We had the absolute worst experience at this Avis location with Freddy.
I booked and prepaid a reservation for a rental pickup at 11:45 AM on Sunday (they close at noon.) The week prior to pickup we were at the Scottsdale Resort for a business conference. On Sunday morning (9:30 AM) we called this Avis location to see if it was possible to pick up earlier but there was no answer. We left the conference and ubered over but were told our reservation was at 11:45 and we needed to return, so we went back to the conference and at 10:39 AM I got a call that the car was ready for pickup. At this point, we were back at the resort and in session so we figured we'd return at 11:45 as per the original plan.
We arrived at 11:50 AM and Freddy handled our reservation. The reservation was under my name so I asked if we could add my husband as the driver- Freddy said it would be $13 a day to add. I questioned it because I remembered reading something that said spouses didn't count, but I wasn't sure and asked if we could change my husband to the main driver since I was not planning on driving. That was a no. Freddy now said if we're married, no charge. He then asked for the credit card used to prepay the reservation and I took out my husband's business card which was the card used to prepay along with both our drivers licenses. Freddy said the CC on the system was different and rattled off some random numbers. We advised it must be a mistake, we have no card with those numbers. He says "I can't rent you the car unless you provide me with this CC." He shows us in the computer and I realize the number he's giving us is the last four of an authorization code NOT our CC. I look for my original confirmation online and show him PROOF that the CC is my husbands business card as originally shown. At this point, he mentions we can't use that card because it's under his name and the card has to match the reservation name which is mine.
At this point, it's frustrating. Not only is he not trying to work with us, it's obvious he's pushing us out because it's past twelve. We express frustration and he mentions these are the rules and if you don't like them there's nothing he can do because it's not his fault. He declines us service and says he's calling the police because he feels we're being aggressive.
There was a customer in there who chuckled because Freddy very calmly went from Level 1 to Level I'm calling the police and declining service which made zero sense. We needed Freddy to give us a solution not give us excuses on AVIS rules. I immediately get on the phone with AVIS and rebook my own reservation under my husband with his business card with zero help from Freddy, and the police arrives. Clearly it was a ridiculous call and they knew it. We had a witness to vouch no one was being aggressive and we have video recordings to prove it. Police apologized and said he would try to come up with a compromise for us, and they did.
At the end of the day, Freddy...who was rushing to leave by noon, incompetently giving us wrong information whether it be adding a driver for extra money, wrong CC numbers, declining service and doing NOTHING to help out the customer ended up leaving closer to 1 PM over the course of his own actions.
He called his manager, police communicated with him and the end result was rent us the car and help us out. Our cards all match, our licenses match, there is NO issue. We got the car, but not without some undue aggravation and lots of stories to share about where NOT to go to rent a car in Scottsdale! read more