Waited for two hours, AVIS had only 3-4 counters open. Everyone in the room waited an average of one and a half to two hours. A week ago, my friend also rented here and waited for two hours. AVIS has no intention of speeding up or improving the service. If you want fast service, definitely avoid AVIS at Los Angeles.

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The car was very new, with only 20,000 kilometers on it. Picking up and returning the car was very convenient. Avis strongly recommended us to rent a GPS, but since the BMW i-Drive system comes with onboard GPS, it felt a bit like a rip-off. However, we ended up renting it because their GPS supported 4G Wi-Fi hotspots and free international calls, though we only used it for internet and calls.

At the Los Angeles airport location, there were long queues and poor efficiency; it took nearly an hour to get the car. On-site, I was informed that only the main driver's credit card could be used for the deposit, not MasterCard UnionPay, and only Visa UnionPay. The reservation was made under my friend's name, who is the main driver and only has MasterCard. I had prepaid for the car and had a Visa. I contacted the rental company customer service to change the main driver to me or coordinate somehow. Despite explaining the issue three times, they kept repeating: 'You need to prepare a MasterCard or Visa credit card. We're sorry, but we can't solve this.' They totally didn't understand my issue! Eventually, the on-site staff coordinated with a supervisor to use my friend's MasterCard, but it added $150 for insurance!

Overall collection service very poor. Wait at airport for transport = 15 minutes. Wait at counter for car = 60 minutes. Car allocated had only small amount of gas - wait to exit LAX rental area = 30 minutes. Overall over 2 hours to collect car