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Debt under Vehicle Programs and Borrowing Arrangements
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt under Vehicle Programs and Borrowing Arrangements Debt Under Vehicle Programs and Borrowing Arrangements
Debt under vehicle programs, including related party debt due to Avis Budget Rental Car Funding (AESOP) LLC (“Avis Budget Rental Car Funding”), consisted of:
As of December 31,
20232022
Americas – Debt due to Avis Budget Rental Car Funding$15,502 $11,322 
Americas – Debt borrowings1,075 598 
International – Debt borrowings2,203 1,700 
International – Finance leases172 176 
Other55 65 
Deferred financing fees (a)
(70)(52)
Total$18,937 $13,809 
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(a)Deferred financing fees related to Debt due to Avis Budget Rental Car Funding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 were $61 million and $47 million, respectively.
Americas

Debt due to Avis Budget Rental Car Funding. Avis Budget Rental Car Funding, an unconsolidated bankruptcy remote qualifying special purpose limited liability company, issues privately placed notes to investors as well as to banks and bank-sponsored conduit entities. Avis Budget Rental Car Funding uses the proceeds from its note issuances to make loans to our wholly-owned subsidiary, AESOP Leasing LP (“AESOP Leasing”), on a continuing basis. AESOP Leasing is required to use the proceeds of such loans to acquire or finance the acquisition of vehicles used in our rental car operations. By issuing debt through the Avis Budget Rental Car Funding program, we pay a lower rate of interest than if we had issued debt directly to third parties. Avis Budget Rental Car Funding is not consolidated, as we are not the “primary beneficiary” of Avis Budget Rental Car Funding. We determined that we are not the primary beneficiary because we do not have the obligation to absorb the potential losses or receive the benefits of Avis Budget Rental Car Funding’s activities since our only significant source of variability in the earnings, losses or cash flows of Avis Budget Rental Car Funding is exposure to our own creditworthiness, due to our loan from Avis Budget Rental Car Funding. Because Avis Budget Rental Car Funding is not consolidated, AESOP Leasing’s loan obligations to Avis Budget Rental Car Funding are reflected as related party debt on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. We also have an asset within Assets under vehicle programs on our Consolidated Balance Sheets which represents securities issued to us by Avis Budget Rental Car Funding. AESOP Leasing is consolidated, as we are the “primary beneficiary” of AESOP Leasing; as a result, the vehicles purchased by AESOP Leasing remain on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. We determined we are the primary beneficiary of AESOP Leasing, as we have the ability to direct its activities, an obligation to absorb a majority of its expected losses and the right to receive the benefits of AESOP Leasing’s activities. AESOP Leasing’s vehicles and related assets, which as of December 31, 2023, approximate $18 billion and some of which are subject to manufacturer repurchase and guaranteed depreciation agreements, collateralize the debt issued by Avis Budget Rental Car Funding. The assets and liabilities of AESOP Leasing are presented on our Consolidated Balance Sheets within Assets under vehicle programs and Liabilities under vehicle programs, respectively. The assets of AESOP Leasing, included within assets under vehicle programs (excluding the investment in Avis Budget Rental Car Funding (AESOP) LLC—related party) are restricted. Such assets may be used only to repay the respective AESOP Leasing liabilities, included within Liabilities under vehicle programs, and to purchase new vehicles, although if certain collateral coverage requirements are met, AESOP Leasing may pay dividends from excess cash. The creditors of AESOP Leasing and Avis Budget Rental Car Funding have no recourse to our general credit. We periodically provide Avis Budget Rental Car Funding with non-contractually required support, in the form of equity and loans, to serve as additional collateral for the debt issued by Avis Budget Rental Car Funding.
The business activities of Avis Budget Rental Car Funding are limited primarily to issuing indebtedness and using the proceeds thereof to make loans to AESOP Leasing for the purpose of acquiring or financing the acquisition of vehicles to be leased to our rental car subsidiaries and pledging its assets to secure the indebtedness. Because Avis Budget Rental Car Funding is not consolidated by us, its results of operations and cash flows are not reflected within our financial statements.
The following table provides a summary of debt issued by AESOP during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:
Issuance DateMaturity DateWeighted Average
Interest Rate		Amount
Issued
April 2022August 20273.96 %$660 
May 2022March 20255.43 %87 
May 2022March 20234.56 %68 
May 2022September 20235.25 %55 
July 2022February 20264.81 %389 
July 2022February 20284.99 %374 
November 2022April 20266.25 %500 
January 2023April 20285.36 %500 
January 2023October 20265.31 %350 
April 2023February 20275.67 %450 
April 2023June 20285.76 %550 
June 2023April 20275.91 %476 
June 2023December 20285.98 %526 
September 2023August 20276.09 %300 
September 2023February 20296.21 %700 
We used the proceeds from these borrowings to fund the repayment of maturing vehicle-backed debt and the acquisition of rental cars in the United States. Borrowings under the Avis Budget Rental Car Funding program primarily represent fixed rate notes and had a weighted average interest rate of 4.99% and 4.07% as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 respectively.
Debt borrowings. We finance the acquisition of vehicles used in our Canadian rental operations through a consolidated, bankruptcy remote special-purpose entity, which issues privately placed notes to investors and bank-sponsored conduits. We finance the acquisition of fleet for our truck rental operations in the United States through a combination of debt facilities and leases. These debt borrowings represent a mix of fixed and floating rate debt and had a weighted average interest rate of 5.77% and 4.26% as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 respectively.

