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@Ryan - I flew into LAX last week and went to try out Silver Car for the first time. I just needed a car for the day. Pickup was around 7 AM and I was going to be returning it the following day at 1 PM. The app quoted me $200 since it considered that a full two day rental ($89/day + fees). In my case, I wouldn't have opted in for the $28/day insurance either.

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It's discounted 15% with FoundersCard and includes free tank of gas ($60 or so?). The "two days for 30h" thing is annoying with most car rentals. With Hertz elite you can get 4h grace period sometimes, and with a lot of them there's an hourly rate which is ~1/4 to 1/8 of the daily rate, but you're still possibly in for two days otherwise.

LAX and LAS are pretty cheap places to rent cars usually (from Avis/Hertz/etc.).

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