I have been renting from the AC Airport for years now. I had a confirmed reservation through Costco Travel for Sunday night, 3/23/25, with Avis Rental Car. This airport and the rental agency close every night at 12 a.m. The rental agency stays open until the last flight in picks up their cars. I have never had an issue. My flight was delayed by half an hour. I went to pick up my car at 12:30 a.m. and there was nobody in the rental agency, no one. No one there or in the garage, no keys, nothing. I was left stranded at 12:30 a.m. with no rental car and everything closed. That was bad enough. The worst part was I called Avis to tell them what happened and a "supervisor" said there was nothing they could do except log an internal complaint. I told them I wanted to be apprised of what happened. Absolutely not. It's internal and that's it. I asked to speak to someone above her. She said no, she's the end of the line. There was no one else to speak to. So that's it. Here's the bottom line: Avis couldn't care less about you, your experience, or any customer service whatsoever, nothing. While I am going to leave this review everywhere I can and also let Costco Travel know, just know that they don't care AT ALL, and I seriously doubt anything will be done. There are three rental companies at this airport, Avis, Budget, and Enterprise. I have rented from all of them. My rentals in total are about 50. This is the treatment you will get when you call customer service. The last rental I got from Avis, when I picked up the car the tank was half full. When I returned it, I returned it full because I have no idea how much money it would take to get it to half. I told the attendant. He said let me know next time you come and I'll give you a discount. Yeah, right, like he would remember me a month later. He could have just given me a few dollars off right then and there, but he didn't.
The time before that, I was unable to fill the tank before I returned it because neither I nor the gas station attendant could figure out how to open the gas tank though we tried and tried. Every car today is over-engineered and they are all different. I had to return it half full. When I explained to them what happened, they said I would be charged the outrageous fueling charge even though we weren't able to figure out how to open the gas tank. When they told me how to open the tank, he handed me the keys and asked if I wanted to go back and fill it. Are you kidding me? I had a plane to catch. This is what you are going to have to deal with if you have a problem with Avis, so be warned. The best one there is Enterprise. Their customer service is unmatched and they have always fixed any issues I have had right then and there, no problem. I think that is the one I will go with from now on. It seems that they care if you come back or are inconvenienced. read more