Advantage Rent-A-Car

Pros: Good clean cars at rock bottom prices
Cons: No frequent flyer alliances, only serves southwest region

Are you made of money? Do you insist on always paying retail? Are you the kind of person who really, really likes paying a lot for their mufflers? Do you get a kick out of paying top dollar when you rent cars?

I seriously doubt it. Most...

Pros: Takes Debit Cards, New Cars
Cons: Nickel and Dimes you to Death, Poor Customer Service, Few Locations

Background: I have rented from Advantage twice and this review will go over the company and the experiences. My first experience with Advantage was my fathers death and Advantage made the experience even worse. I had talked to my parents ...

Pros: They tend to be overshadowed by their "cons"
Cons: See the reviews...they speak for themselves.

After reading the reviews here on Advantage and find most rating them at 1 star, I tend to not pay much mind to the few 5 star ratings after having my own experiences with the company... First off, make sure you have them credit your deposit for any ...

Pros: Price
Cons: Horrible Customer Service!

I spent 5 hours stranded on the side of the road due to a broken alternator belt. The Advantage employee at the Highway Helpers program was incredibly rude. I was told that I would have to wait until he decided what was to be done about my situation. H ...

Pros: Low prices (before you get screwed)
Cons: COMPLETE SCAM ARTISTS

I rented a Dodge Stratus at Denver Int'l Airport. The wait for the bus to the lot was very long but fortunately I was the last one on and the first one off because there was one agent at the counter for 20 people. I picked the car up quickly and drove ...

Pros: Nice car, albeit dirty
Cons: Dirty car, long wait, rude staff, overcharged us.

My husband rented a car at the Denver airport in September when we travelled there for several days. He waited a half hour for the Advantage bus from the terminal and another hour or so in line for a car. By the time he reached the front of the line at ...

Pros: NONE
Cons: Renting in Mexico you will be Scammed

Recently rented a Jeep Wrangler for twenty days in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. Negotiated a rate of $415 dollars per week that included all additional insurances available and included all taxes. Collision damage waiver costs $21.00 per day and "Theft" ...

Pros: New Cars, VERY Low Prices
Cons: Horrible Online Reviews

After reading the many horrible reviews on this site, I was a bit nervous about my reservations with Advantage. Fortunately, my fears proved ill-founded, and I had an excellent overall experience with Advantage. Based only on my experience, I'd recommend ...

Pros: cheap
Cons: the worst/shadiest in the business.

I am a former customer and employee of Advantage. As a customer, I was drawn to them only because of price. As an employee, I saw exactly why their prices are below industry standards. Cars were rented with bald tires constantly. 50K-70K miles on the ...

Pros: NONE, NONE, NONE
Cons: SCAMMERS, FALSE INTERNET PRICING, LYERS, CHEATERS, need I go on??!!!

We rented from Advantage at LAX. Made reservations over the internet and got a great deal, or so we thought! When we arrived, the guy at the counter tried to get us to upgrade at almost double the price we booked. When we said no, he tried to scam us ...

Pros: None come to mind, except as a learning experience.
Cons: Advantage in Montreal/Dorval is absolutely the worst choice you can make.

I booked my reservation thru Travelocity. The daily rate for a full size car was $31.98/day, the best offered. Adding the taxes and fees, Travelocity's total quotation for 4 days was $182.29 USD. When I arrived at Dorval Airport, I discovered I had to ...

Pros: in the end, none, including price
Cons: buyer beware and even then you may lose

I rented a car (actually almost new--about 650 miles on it) at the DFW airport location. The price was cheap and I had not read any of the copious negative reviews here. I had a flat tire in the city of Dallas. When I brought it back, they attempted ...

Pros: We were financially compenstated for our troubles.
Cons: Were promised a car twice and didn't get one. "We're working on it," they said.

Upon our arrival to pick up the car we had "reserved" we learned they had absolutely no cars left. We needed the car no later than 7:30 the next morning to make it to an 8 a.m. appointment. They paid for cab fare to our hotel (still a pain to go back to ...

Pros: Not even one if you value your time.
Cons: Slow counter, slow shuttle service, rude employees, dangerous drivers

I reserved a car for a 4 day trip to San Diego and Advantage had the lowest rates. Never used them before but hey they are a prefered vendor on Expedia (not sure why) so i figured they must be ok (wrong). We arrived at the airport and a helpful ...

Pros: Good prices (if they don't use bite-and-switch) at some locations (Denver Airport).
Cons: The uncertainty of booking a price online and finding another price (higher) at the counter.

I experienced a price switch from Advantage Rent-a-Car at the Denver Airport. In August we traveled to Denver and had booked online three days in advance a full size car through my own travel website (www.travelsuperlinks.com) – the reservation was ...