Cheap Car Hire at San Diego Airport

San Diego, CA, United States - San Diego (SAN)

14 Oct — 21 Oct

San Diego, CA, United States - San Diego (SAN)

Fri 14/10

Noon

Fri 21/10

Noon

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San Diego Airport Car Rentals in 2022

Most popular company	DOLLAR
Price of petrol per litre	AED 3.86
Average price per day	AED 37
Cheapest price per day	AED 29

What is the cheapest time to rent a car at San Diego Airport?

January

AED 172

February

AED 227

March

AED 260

April

AED 246

May

AED 220

June

AED 246

July

AED 249

August

AED 227

September

AED 201

October

AED 224

November

AED 227

December

AED 227

Currently, the cheapest month to rent a car at San Diego Airport is January. The most expensive time to rent a car is March. The cheapest prices for each month are shown above, but prices will vary based on availability, how far out you book your rental car, and of course, car type.

Compare available car types for hire in San Diego Airport

	Small cars	AED 116 - AED 299
	All Car Types	AED 132 - AED 464

To hire a Small car in San Diego Airport, you would pay an average price of AED 133/day. November is the cheapest month to hire a Small car in San Diego Airport (~AED 116/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is August (~AED 299/day). In fact, November is about 13% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a Small hire for San Diego Airport. When comparing with other car types available for hire in San Diego Airport, hiring a Small car saves you 32% in costs. Please note that average prices are based on historical data and can vary depending on how early you book, availability for your travel dates, and vehicle popularity.

To hire a Medium car in San Diego Airport, you would pay an average price of AED 190/day. September is the cheapest month to hire a Medium car in San Diego Airport (~AED 144/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is August (~AED 598/day). In fact, September is about 25% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a Medium hire for San Diego Airport. When comparing with other car types available for hire in San Diego Airport, hiring a Medium car saves you 3% in costs. Please note that average prices are based on historical data and can vary depending on how early you book, availability for your travel dates, and vehicle popularity.

To hire a Large car in San Diego Airport, you would pay an average price of AED 176/day. May is the cheapest month to hire a Large car in San Diego Airport (~AED 112/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is August (~AED 545/day). In fact, May is about 37% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a Large hire for San Diego Airport. When comparing with other car types available for hire in San Diego Airport, hiring a Large car saves you 10% in costs. Please note that average prices are based on historical data and can vary depending on how early you book, availability for your travel dates, and vehicle popularity.

To hire a SUV car in San Diego Airport, you would pay an average price of AED 189/day. November is the cheapest month to hire a SUV car in San Diego Airport (~AED 148/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is May (~AED 480/day). In fact, November is about 22% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a SUV hire for San Diego Airport. When comparing with other car types available for hire in San Diego Airport, hiring a SUV car saves you 4% in costs. Please note that average prices are based on historical data and can vary depending on how early you book, availability for your travel dates, and vehicle popularity.

Top rental agencies in San Diego Airport

All major car rental suppliers in San Diego Airport

9.0

Excellent

243 reviews•1 location

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8.4

Excellent|Aug 2020

Easy in and out service

roomer comfort in the vehicle

10.0

Excellent|Sep 2022

Great experience all around!

10.0

Excellent|Sep 2022

Was a great fast experience.

10.0

Excellent|Aug 2022

Good service. Clean, maintained car.

8.0

Excellent|Feb 2022

Alamo did amazing! It was when I tried to make some edits to my reservation through Kayak that I had some difficulties. I think the edits appeared on Alamos end but not mine and it left me very concerned so I booked an additional reservation. The Alamo agent was very helpful and understanding of my plight and was able to take care of everything.

8.0

Excellent|Jan 2022

My wife and I enjoyed the flexibility within the car choice category. The car we picked was very comfortable for the travel we scheduled. The only detriment we observed with the rental was that the vehicle had over 60,000 miles on it at the time of the rental.

