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That's quite interesting. I rent cars quite frequently with the boring free VISA debit card from my normal checking account. I never knew that there are restri
by fwn 10y ago
That's quite interesting.
I rent cars quite frequently with the boring free VISA debit card from my normal checking account. I never knew that there are restrictions on which cards can be used for renting.
- Noseshine 10y agoIt's not so much a restriction, and it differs from company to company. For example, I rented twice this year - I don't own a car and usually use the train - and the first time they wanted my to enter the PIN for the credit card, which I didn't know. A big hassle, they took (real!) money off of my EC card (which I got back afterwards). The second time I didn't need a PIN (different car rental company), but they helped themselves to almost 800 Euros in alleged damages from my credit card (good thing I had used an online service and opted into the "we pay the deductible", which was 1,000 Euros, on the full insurance I had also selected to get).
- thesimon 10y ago>they took (real!) money off of my EC card Technical limitation of the German debit card scheme, which doesn't support blocking amounts for security, but requires refunds...