1. Baggage claim → SkyConnect → Rental Car Center
You are at baggage claim
2. Rental Car Center → Payless
You enter on Level 4, then Level 3 for Payless.
Steps
- Baggage claim: Take elevators or escalators up to Level 4 (the SkyConnect platform level), following overhead signs as needed.
- SkyConnect platform: SkyConnect is TPA’s free train between the terminal and the Rental Car Center. Follow overhead signs to the SkyConnect station, then board toward the Rental Car Center.
- Enter the RCC: Train doors open into the rental counter building. You are in the main rental counter hall on Level 4.
- Payless Counter: Locate the Payless counter in the Level 4 hall, situated between Enterprise and Budget. Complete your paperwork and pick up your keys here.
- South Core Elevators: Head toward the South Core elevator bank (located past Avis). Take the elevator to Level 3.
- Payless Pickup: On Level 3, follow overhead signs to the Payless vehicle lot.
Video
About this page
This guide covers the route from baggage claim at Tampa International Airport (TPA) to the Level 4 SkyConnect platform, the SkyConnect trip to the Rental Car Center, and the path to the Payless counter and Level 3 vehicle pickup. The embedded video shows the same walk in real time.