re: Budget Car Rental Update on page 2

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I’ll only use Avis if I book through Costco

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We booked through Costco for our recent trip, got a car through Alamo. Ultimately, through the check in process, the car came from Enterprise as a free upgrade.

But it was all handled at the National desk.

When we were returning the car, I asked the guy about it and he said National is mostly business, Alamo mostly leisure, and Enterprise handling both. But the cars are evaluated upon return and put back into the rental pool for whichever one it fits best.

ETA: At least it's handled that way at the Sacramento airport.

And if you're going to Napa or Sonoma, and have only ever flown into San Fran or Oakland, give Sacramento a try. I feel like because of the political pull of being the capital of California, the airport is way bigger than it needs to be for the amount of traffic, but on top of that it's very efficiently run.