“Forcing” a daily rate instead of weekly
Hi! Wanna seek some advice if anyone has encountered such a situation.
Initially I booked my rental at LAX for 4 days (i.e. XXX 18th - XXX 22nd), but due to some plan changes, my flight out of LA is moved to XXX 23rd. So naturally needed to amend my booking to add an extra day, but now they only show a weekly rate.
While I understand from online sources that anything from a 5 day rental will automatically change to a weekly rate, probably since most folks will enjoy a better rate, in this case for me it is not the case.
The daily rate is about $91, so my initial 4 day booking would make it to low $300s (including some CDP discounts). Changing my booking to 5 days, they only show the weekly rate of $590+, which does not make sense as 5*$91 would be $450 (or in my case less than $400 if i were to “top up”), especially since my extension would be only for a few hours (getting out of LA early next morning vs. initial booking return 8pm). I have also searched a booking of XXX 22nd to XXX 23rd to make sure the daily rate and same vehicle is available.
Any way to circumvent the unnecessary almost $200 difference? Or has anyone booked another booking to add-on to their initial booking, while not requiring to return to the drop-off point only to get back the same car? Also getting thoughts of playing their system by just going to LAX to return the initial rental and getting the next rental
Anything will help!