Put any type of ticket (included a movie ticket) into your cart, then go to the car rental section and you'll see the discounted prices. Budget and Avis rentals are discounted, the others stay the same price. We saved more than 50%, says we saved over $900. I bought theme park tix since we needed them anyways.
I’m in the same boat for early June. I have $307 with UT (Budget). I also have $418 for Thrifty direct where I could go straight to the garage. I’m torn. I don’t want to spend the extra money but I’m afraid Budget lines will be enormous. I can’t find anything close to either of those rates lately.
Have you used Thrifty before? Just curious. I was going to look into them as well. How long is your rental. We have 9 days, but they are counting it as 10 due to pick up/drop off times and I have $420 at UCT at this point.
Our rental is 8 days. We used Thrifty one other time with no issues. We actually like Budget when we can use our Fastbreak #. I really wish you didn’t have to go to the counter when it’s a 3rd party rental.
Hope ours goes down. We are there 6/5-6/11. Checked this morning and the price has actually went up about $30. We've currently got a standard through Alamo (Costco Travel) booked for $475. That's the cheapest I've seen. I've rebooked multiple times.
Yeah I got $100 decrease which put my cost in line with my UT reservation, so I canceled UT and went with Alamo. After being an Alamo guy for years the prospect of standing in a long Budget line was bumming me out. I sacrificed a mini van for a standard SUV, but that's ok. I want to go straight to my car and not be upsold on stuff I'm going to decline anyway.
My price has declined through Costco but still nowhere near the UT Budget rate ($582 vs $307). My dates are 5/30-6/8. I’ll keep checking.
I fully understand that. I would do the same thing. Unless the rates are competitive you're not going to pay an extra $275 just to not have to stand in line. The UT deal really has been the only good discount this year I could find. I remember in years past there used to be so many codes and discounts that could be found in any given year. For past several years though it's been slim pickings trying to find good ones that really make a difference.
It’s so crazy expensive. I used to pay around $150-$175 for a week. Granted, I stalked sites and codes like crazy to get prices that low but it worked.
I am pretty sure I got to pick my car from budget last time.