6.0

Good|Jan 2022

I rented a car that had broken blinkers. Thought this was something they checked for before letting people onto the road. Could be dangerous and I would have been extremely angry if I had gotten a ticket or in an accident. When I returned it and told the attendant, they did not seem apologetic or like they cared.

1 out of 81

6.1

Good

107 reviews•1 location

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6.0

Good|Oct 2022

Car was damaged and required exchanging

6.0

Good|Aug 2022

Rep asked me if I wanted LDW and I said no but he put it anyway ..didn't notice it when signing trusting him and only realized when returning.. not good

4.0

Okay|Jul 2022

I booked a mid size car, stated as equivalent to a Toyota Camry and was given an economy Toyota Corolla. Had I known about the bait and switch I would have booked an economy car for cheaper price. And no there was no shortages of mid size car.

2.0

Mediocre|Jun 2022

They charged an extra $99.00 for service fees etc. The bill was 2X what they quoted

10.0

Excellent|Jun 2022

Very fast pick-up and drop-off

10.0

Excellent|Jun 2022

Sam at Avis in San Diego is absolutely the best customer service rep I've worked with in years! He was courteous, fast, and communicated very clearly. When we had a bit of a hiccup, he knew exactly how to pivot and made the rest of the transaction seamless. I wouldn't ask for a better CSR than him, make sure to praise him when you get this!

1 out of 36

5.2

Okay

215 reviews•1 location

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5.6

Okay|May 2019

Friendly staff and reasonable agreed price.

The additional charges taken from my credit card in excess of 350 dollars for a key that I placed in the overnite key box at the dollar kiosk because there were no dollar employees to check the car in. I was also charged for gas after the vehicle was fueled before its return. Staff called my cell phone over an hour and a half before my departure and I informed them the key was in the secure drop box. I was told I would be called back immediately if it was not there. I did not receive a call regarding the key and 300 dollars was taken from my account for what is showing a lost vehicle key. Unacceptable by any situation.

2.0

Mediocre|Aug 2022

The line was 2 hours.

10.0

Excellent|Aug 2022

Everything beyond amazing

2.0

Mediocre|Jun 2022

I made a mistake on my booking dates and did not realize it until after the rental period had started. While excellent costumer service would have been too let me rebook with perhaps a fee, good customer service would have been to offer some kind of discount or upgrade. Dollar would have none of that. They took my free money and effectively told me to buzz off. I assure you, I won't give them any more of my money. Also, note that Dollar and Thrifty are subsidiaries of Hertz.

2.0

Mediocre|Jun 2022

It took an hour to get through the line to get to the counter. It took ANOTHER hour to get the car.

8.0

Excellent|Apr 2022

The cost for the rental of a compact/economy car was excessive, although Dollar was the cheapest among the options at San Diego Airport.

2.0

Mediocre|Apr 2022

Beware - smaller car was provided than was reserved (causing us to have a seat filled with luggage and luggage on our laps), and NO communication between the place you call and the rental locations. I was told I could stop by any location for an upgrade, but they couldn’t provide details on inventory, I had to physically go (and of course when I did, no cars were available).

1 out of 72

3.7

Mediocre

108 reviews•1 location

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2.0

Mediocre|Dec 2020

Accurate information on your site would have been helpful.

2.0

Mediocre|Nov 2020

NOTHING ABOUT YOUR COMPANY. FALE ADVERTISING

IF YOU HAD RENTED THE VAN TO US BUT YOU WERE CHARGING EXCESS MILAGE

2.0

Mediocre|Jul 2022

When arriving at airport called number for shuttle to pick up only to be told the company went out of business stranding me at the airport with no rental and offered no help. Didn't receive any prior notice that they went out of business so I could make alternate arrangements

2.0

Mediocre|May 2022

I did this specifically for an airport pickup, and then it turns out ACE doesn’t have airport pickup, although it had said it did.

10.0

Excellent|Apr 2022

Very nice people. However, the shuttle service was too slow and pick-up was lengthy.

