UC03

Rental competitor rate benchmark

Baseline first · candidate experiment

Existing supplier integration provides authoritative pricing. Optionally benchmark different suppliers in the same area with matched dates, duration, class, seating, currency and fees. Keep public retail and contracted rate bases distinct; switching costs are separate.

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Main dependency

Supplier integration/pricing is confirmed. Actual interface contract is not supplied; other capabilities remain unverified.

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Supplier pricing
Existing baseline · simulated here
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Coverage check
Answered already? Stop; zero Parallel calls
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Competitor benchmark
Optional, explicit action only
04
Incremental evidence
Supported additions, coverage and reviewer effort

fixture — Simulated baseline and optional external evidence. Every observation is fabricated; no provider calls are made.

Scenario input Synthetic

{
  "case_id": "UC03",
  "use_case": "rental_extensions",
  "data_origin": "synthetic",
  "notice": "Hypothetical demo input. No real claim or predicted web result.",
  "input": {
    "location": {
      "zip": "23220",
      "state": "VA",
      "timezone": "America/New_York"
    },
    "pickup_offset_days": 1,
    "requested_days": 3,
    "vehicle_class": "midsize",
    "seats_needed": 5,
    "repair_status": {
      "remaining_days": 3,
      "origin": "mock_enterprise"
    },
    "existing_extension": {
      "daily_all_in_usd": "50.00",
      "availability": "simulated_supplier_confirmed",
      "origin": "mock_enterprise"
    },
    "transfer_cost_usd": "35.00",
    "existing_supplier": {
      "id": "mock_existing_supplier",
      "name": "Simulated integrated supplier",
      "group_ids": [],
      "rate_basis": "simulated_supplier_agreement"
    },
    "benchmark_requirements": {
      "supplier_scope": "different_suppliers_only",
      "same_area": true,
      "same_dates_and_times": true,
      "same_class_and_seating": true,
      "include_mandatory_fees": true,
      "exclude_switching_costs_from_base_comparison": true
    },
    "branch_reference": null,
    "insurer_rules": {
      "rule_version": "simulation-v1",
      "max_review_days": null,
      "origin": "simulated_fixture"
    },
    "supplier_fixture": {
      "daily_all_in_usd": "50.00",
      "supplier_identity": "SIMULATED integrated supplier",
      "excluded_supplier_groups": [],
      "rate_basis": "simulated_supplier_agreement",
      "response_status": "ok"
    },
    "switching_cost_usd": "35.00"
  },
  "primary_system": {
    "role": "existing rental supplier integration",
    "origin": "mock_enterprise",
    "actual_insurer_interface": "not_provided",
    "coverage_to_confirm": true
  },
  "research_request": {
    "requested": false,
    "question": "Competitor rates from different suppliers in the same area for the same dates, class and rental terms.",
    "purpose": "competitor_market_benchmark",
    "primary_answer_status": "not_checked",
    "gap_status": "requested_benchmark"
  },
  "baseline": {
    "status": "ok",
    "answered_questions": [
      "Routine primary question"
    ],
    "coverage": [
      "Existing rental supplier pricing integration (confirmed)"
    ],
    "origin": "simulated_fixture"
  }
}

Supplier integration baseline

Pricing is the confirmed capability. Availability, reservation and extension fields are unverified. Sample supplier prices, insurer rules and repair timing are simulated.

Benchmark competitor rates Optional

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Benchmark competitor rates from different suppliers in the same area. Candidate experiment, not a verified deficiency. If existing evidence answers the question, stop.

No baseline evidence yet.

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Rental competitor rate benchmark

Supplier pricing

Coverage check

Competitor benchmark

Incremental evidence

Scenario input Synthetic

Benchmark competitor rates Optional