An interesting thread.
If I may jump in with my own ignorance;
I am looking at a one-way rental between San Francisco and the Los Angeles/San Diego area.
A Hertz(AU) quote has a one-way fee included for a SFO to LAX/SAN rental.
Approx quote total = $600AU for my dates.
However there doesn't seem to be a one-way fee listed for a SFO to SNA(Orange County) rental.
Approx quote = $400AU.
(Renting the car from SFO and returning it to SFO for the same time period as the above quotes = $400AU)
Then on the Qantas website, a SFO to LAX rental doesn't seem to draw a one-way fee from Avis or Budget, however it does for Hertz.
Is the quote on the Qantas website the 'final' total, or should I expect there to be an additional fee or two added to the final price if booking an Avis or Budget rental?
For example, there is a $20 discrepancy between Avis' website quote and Qantas' website quote for the same category Avis vehicle.
Qantas' quote is slightly cheaper and neither list a one-way fee.
Cheers