Location Service Charge at AMS slightly excessive?
Mar 4, 2015, 9:40 pm
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Location Service Charge at AMS slightly excessive?
I was trying to rent what was already a fairly pricey vehicle in the Focus ST-H (Y6 category), only to find out that the quoted rate of 111 Euros/day effectively doubles after the taxes are factored in. At the heart of the issue is a whopper of a 55 Euro LSC. I have never encountered this fee during any other Hertz rentals and was curious why it was so high. It's the same, regardless of vehicle class and is going to completely put me off renting from Hertz in Europe if it's a normal thing from now on...
Mar 4, 2015, 10:04 pm
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Although it may not help the price, perhaps using a different country setting where the total prices are displayed rather than the meaningless base price will help avoid unwanted surprsises when the taxes are included. It foes indeed seem that all the vehicles at that location have that fee
A location charge that is higher than the rest of rental put together is the highest percentage that I have seen
This seems to be a charged specific to Schipol rather than Europe in general - booking at a location in the city there is no EUR55 fee
It is EUR55 regardless of length of rental - on a week's rental it isn't so bad a percentage
A location charge that is higher than the rest of rental put together is the highest percentage that I have seen
This seems to be a charged specific to Schipol rather than Europe in general - booking at a location in the city there is no EUR55 fee
It is EUR55 regardless of length of rental - on a week's rental it isn't so bad a percentage
Mar 4, 2015, 10:07 pm
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Y6 can't be booked online, so that was just the info the agent provided on the phone. A location charge two times higher than the rest of the rental is very possible at AMS, apparently: just book an Economy car for 26 euros and pay the 55. That's insane to me.
Not bad on a week's, perhaps, but I'm there for two days.
Not bad on a week's, perhaps, but I'm there for two days.
Last edited by highlanderfil; Mar 4, 2015 at 10:16 pm
Mar 5, 2015, 7:05 am
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Must be a Schiphol thing. That's really unfortunate, but it looks like city locations don't have this issue. Too bad Y6 is limited to 200 km/day...
Last edited by highlanderfil; Mar 5, 2015 at 7:10 am
