Car hire prices at Minneapolis Airport

For November 2026 at Minneapolis Airport, use £42 a day as your benchmark for an Intermediate car such as a Volkswagen Jetta when you book around a month before your trip. At the same lead time, an Economy car such as a Mitsubishi Mirage averages £38 a day, while a Compact such as a Nissan Versa averages £40. In the last 2 weeks, the Intermediate car averages £45 a day, £3 more a day than around a month before. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Minneapolis Airport, book around a month before your trip: an Intermediate car such as a Volkswagen Jetta averages £42 a day then, against £45 in the last 2 weeks. Across all pickup months, an Intermediate car averages £70 a day around 9 months before your trip, from 3,490 prices, against £51 around 2 weeks before, so you need not assume booking earlier would have cost less. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers booked within a month of pickup, so booking near departure is common rather than unusually late.

Budget ties with Thrifty as the cheapest company at Minneapolis Airport for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, averaging £51 a day from 1,859 Budget prices. Budget's desk is at the airport, but you need a credit card and its pickup wait averages 47 minutes; Budget does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Thrifty also averages £51 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, from 1,267 prices, and accepts debit cards. Choose Thrifty if that card rule matters to you: its desk wait averages 24 minutes and it scores 76/100 from 655 recent reviews.

The cheapest company can cost you a longer queue or a bigger deposit, so check the review score and desk wait beside each car in the results before you book.

Choose National at Minneapolis Airport if reviews and pickup speed matter most: it scores 99/100 from 268 reviews over the last 5 months, and its desk wait averages 4 minutes. National is not the cheapest: an Intermediate car averages £68 a day over the last 12 months, from 3,774 prices. Budget and Thrifty tie at £51 a day for an Intermediate car over the same period, from 1,859 and 1,267 prices respectively, £17 less a day than National. Thrifty scores 76/100 from 655 recent reviews, while Budget does not yet have enough reviews for a score.

Review scores are CarTrawler customers' own, from the last five months; the score and the desk wait sit beside each car in the results.

At Minneapolis Airport, allow for deposits of £151 with Budget or Sixt to £227 with Avis, and filter by card because only 4 of the 9 companies accept debit cards across their cars. Another 3 companies, Hertz, Dollar and Sixt, accept debit cards for some cars only; Budget and Avis require a credit card. Filter for a debit card before comparing prices, then check the deposit and card rule beside your chosen car. Extras charged at the desk are listed under each car with their price.

If you bring your own child seat, check your airline's rules first: most carry one free, some charge.

At Minneapolis Airport, allow extra pickup time because Budget's desk averages 47 minutes, and check your card before booking because Budget and Avis require a credit card. If you need to get driving sooner, compare National's 4-minute average desk wait or Enterprise's 9-minute average before choosing your supplier. With a debit card, check the specific car at Hertz, Dollar or Sixt, because those companies accept debit cards for some cars only.

Only 52% of prices at Minneapolis Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

Minneapolis Airport’s Compact cars, such as a Nissan Versa, cost around £40 a day for November 2026 booked around a month before your trip, making them suitable for up to 3 people with a bag each. The Compact seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so a full car cannot carry a suitcase for everyone. At the same lead time in November 2026, an Economy such as a Mitsubishi Mirage averages £38 a day but takes only 2 bags; an Intermediate such as a Volkswagen Jetta averages £42 and still takes 3 bags, so stepping up does not add luggage space. Over the last 12 months, 100% of cars offered are automatic, so you do not need to filter out manuals. Hybrids account for 1% of cars offered, so filter specifically if you want one; electric cars are not offered.