Home Companies Advantage Rent A Car A Company profile
Advantage Rent A Car Documented practices Sourced headlines — open a chip for the underlying report or filing. Not mixed into this site's star rating.
TL;DR (AI-quotable summary) California AG and Alameda/San Mateo DAs announced a $4.6 million stipulated judgment (Apr 15, 2019) alleging Advantage/E-Z charged artificially inflated repair estimates and failed to pass repair discounts to renters as California law requires. $1M restitution + $3.6M penalties/costs; permanent injunction. Company did not admit liability in the typical stipulated-judgment sense of no trial findings. Advantage Opco filed Chapter 11 in May 2020; brand later continued in limited affiliate form.
Last researched 2026-10-15 . Sources linked in the Public record panel. Not legal advice.
Separate from customer reviews on this site. Summaries of government actions, settlements, news, and corporate filings with source links. Many settlements resolve claims without admitting wrongdoing . Researched 2026-10-15 .
Legal entity: Historically Advantage Opco, LLC d/b/a Advantage Rent A Car and E-Z Rent-A-Car LLC; brands later associated with Orlando Rentco LLC / affiliate model after Chapter 11
HQ / base: Historically Orlando, Florida (5950 Hazeltine National Dr. area addresses appear in company privacy materials)
BBB BBB profile for Advantage Rent A Car (Orlando area) listed as not BBB accredited when checked, with unresolved/closed complaint history. Verify current status—corporate structure changed after bankruptcy.
Documented tactics CA complaint alleged billing damage based on third-party estimates higher than amounts Advantage actually paid for repairs, without passing discounts to renters (Civ. Code damage-charge rules). Alleged failures around damage-waiver disclosures and disclosure of material damage on vehicles sold/disposed. Also named in proposed San Diego airport 'user fee' class allegations with other brands (separate from CA AG case). Enforcement timeline 2019-04-15 AG / regulator CA AG $4.6M settlement with Advantage / E-Z $1M consumer restitution + $3.6M civil penalties and costs; permanent injunction against excessive damage fees; compliance officer requirement.
Status: Stipulated judgment
2020-01 Class action San Diego airport fee class allegations (multi-defendant) Proposed class action (Garvin) alleged Payless, Dollar, Fox, and Advantage continued charging a $3.50 San Diego airport user fee after the underlying special tax was ruled unlawful.
Status: Lawsuit filing (see docket for disposition)
2020-05 Bankruptcy Advantage Opco Chapter 11 Advantage Opco LLC filed Chapter 11 listing large liabilities; brands later reported acquired/operated in limited form by Orlando Rentco and affiliates.
Status: Chapter 11 filed
Arbitration Unknown from public sources reviewed for this page. Check any rental agreement for arbitration or class waiver language.
We do not scrape or republish third-party review text. BBB ratings and Google/Yelp scores are never mixed into this site's star ratings or structured-data averages. Corrections: contact .
Customer reviews Star ratings from this site only No reviews yet — share yours
Be the first to document a quoted-vs-charged experience with Advantage Rent A Car. Public-record sources for this company are still shown on this page.
Before your rental, read Know your rights at the counter . About our sources: methodology .