International

Debt borrowings. In EMEA we operate a €1.7 billion European rental fleet securitization program, with maturity in 2024, which is used to finance fleet purchases for certain of our European operations. The International borrowings primarily represent floating rate notes and had a weighted average interest rate of 5.51% and 3.92% as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Finance leases. We obtain a portion of our International vehicles under finance lease arrangements. For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the weighted average interest rate on these borrowings was 3.68% and 1.82% respectively. All finance leases are on a fixed repayment basis and interest rates are fixed at the contract date.
Debt Maturities
The following table provides the contractual maturities of our debt under vehicle programs, including related party debt due to Avis Budget Rental Car Funding, at December 31, 2023:
Debt under Vehicle Programs (a)
2024 (b)
$4,120 
2025 (c)
6,717 
20263,154 
2027 (d)
2,520 
2028
2,126 
Thereafter370 
$19,007 
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(a)    Vehicle-backed debt primarily represents asset-backed securities.
(b)    Includes $2.4 billion of bank and bank-sponsored facilities. These short-term borrowings have a weighted average interest rate of 4.80% as of December 31, 2023.
(c)    Includes $4.5 billion of bank and bank-sponsored facilities.
(d)    Includes $0.1 billion of bank and bank-sponsored facilities.


Committed Credit Facilities And Available Funding Arrangements
The following table presents available funding under our debt arrangements related to our vehicle programs, including related party debt due to Avis Budget Rental Car Funding, at December 31, 2023:
Total Capacity (a)
Outstanding Borrowings (b)
Available Capacity
Americas – Debt due to Avis Budget Rental Car Funding
$15,537 $15,502 $35 
Americas – Debt borrowings
1,234 1,075 159 
International – Debt borrowings
2,816 2,203 613 
International – Finance leases 246 172 74 
Other55 55 — 
Total$19,888 $19,007 $881 
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(a)Capacity is subject to maintaining sufficient assets to collateralize debt. The total capacity for Americas — Debt due to Avis Budget Rental Car Funding includes increases from an amendment and renewal of our asset-backed variable funding financing facilities during March 2023 and was most recently amended during January 2024.
(b)The outstanding debt is collateralized by vehicles and related assets of $17.4 billion for Americas - Debt due to Avis Budget Rental Car Funding; $1.5 billion for Americas - Debt borrowings; $2.8 billion for International - Debt borrowings; and $0.2 billion for International - Finance leases.

Debt Covenants
The agreements under our vehicle-backed funding programs contain restrictive covenants, including restrictions on dividends paid to us by certain of our subsidiaries and restrictions on indebtedness, mergers, liens, liquidations and sale and leaseback transactions, and in some cases also require compliance with certain financial requirements. As of December 31, 2023, we are not aware of any instances of non-compliance with any of the financial or restrictive covenants contained in the debt agreements under our vehicle-backed funding programs.