2.0

Mediocre|Feb 2022

Ace has absolutely no business being a car rental option for Kayak.

2.0

Mediocre|Jan 2022

They are open limited hours with no after hours option so if your flight is delayed you’ll be left stranded, as I was. Not worth the cheaper price.

2.0

Mediocre|Jan 2022

The rep up charged us and wouldn’t honor the price of the quote even though I showed her the email confirmation and itinerary. She was very rude and pushy - poor customer service. On top of not honoring the price she tried to charge us for 3 days when we only needed it for 2 days. Will never use Ace/Mex Rent A Car again.

1 out of 36

3.3

Mediocre

223 reviews•2 locations

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2.0

Mediocre|May 2022

They refused to give me the car because “we don’t do rentals under 24 hours notice”, however it showed up on kayak. They refused to listen to this argument, blaming kayak instead.

2.0

Mediocre|May 2022

I waited at the airport for an hour. Was late to my appointment.

2.0

Mediocre|May 2022

I was told they didn’t have a car for me. So was left without wheels that day. NOT GOOD.

2.0

Mediocre|May 2022

Overcharged a lot. 3x what I agreed to

2.0

Mediocre|May 2022

Did not recieve the car i booked. So never even got the car to begin with

2.0

Mediocre|Apr 2022

I was charged even though i did not pick up the rental. The man at the front counter said i would be refunded, but i was not.

1 out of 75

5.4

Okay

65 reviews•1 location

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2.0

Mediocre|May 2022

I have very bad experience & I’m still waiting for my money back, All this company want your money They don’t care customer services

6.0

Good|Sep 2022

Plan time to stand in line. Car was not all that clean.

2.0

Mediocre|Aug 2022

During check in, the Budget system was double booking cars, and my pregnant wife and I were sent upstairs (a long trek) to the parking garage twice to find our car occupied by other people. Very frustrating. After this was sorted out 20 minutes later, a separate Budget/AVIS parking attendant was shockingly rude and angry toward us while we asked him “excuse me, can you tell us how to get out of the parking garage?” Also, the “upgrade” from our Camry equivalent was for a smaller cheaper car. The car also smelled bad. Overall it was a bad experience.

10.0

Excellent|Aug 2022

The gentleman at the counter when I arrived was very friendly and professional. He promptly provided me with great service.

2.0

Mediocre|Jun 2022

Car was cool. Staff was extremely rude when dropping off

2.0

Mediocre|May 2022

I have very bad experience & I’m still waiting for my money back, All this company want your money They don’t care customer services

6.0

Good|May 2022

Everything was organized perfectly. After some minutes of registration (it will take a bit longer for foreigners), the car was ready and prepared for departure. The car itself was clean and sufficiently filled with gas. Personnel was very friendly and supportive. Thanks a lot for the comfortable start of the journey. Cheers, du.

1 out of 22

37 reviews•1 location

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10.0

Excellent|Mar 2020

it was great, I used kayak to do the reservation

8.0

Excellent|Jul 2017

Convenient drop off to airport

Delay in service. Car not available on time.

6.8

Good|Jul 2017

Car was clean and fine, no issues.

Long, slow line. Tried to up-sell everyone on a whole bunch of things.To get CDW waiver they made us show our car insurance records, and we had to call our agent to email them on the spot!

8.8

Excellent|Jun 2017

Rental return in San Francisco is not in the rental return building and I was directed to a non existent location 20 minutes away in Burlingame only to find out that the real drop off was at an almost unfindable location on south canal. When I finally did arrive no one was being helped. 2 employees said they were short staffed. It took me a full hour to drop off my car

4.8

Okay|Jun 2017

The car was fairly new.

The car was dirty. Arrived at the rental place and had to wait while they "cleaned the car" even though I had a reservation. They must have just hosed it down even though it took 20 minutes. The dashboard was covered in dust, there was white residue on the seats, a whole slice of pizza in full view stuck down beside the seat, and pepperoni and cheese in multiple places through the car.

