$40 Avis Car Rental Voucher for $20 on Groupon

Groupon is currently offering a $40 Avis rental car voucher for only $20 (affiliate link). The deal is only for a very limited supply of people, but currently states it last for 9+ days.

The deal is valid at participating locations in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands, excluding Alaska; however, there is also a list of participating locations that will not accept the voucher.

AVIS Non-Participating Locations

U.S.

Alabama: Montgomery Airport

Georgia: Glynco Jetport, Jekyll Island, Mckinon Airport

Massachusetts: Martha’s Vineyard

Maine: Presque Isle Airport

Michigan: Ford Airport, Chippewa Airport, Alpena, Menominee

Montana: Glendive, Sidney

North Dakota: Jamestown Municipal Airport, Bismarck

Nebraska: Mccook

New Hampshire: Concord, Keene, Salem, Hampton, Nashua, Merrimack, Laconia

Pennsylvania: Monroeville, New Kensington

South Dakota: Pierre

Vermont: Brattleboro

Wisconsin: Sturgeon Bay, Marshfield, La Crosse, Middleton

Canada

Ontario: Red Lake, Barrie, Sioux Lookout

Saskatchewan: Prince Albert, Moosejaw

Quebec: Magog

The Avis deal is also not valid on one (1) day rentals.

Note: This deal is also considered an Expedia Getaways offer, and therefore, does not comply with cashback portals. Typically, when using your Discover card, you could get 15% back; however, Getaways are excluded.

In Conclusion

I have never rented a car through Avis because I have never found that they offer me the most competitive deal. Personally, I have always gone through National rental car.

The good news is that you have until December 31, 2014 to redeem the offer. The possibly bad news is that reservations must be booked through www.avis.com/groupon. Anytime a company has an exclusive link to make a reservation, I get nervous of artificially inflated prices to cover the cost of the deal. I have seen plenty of times in the past where a merchant decides to charge more by using a “special” link than available on their public site to cover the cost of the associated reward or discount you earn by making the purchase.

The greatest example of this was when Discover card had teamed up with CheapTickets.com. We investigated and found out that CheapTickets.com had increased the price of their tickets when using the special access link. Shortly thereafter, Discover card terminated their relationship with CheapTickets, since it was against the terms of the deals to artificially increase the prices. It was one of those times it made me proud to be an avid Discover card holder, knowing they were looking out for their customers best interests.

The real way to look at this promotion is you are buying a $20 coupon off the cost of a 2-day or longer rental. Personally, I am not convinced it is necessarily the best deal, as there may be other coupons and rate codes that offer a better discount. You will need to play around with your reservations to see if it warrants buying a discount.

To purchase this offer, visit the Groupon Avis deal (affiliate link) landing page.

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