I had my best rental experience and price with Thrifty. I joined the. Blue Chip club they have. When we landed I grabbed our bags, bypassed the check in counter and headed to the garage out the doors near their counter.
In the garage the gal pointed to a sign above that had my name in it, and the row my car was in. She told me if I had a problem to let them know and they would find me another car.
The car was perfect and I was on my way in about 15 of picking up my luggage.
I did use a debit card and they held $200 until the return. But, they did not charge for my car until then.
No questions or request about the fuel. I had stopped near Universal Studios and was still reading full when I turned it in. Clean, only few thousand miles on the Chrysler 200, mid size. It was plenty big enough for us.
I hope I can score a good deal again from them. They also have Dollar. I heard the selection on the Dollar side is suppose to be better but I do not know that to be true or not. Also, the Dollar codes should work for Thrifty too.
When returning the car, you pull in to the Dollar return,