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Does Thrifty offer shuttle or airport pick-up services from San Diego Carlsbad-Palomar Airport (CLD)?
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Overall rating5.9 FairBased on 8185 reviews

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2.0

We never got the car we rented.Reviewed 23 Apr 2026

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10.0

This was by far the best car rental experience I’ve ever had. Everything was handled quickly and efficiently. There was pressure or efforts to upsell. And the return was extremely fast. I will use them again in the future and recommend them to anyone interested.Reviewed 22 Apr 2026

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4.0

The staff was professional but heavy handed on the upselling despite Thrifty shorting me the car I signed up for. Thrifty “did not have” the car I rented (RAV4) and so I got stuck with a Kia. I was told they could “try to look for one but it’s unlikely there are any.” The extra-fee/skip the line/go straight to your rental app wasn’t working. The requirement to go to the desk to check in was probably for the heavy-handed upselling of additional coverage even though I already had coverage from my own insurance (I was told it would just be easier that going through my insurance). It was all deeply annoying and underwhelming.Reviewed 22 Apr 2026

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2.0

As soon as I got there, they didn’t have any cars, except an upgrade for an additional 145.00$. Of course! Spend more money-so gross how these companies are able to do this time and time again.Reviewed 22 Apr 2026

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4.0

We showed up and the company tacked on $250 worth of additional fees and insurances. We had not budgeted for that. We were quoted $230 and paid $470. It was absolutely unbelievable. Additionally, the car was mediocre at best. Will not be renting with this company again.Reviewed 19 Apr 2026

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10.0

Customer Service and the car itself were both great. The price, especially since I was picking it up in Providence and dropping it off in Boston. It was very good. Would do that same thing again as I come up frequently.Reviewed 18 Apr 2026

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4.0

Over chargedReviewed 17 Apr 2026

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6.0

the car was damaged all overReviewed 16 Apr 2026

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4.0

the don't hold the advertised car (nissan pathfinder in that category, and only hold poorer cars) had to escalate several times to solve the problemReviewed 14 Apr 2026

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10.0

Friendly staffs, comfortable and safe drive, easy pickup and drop off.Reviewed 12 Apr 2026

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2.0

Agent was dishonest and insisted that I needed to add insurance by Florida state law. Argued with me for almost 5 minutes. I needed the car so I conceded. Then called customer service to address the issue and they could not help me. Will never rent from Thrifty or Dollar again.Reviewed 10 Apr 2026

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2.0

Even though my vehicle was reserved and prepaid for when we arrived at the airport early in the morning there was no vehicles available. We had traveled all day and arrived after midnight and looking forward to getting some sleep. When we got to the rental counter the line was roughly twenty people long and we were all told they were completely out of vehicles and had nothing to give anyone... Had to wait in line at other companies to get something to use for our trip. Then the refund process was about the worst because I had prepaid they didn't want to return any money. Took many emails and phone calls to get anything done and finally receive a refund. Don't rent from them!Reviewed 10 Apr 2026

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