I rarely do reviews unless I believe it might really help someone else. I would give a zero rating if I could. Rent with this company at your own risk. If they make a mistake they will not honor it. They will leave you stranded. My brother and I had a reservation to pick up a car at the Alabama Shuttles worth airport and I called the location 3 x's to make sure we understood everything we needed to know. This was after I called customer service and was given incorrect information. I do not have a drivers' license and he does not have a credit card. As a former Avis employee (25 yrs ago) I knew he could rent the car, but things change so I wanted to confirm. (customer service told me I couldn't pay with my card at the end, which I know wasn't true) What I thought was confirmed and I was going to be able to change to my credit card upon return. I was also told that we would need to show proof of flights coming into and out of Birmingham airport. We thought we were set. When we went to the Avis counter we were refused a car. The agent ran a credit check on my brothers' debit card which had $12,000 on it and we were told it failed. ( I don't remember a credit check when I worked there but I called anyway to get all the details I needed) If any of the agents that I spoke to during any of the 3 previous calls had mentioned this we would have made other arrangements knowing that this might happen. This was the purpose of the 3 calls. Now we were stranded with no car in a city where we didn't know anyone , we were visiting the resting place of deceased relatives and wrapping up some business. We called customer service, they didn't care. All other car rental companies were sold out. They had no cars. The Magic City Classic as well as another big event was taking place. I couldn't believe Avis just left us like they did. Lucky for us we explained our plight to Miss V at Hertz and she found us a car. They also ran a credit check and it was successful!!!! The rental cost $150.00 more than my Avis reservation because we had to take a premium car, but I was just glad to get a car. Thank you Miss V at Hertz. Never again Avis, GOOD BYE!!!! read more