The Rental Car Center - open 24/7 - and located at 7600 Earhart Road, Oakland, CA 94621, houses all on-airport rental car agencies in one location at the airport's North Field, less than 10 minutes from the terminals. The following Rental Car Agencies are doing business at the Rental Car Center:
Alamo - 1-800-462-5266
Avis - 1-800-331-1212
Budget - 1-800-527-0700
Dollar - 1-800-800-4000
Enterprise - 1-800-261-7331
Fox - 1-800-225-4369
Hertz - 1-800-654-3131
National Car Rental - 1-800-227-7368
Thrifty - 1-800-847-4
Rental Car Shuttle buses operate between the terminals and the Rental Car Center, every 10 minutes, but operate "on demand" only between 1:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m.
While the Rental Car Center is open 24 hours a day, check with your car rental agency's reservation center for their hours of operation at OAK and make arrangements for special arrival and departure requests.
Picking Up Rental Cars:
Take the Rental Car Shuttle from terminals to Rental Car Center to transfer to off-airport rental car agency shuttle. (Call from terminals or Rental Car Center to arrange transfer at Rental Car Center).
Dropping Off Rental Cars:
Take off-airport rental car agency shuttle to Rental Car Center to transfer to Rental Car Shuttle for transportation to terminals.
Alamo - 1-800-462-5266
Avis - 1-800-331-1212
Budget - 1-800-527-0700
Dollar - 1-800-800-4000
Enterprise - 1-800-261-7331
Fox - 1-800-225-4369
Hertz - 1-800-654-3131
National Car Rental - 1-800-227-7368
Thrifty - 1-800-847-4
Rental Car Shuttle buses operate between the terminals and the Rental Car Center, every 10 minutes, but operate "on demand" only between 1:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m.
While the Rental Car Center is open 24 hours a day, check with your car rental agency's reservation center for their hours of operation at OAK and make arrangements for special arrival and departure requests.
Picking Up Rental Cars:
Take the Rental Car Shuttle from terminals to Rental Car Center to transfer to off-airport rental car agency shuttle. (Call from terminals or Rental Car Center to arrange transfer at Rental Car Center).
Dropping Off Rental Cars:
Take off-airport rental car agency shuttle to Rental Car Center to transfer to Rental Car Shuttle for transportation to terminals.
Tips, Help & Resources
iFly.com strives to ensure that your travel experience is seamless and hassle-free, from flight booking to navigating airport security and beyond. Here are some useful pointers to assist you on your journey, tailored specifically to OAK airport:
- If you find that rental cars are unavailable at the airport upon your arrival, consider taking one of Metropolitan Oakland's airport shuttles or taxi service to your destination. Alternatively, you can use local public transportation. Airport help desk staff can help you find the right option.
- Refer to the flight Oakland arrivals information boards within the airport to determine which baggage carousel your flight has been assigned to.
- If you are arriving from an international destination and need to exchange pounds or euros, locate the in-terminal currency exchangers or OAK's automated teller machines.
- Before you depart Oakland (OAK) airport's terminal and pickup your car, be sure to get specific directions back to the exact location where you need to drop your car off. Some rental car agencies might have different pickup and drop-off locations.