6.0

Good|May 2017

Flight cancelled by Jet Blue. Could not re-schedule. Never picked up car/

1 out of 13

44 reviews•1 location

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2.0

Mediocre|Mar 2020

Booked a van pickup 5pm and drop off at same time 2 days later. The day off, 3 hours before pickup, I get a phone call from the location telling me I need to pickup an hour early because they decide to close at 4 “today”. Of fine. “Oh and also you need to drop off before 10am in 2 days because we will be closed at 10am”. “Or you can pay an extra $60 for late drop off”. What?? Late drop off would mean I extend pass my 24h, which I’m not!! If you decide to close early how does that become my problem?? Very disappointing.

2.0

Mediocre|Mar 2020

Booked a van for 2 days w/ 150 mile per day. Arrived at location to be told that policies “of this specific branch” have changed and are now 150 “per rental” (!!!??) Long story short it’s obvious Non sense. Worker at location didn’t show any compassion and on the phone corporate couldn’t do anything because “we are reservation center and customer center only works week days”. Customer service non existent, bummer for loyal and respectful customers like us but I guess that’s the way it goes now.

3.2

Mediocre|Feb 2020

Van was nice.

Shuttle service was terrible/non existent. Rental office is a run down shack to smells of urine.

2.0

Mediocre|Feb 2020

I can accurately rate this—they never showed up to pick me up. I waited a half hour for the shuttle and finally had to rent another car because I had a meeting in another town. I sincerely hope they didn’t charge my credit card.

3.6

Mediocre|Jan 2020

Poor attitude. Had to wait for an hr and dealt with screw you attitude from the front desk. The place was dirty and shady. The van was old (60k + miles) and dirty. It was conveniently near the airport so that is a plus. Most of all is the lady at the front desk who was awful.

9.6

Excellent|Sep 2019

The staff was friendly and helpful. The drop off was super easy. We had a terrific vehicle for the cost.

Didn't love that we had to go to the transit center for rentals & from there take another van (that we had to call & wait for). Also, we had to return by 2 or be charged extra to return it later to a different location (it was a Sat)- those were the only downsides to an otherwise great experience.

1 out of 15

Car Rental FAQs

What is the cheapest hire car found at San Diego Airport?

In the past two weeks, Cheapflights users have found many deals under AED 136/day when booking a car hire at San Diego Airport. The absolute best deal a user found was for AED 108/day from Dollar, booked on Jul. 28.

Which car rental providers are at San Diego Airport?

There are 10 car rental providers located at San Diego Airport. The following companies can be found near the San Diego Airport car rental counter:
Fox (10.0)
Silvercar (10.0)
Enterprise (9.4)
Alamo (8.8)
National (8.6)
Hertz (7.9)
Economy Rent a Car (7.8)
Avis (7.0)
Dollar (6.6)
Sixt (6.3)

Which car rental company is considered to be the best at San Diego Airport?

Taking our users’ ratings and reviews into consideration, Fox (10.0 rating), Silvercar (10.0 rating) and Alamo (8.8 rating) seem to be the best car hire companies at San Diego Airport.

How much does it cost to hire a car at San Diego Airport for a week from Dollar?

Dollar is one of the most popular car hire companies at San Diego Airport, offering car hire for around AED 952 per week on average.

Can I rent a car for a month at San Diego Airport?

Typically, how long you can rent a car for depends on the inventory of the supplier. For San Diego Airport however, it is certainly possible to rent a car for an entire month.

How much does it cost to rent a car at San Diego Airport for a month?

You can potentially save up to 22% on a month-long rental by booking with Dollar. Dollar is the cheapest rental company available within the next few months. Renting a car at San Diego Airport can cost you on average AED 4,080 a month or AED 136 a day. For extended stays in a location, this option will usually save you the most.

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