(New York Times) — Decline the paid upgrade: According to the piece, if the rental car company offers you an upgrade for a fee, it may actually be the case that the company doesn’t have the class of vehicle you reserved. “Decline the offer and you’ll probably get the upgrade for free,” the agent recommended

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NEW YORK: Car rental company Hertz Global Holdings Inc struck a sweetened US$1.56 billion (US$1 = RM3.10) deal to buy Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc on Sunday, outdoing a rival bid from Avis Budget Group Inc. Hertz raised its bid for Dollar Thrifty to US$50 per share, including a US$10.80 per share increase in the cash component of the offer, and the two sides amended their merger agreement …

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