How to earn Avios from Avis car rentals

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• David says:

  2 Apr2 April 05:06

  Beware of the free additional driver offer. This was not honoured with the similar Iberia Plus/Avis offer at SJO. Email to Avis was ignored

• Bagoly says:

  2 Apr2 April 08:11

  “Unless you are renting for a week or taking a large car, it is unlikely that you would spend over £200 with Avis.”
  That was true pre-Covid, but not so much nowadays – even for the cheapest car, any random 2 days over the summer at a European airport is currently at least £200, often significantly more.

  • Rizz says:

    2 Apr2 April 14:13

    Exactly. Rental prices have gone crazy in the past year.

  • Lady London says:

    2 Apr2 April 21:57

    Perhaps a slip since generally these articles are re-checked before republication.

    Let’s face it £700 or £800 has not been at all unusual to be quoted for a week since quite some time now.

    • Rob says:

      2 Apr2 April 22:21

      No, I meant it. We have a car for 4 days in New England this week and it is around £250 all in. Massively down on what you would have paid last year. We also paid relative peanuts in Edinburgh over New Year.

      Whilst there may be odd spikes here and there I think the mad pricing of last year has gone.

• Alex says:

  2 Apr2 April 08:18

  I agree with Bagoly. The days of sub 200 pound week-end rentals are over. Friday to Sunday is often around that mark.

  I also received a mail this weekend telling me that free weekend vouchers now have blackout dates of 1st July to 31st August, and more in some markets.

  I might give Hertz a go since we get status from Amex Plat, I get Eurostar points from them. All you used to get were awful Renaults but they seem to have diversified.

  • Chrisasaurus says:

    2 Apr2 April 12:00

    Had some great cars over the years with Hertz. The ultimate choice feature in NA in particular is great – hired a Jetta drove off in a Jag…

    • Patrick says:

      2 Apr2 April 15:46

      Best one in CDG with Avis: rented a Peugeot, ended up in a brand new S-class

• Barry cutters says:

  2 Apr2 April 08:55

  Anyone know where the £15 and free weekend vouchers actually go? I never can work out how to find them

  • Rich says:

    2 Apr2 April 09:35

    I believe they’re loaded to the offers section of the app, which is in the ‘more’ menu, bottom right of the Avis app.

    • Patrick says:

      2 Apr2 April 15:50

      They aren’t on mine, I usually put the email in a dedicated folder so I’m sure I don’t miss out on them!
      Worth noting that you can get multiple vouchers, one per tier. So if you are preferred, move to preferred Plus and make 3 rentals as a pref +, you’ll end up with 2 vouchers: one when being pref, one when being pref+

• David S says:

  2 Apr2 April 09:42

  Why is it that Airlines reward you for your loyalty whereas car hire companies try to do the opposite. Whenever I log into Avis to book a vehicle I get no benefit at all (price wise). And don’t get me started on the weekend voucher. Try adding that into a longer rental and the price seems to be higher than without using the voucher

• yorkieflyer says:

  2 Apr2 April 09:58

  Car hire usually much cheaper through a broker tho of course

• Shane says:

  2 Apr2 April 10:21

  I’m not sure that the BA discount codes offer any actual discount on the normal rate. On following the link above to the dedicated booking site, one is not asked for one’s BA Eexecutive Club No and when going via the normal Avios site one can enter the BA codes listed above, but they make not one jot of difference to the price. The free extra driver benefit is valuable, and the extra avios are worth a few quid, but the implication that one gets a differentiated discount according to one’s BA status does not seem to be borne out.

  • Patrick says:

    2 Apr2 April 15:53

    Just add your BAEC number to your Avis preferred profile, and book on the co.uk (or other regional websites) using the AWD.
    Always ended up 10-20% cheaper than the public price

• F says:

  2 Apr2 April 10:24

  I’m still waiting for my bonus avios or any avios since mid Feb..

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