Good service attitude, no upselling even with full insurance purchased. They let you choose from several models. The staff I met was an Asian named Bobby.

I had prepaid the full amount and arrived at the store at around 12:30 am, only to be told there were no cars available in the reserved category. They insisted I pay an additional $100 per day to upgrade, or else I could only get a 12-seater van. Unacceptable! I tried contacting the rental company, but their phone line was always busy. Online customer service said the rental company needed to provide proof of no available cars, which the AVIS staff refused to issue. They kept trying to convince me to pay the $100 upgrade. After much argument and a dying phone battery, I left the counter to charge my phone at a nearby table. Only then did the staff call me back, saying they had a returned car available. It took an hour of wrangling to finally get the car at 1 am. Shame on AVIS!

The San Francisco airport branch is easy to find, accessible via the blue line shuttle. There are a lot of people in line and the wait time is relatively long, but the prices are comparatively low. The cars provided are new, and the sales agents will try to sell you various insurances. Overall, I'm satisfied.

Avis people were extremely helpful and friendly.

On the ”pick up” instructions it said to “go to the Budget counter,” I waited in a huge line at the Budget counter for over 40 minutes only to be told I need to go to the Avis counter. I don’t mind waiting if it’s busy but if the instructions said go directly to Avis this could’ve been avoided. The instructions also said “shuttle bus,” when in reality it was a tram/light rail. Yes, minor detail, but when you’ve got a tired wife and two kids breathing down your neck these minor details matter. Not really complaints at all just things to mention that someone may freak out about.

Hate to pay for additional, should be a way to include in the reservation payment, nevertheless I had to pay for extra insurance and toll radio tag

Consider comments above, some part cold be solved by qeeq