As I mentioned earlier, I’ve had it with Avis…here’s the letter I just sent the CEO outlining why:
February 2, 2009
Mr. Ronald Nelson, Chairman and CEO, AvisBudget Group
Dear Mr. Nelson,
I wanted to drop you a brief letter letting you know how AvisBudget has lost my business from this date on. As an Avis [...]
Avis decided to really jack their Avis First customers around with some new changes to the program. For those of you unfamiliar with Avis First, it’s Avis‘ version of elite airlines status. If you rent over 10 times or 35 days in a year, you get upgraded to Avis First. Benefits are along the lines [...]
I felt so honored by Hertz for inviting me (see below) into the President’s Circle (I’m guessing their equivalent of Avis First)…but the whole $450 “invitation fee” was such a buzzkill. Guess I’ll just stick to giving Avis my business since they already love me more than Hertz ever will (I am the biggest fan [...]
With apologies to American Express, being a member of Avis First does have its privileges…I got to CVG today, and they informed me that since they were out of intermediate or full sized (the typical Avis First upgrade), would I terribly mind if they gave me a new Ford Mustang for the same price…come on, [...]