepared to spend the £365 Avis were looking for the upgrade but not the £895 that BA were asking so will budget $400 and see what that will get me when I get to the garage (assuming that there is nothing in the free swap line that takes my fancy).

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What is the Avis free swap line ?

[Norris1969]

Originally Posted by MOONCHESTER

What is the Avis free swap line ?

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If you are signed up to Avis Preferred then your car is waiting for you in a parking bay. However if you don't like your car there's a row of cars that are free to swap (I think it only applies if you have booked an Intermediate level car or SUV and upwards) and they are a random selection of various grades of car therefore we may be lucky and bag ourselves a free upgrade/bigger car. There's also an upgrade row with an upgrade price per day on each car. Weird thing is that the same upgrade applies regardless of what you had originally booked therefore might be worth a look.

[Guest]

Originally Posted by Norris1969

If you are signed up to Avis Preferred then your car is waiting for you in a parking bay. However if you don't like your car there's a row of cars that are free to swap (I think it only applies if you have booked an Intermediate level car or SUV and upwards) and they are a random selection of various grades of car therefore we may be lucky and bag ourselves a free upgrade/bigger car. There's also an upgrade row with an upgrade price per day on each car. Weird thing is that the same upgrade applies regardless of what you had originally booked therefore might be worth a look.

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Any idea of the approx costs per day to upgrade on site?

[MOONCHESTER]

Originally Posted by GordyG883

Any idea of the approx costs per day to upgrade on site?

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I guess it depends what you are upgrading to

[jothp]

Originally Posted by bLaZeR666_uk

I always get the fiesta size car then either go to avisba and upgrade to a larger car or directly at the airport:

This year we hired a fiesta type car (Group A) with our flights for 3 weeks. I then called avis ba and got a upgrade to a Group G car for $120 (Dollars)

I called BA Holidays and they wanted over £300 for the same upgrade.


Go figure...!

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Hi, I've upgraded my car with avisba.com, when I go to collect the car will they just take the value of my car hire voucher off the current price of the booking? If so how will I know what the extra is to pay? I've printed my ba car hire voucher but there is no value on it and I can't remember the value that was initially given to the booking when I first logged on to avisba.

[jothp]

Originally Posted by jothp

Hi, I've upgraded my car with avisba.com, when I go to collect the car will they just take the value of my car hire voucher off the current price of the booking? If so how will I know what the extra is to pay? I've printed my ba car hire voucher but there is no value on it and I can't remember the value that was initially given to the booking when I first logged on to avisba.

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Hi, seeing as nobody seemed to know the answer to this I emailed avis to find out. When I get to the airport they will take the value of the voucher away from the current cost of the booking. They could tell me the upgrade cost was just over £130 so I know how much I need to budget.