This is a well known concept in economics called rent seeking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking Depending

This is a well known concept in economics called rent seeking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking Depending on how this works on Avis' end, this may or may not qualify, but rent seeking is definitely a thing. The wikipedia article has good examples of pervasive examples of rent seeking.