So far I have rented Avis Rent a Car 3 times each year since 2005 in LAX airport and doing great. This year was quick first in line at the counter after entering the kiosk and took less than 4 minutes to complete the process, booked us a Chevolet Impala with full tank, took us only short walk to get to my car, and the car was in a clean and good condition, but compared to the first time rented in 2005, reserved a full size car the same way that year but double upgraded to a luxury car in a Cadillac with no charge since they were out of full size and premium cars (just a note that luxury cars does hog gas to refill about every 200-250 miles in a tank). About the rental car coverage is not needed if you have insurance to cover a rental car. For a notice I did not take the coverage and have not encontered an accident yet and Los Angeles is one of the bad drivers and high rate of accidents. The Bus service is ok, and return service was good. Avis so far is my best rental car company close to hertz.

And sometimes if it is so expensive as $300 a week or more than $40 a day , consider using Hotwire.com deep discount rate (and it only works returning the same place and it is not refundable or changeable unless noted) and you will get those trusted brands like avis, hertz, national, budget, and alamo for maybe as low as $15 a day for midsize (and it will be random between these 5 rental companies and will only be shown after you book). Worth the a little more money for trusted brands than dollar, thrifty, or fox rent a car. For my first time using hotwire in 2007 for full size for $25 a day got me hooked up with Avis on luck.