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I'm a Norwegian that recently rented a car in the US, actually had a great experience. Thankfully, I had researched renting a car in the US, so I got a credit c

I'm a Norwegian that recently rented a car in the US, actually had a great experience. Thankfully, I had researched renting a car in the US, so I got a credit card before I left. A credit card is always smart to use while travelling anyway. For some weird reason, I was charged way less than quoted at the reservation (~$2300 instead of ~$3700), seems like Alamo somehow forgot to charge the "Extra - Time & Distance" line on my reservation invoice. Can't really complain.

zoomablemind 5y ago
> ...For some weird reason, I was charged way less than quoted at the reservation (~$2300 instead of ~$3700). Not sure about the rental class and duration... but seeing these totals for a rental car raised my eyebrows by surprise. I guess the prices went way way up...
- scheme271 5y ago
  There was a massive spike in rental prices this year since the rental companies in the US sold a good portion of their fleets when covid hit and travel disappeared. When travel started to come back, the rental companies discovered that they couldn't buy new cars due to supply chain issues. The result were prices in the $100-$500+ range in popular destinations. It's gotten a bit more reasonable recently.
- kristofferR 5y ago
  I rented an SUV for 46 days, drove it across the US.
  - zoomablemind 5y ago
    That makes sense, almost 7 wks, about $330/wk. Weekly deals are often better than daily, not sure if there are monthly deals. Probably there should be some kind of long-term special deals too.
jacquesm 5y ago
Did you buy a car or rent it?
magicalhippo 5y ago
> Thankfully, I had researched renting a car in the US, so I got a credit card before I left. I had done some research too, so knew a credit card was needed, but somehow had missed the part where it had to be in the same name as the driver. As I said, here in Norway I've rented cars many times without driving them, no questions asked. I get that they prefer a credit card, but it didn't cross my mind they cared which one they got. The manager said it was because I could claim I had nothing to do with the rental, which I get now, I just hadn't thought about all these ways of scamming the rental company.
- CaptainZapp 5y ago
  Different countries, different systems. I had no problem paying with my credit card for a n Avis rental with a contract written out to and signed by my spouse at the time. That was in the UK.

zoomablemind 5y ago

> ...For some weird reason, I was charged way less than quoted at the reservation (~$2300 instead of ~$3700). Not sure about the rental class and duration... but seeing these totals for a rental car raised my eyebrows by surprise. I guess the prices went way way up...

scheme271 5y ago
There was a massive spike in rental prices this year since the rental companies in the US sold a good portion of their fleets when covid hit and travel disappeared. When travel started to come back, the rental companies discovered that they couldn't buy new cars due to supply chain issues. The result were prices in the $100-$500+ range in popular destinations. It's gotten a bit more reasonable recently.
kristofferR 5y ago
I rented an SUV for 46 days, drove it across the US.
- zoomablemind 5y ago
  That makes sense, almost 7 wks, about $330/wk. Weekly deals are often better than daily, not sure if there are monthly deals. Probably there should be some kind of long-term special deals too.

jacquesm 5y ago

Did you buy a car or rent it?

magicalhippo 5y ago

> Thankfully, I had researched renting a car in the US, so I got a credit card before I left. I had done some research too, so knew a credit card was needed, but somehow had missed the part where it had to be in the same name as the driver. As I said, here in Norway I've rented cars many times without driving them, no questions asked. I get that they prefer a credit card, but it didn't cross my mind they cared which one they got. The manager said it was because I could claim I had nothing to do with the rental, which I get now, I just hadn't thought about all these ways of scamming the rental company.

CaptainZapp 5y ago
Different countries, different systems. I had no problem paying with my credit card for a n Avis rental with a contract written out to and signed by my spouse at the time. That was in the UK.