On Tue, 01 May 2007 19:38:49 GMT, "longshot" wrote:


Did she happen to mention whether she was renting from one of the "big"
companies?

It's Alamo. She used to compare prices before every trip, but they
were always the best, so she just calls them now.

Her brother used to work in Palm Beach or West Palm Beach, so that is
the airport. Now she visits a highschool friend in DelRay.

No one at Alamo has ever pressured her before to get these extras.

He tried to rent her the next bigger car, saying it was on sale for
half off, but was somehow still 80 dollars more a week than the
compact she had reserved.

And he said, "Everyone buys the gas." as if she'd be a wierdo if she
didn't buy it. These tactics don't work on her.

Some major credit cards give you theft and collision damage insurance for
car rentals paid for with their card. Here's the description of the plan
on my AMEX card:

http://tinyurl.com/389e82

I think letting the rental company charge you for the gas they put in if
you return with the fuel gage below the "F" mark isn't a bad deal even at
a significant premium price per gallon if it saves you having to look for
a gas station near the return lot in what quite possibly be unfamiliar
territory to you.

Well, she goes every year, so she knows where the gas station is. She
usually gets a very cheap airfare. Usually she takes the 7AM flight
but this time it was 9PM.

And especially so if you're worried about making a
flight on time.

even if you think you bring it back completely full, you can be charged
$6.00 for every gallon that they can fit into that tank. They hold a meter
device up to it & it reads the volume. I have done this both ways. It cost
more to try & take the cheaper way out.

I'm confused. Which is the cheaper way out? I woudl think that would
be buying gas at a gas station, where they don't charge 6 dollars a
gallon. So why do you say it costs more to go to a gas station?

Or is that, in the final analysis, the cheaper way?

It is definitely not worth the BS.