Huge 18,700 Avios for ONE UK Avis rental – but does it make sense?

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• Jame says:

  3 Dec3 December 13:27

  Our booking was more expensive than we would have liked, £87 for 3 days, but its a cheap boost to our avios so we have booked 2 cars for 3 days.

• TigerTanaka says:

  5 Dec5 December 11:42

  Booking on avisiberia.es for 3 days from Durham tees Valley airport:

  €74.35 (with Spain as the country of residence)
  £46.34 (with UK as the country of residence)

  Now if Avis just did currency exchange then €1.60 to the £ would be really good!

• Dale says:

  5 Dec5 December 14:30

  Yes, my boking also about 40 euros more expensive than booking through Avis.co.uk- even with my AVIS Preferred details entered, but worth it if the avios come through.

• John Peden says:

  5 Dec5 December 20:16

  I assume this can only be used once per account number? I could do one for me and one for my wife but it’s much easier for me to set this up for myself.

  59EUR from the Central Manchester branch of Avis and just 3.5 miles from the secure carpark at my work where I plan to leave the car for the entire weekend 😉

  • Steve says:

    8 Dec8 December 10:32

    I wondered the same but I can’t see anything that says that… can anyone confirm if more than one car can be credited to an account?

    I just booked a group E in Southampton for €42 and opted to pay at the collection point to avoid the €:£ charge on my credit card.

• John Peden says:

  6 Dec6 December 08:40

  Wow, you got a good deal there Iria!

  Thanks for the tip anyway, I’ll pick up a second car on Friday then!

• Mike W says:

  6 Dec6 December 15:18

  Using avis.com (https://www.avis.com/en/reservation/view-modify-cancel) on my reservation it says:
  AWD#: X311400
  Rate Code: EO
  Wizard Number: ***72Z (My Avis Preferred)
  Rental Type: All Rates
  Coupon Code: N/A
  It also displays my Iberia Plus #

  Are other people getting similar?

  • Alanr says:

    6 Dec6 December 18:15

    Similar except for different AWD# and rate code. Mine is UK pickup location.

  • BigDave says:

    7 Dec7 December 11:15

    Yes
    My Iberia number comes up except i did not put in my awd# and that does not show
    the car type now says ‘intermediate’ Renault megane or similar – instead of Group C ‘seat altea or similar’ when I booked…. I think these are the same group I hop so anyway

• Jose Mattos says:

  6 Dec6 December 20:46

  Got this

  AWD #: X406500
  Rental Type: All Rates
  Rate Code: WT
  Wizard Number: N/A
  Coupon Code: N/A

  Plus my Iberia number i hope its okay 87 euros for 3 days not bad for a london city pick up and 18700 avios.

  Thanks very much

• Arun says:

  8 Dec8 December 13:45

  I got to Avis today only to be told that I didn’t pass a security clearance! Has anyone else had the same issue?

  • Henry says:

    8 Dec8 December 14:22

    Being greedy – I booked 2 cars – one being picked up today and one tomorrow. Just been called to say that is very strange and a security risk and therefore they are going to send it to the security department!!! So will see what happens when I turn up!

    • the real harry says:

      8 Dec8 December 15:56

      haha! security risk!

      what nincompoops

    • BigDave says:

      8 Dec8 December 16:04

      Oh no hope you don’t get frisked too much
      picked up my car this morning, a renault capture in the end, had to cycle to work which is near the avis place at the airport, now the car is in my drive and i’ve had to park our car out in the street – the kids and mrs think i’m nuts hope it was all worth it – this point collecting is a disease…

      • Chris says:

        8 Dec8 December 16:48

        I joined forces with a colleague who took advantage of the same offer. We drove 40 minutes to Lancaster in his car, picked up both hire cars, parked his hire car elsewhere in Lancaster. I then drove my hire car back and he drove his own car. We’ll do the reverse on Saturday afternoon (office is closed from 1pm), and we shared a belly laugh together as we thought of the effort we had gone to!

        • Henry says:

          8 Dec8 December 21:32

          Just an update – managed to pick up car for today but refused car for tomorrow! Now it is probably my fault for booking two cars for the same time period at the same depot but really annoyed at missing out on the bonus Avios!
          It can’t be for Security reasons otherwise they wouldn’t let me have the car today. Crazy really – do they not want the money!!

        • the real harry says:

          8 Dec8 December 21:35

          they might have twigged it’s costing them £100 to let you have the car 🙂

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