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SEA Seattle Compact Avis


Colfax
By Colfax,
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$7 is not a typo. First bid was accepted for this 3-day weekend stay, Thursday to Sunday.

HOTWIRE had a compact for $8.95 and I decided to try even lower.

Total with taxes/fees was $49.48.

Savings aren't that much as conventional rates are VERY low in Seattle this weekend---Alamo was lowest at $57.74 with taxes. Avis $59.61.

Bid was placed through BetterBidding's PRICELINE link.

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I never drove a Grand Prix before and I didn't like it. Seat was too low for me and I couldn't figure out the controls. First thing the next morning I drove to Avis in Downtown Seattle and traded back down to the compact I'd originally reserved. (Airport was still out of compacts.)

It turns out Grand Prix is a fullsize at Avis, not standard. They'd upgraded me three classes! I exchanged the 12mpg Grand Prix with 28G for a 25mpg Cobalt with 2G, plus a sunroof and XM satellite radio. It was actually sunny in Seattle weekend and I got to enjoy the sunroof. Having a compact made parking Downtown and on Capitol Hill easier too.

At the Avis downtown I overheard another customer with the same situation as me: reserved a compact at the airport, got a big car, drove Downtown to trade for a compact.

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