Excellent

Overall pretty good! Perhaps because I arrived at night, the staff on duty were older, making communication a bit difficult. The vehicle performed well, was fuel-efficient, and had excellent cargo capacity. It carried one 30-inch, one 28-inch, two 26-inch, three 24-inch, and one 20-inch suitcase, along with five backpacks.

The service attitude was okay, but because I did not purchase the additional insurance, the car provided was in poor condition. It was a red Kia with no power to climb hills, and the engine was unstable, functioning inconsistently. In the signal-less mountains, it almost stalled, scaring me half to death. During the 9 days of self-driving in the USA, I was constantly on edge, worried the car would break down in the middle of nowhere.

Even though they knew we were a group of six, they gave us a seven-seater car without a rear trunk. We had to fold down one seat for luggage, and two suitcases had to be crammed inside the cabin, which was very uncomfortable. When we reached Jackson, we saw larger seven-seaters and wanted to change cars, but the rental company wouldn't let us, insisting we return the car where we picked it up. Therefore, we were very dissatisfied with this rental service.

There was no proper queuing system at the Thrifty shuttle pick up point. We had 8 pieces of luggage (inc car seat and pram) and it was impossible for us to get on the shuttle bus that takes us from the Thrifty drop off office to LAX. The buses that came were either full or people have no consideration that we arrived first. We ended up having to call UberXL.