My “Invisible” Avis Rental Car…

After arriving in Atlanta Airport, I took the train to the Rental Car Center, where I tried to pick up my Avis rental car…but apparently it was invisible or in a different dimension.

My Avis Invisible Car in Atlanta

Thanks to a partnership with United Airlines, I have Avis President’s Club status and as a result, I use Avis almost exclusively these days…about three weeks’ worth of rentals last year. It’s nice to bypass the counter, proceed directly to the garage, look up on the board, find your name, proceed to the car, and drive off…how I loathe waiting in any line.

I found my name on the board…KLINT, M…S21. Okay, S21. I looked around and saw I was in the A area.

A sign pointed toward rows H and U, then indicated that rows J-Q was further away.

But no S.

So I walked toward Q, thinking (logically?) that since Q precedes S, S would be there.

But it wasn’t. I reached the end of the garage and found no section S.

I found an Avis worker and asked him where S21 was and the reaction cracked me up.

Avis worker: S? We ain’t got no S.

Me: But take a look (I showed him the image above)

Avis worker: That’s jacked. You got some invisible car because we don’t have no S.

Me: I hope this invisible car can fly…

He went on to reassign me to a different car, which turned out to be a very nice Volkswagen Atlas.

If an invisible car is what is needed for an upgrade to a nice German SUV, I’ll take it!