Error when trying to reserve
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 20
Error when trying to reserve
I'm looking to sort out a car for our trip next summer, however can't seem to get any to show up. Am I trying to book too far in advance? Keep getting the error: "No vehicle available for this station"
Can anyone else check to see if they get the error?
I'm looking at picking up in Toronto (I've tried all the locations, but ideally want the "Yonge And Bloor, ON, Canada( YTOC11 )" location, dropping off in New York ("Manhattan W 44th St") - from 30th July 2015-8th August 2015.
Any thoughts?
Can anyone else check to see if they get the error?
I'm looking at picking up in Toronto (I've tried all the locations, but ideally want the "Yonge And Bloor, ON, Canada( YTOC11 )" location, dropping off in New York ("Manhattan W 44th St") - from 30th July 2015-8th August 2015.
Any thoughts?
#4
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: NYC
Programs: AA 2MM, Bonvoy LTT, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,620
Error when trying to reserve
Sometimes they don't even allow JFK to Manhattan especially last minute.
I did YUL LGA earlier this year because the website wouldn't allow drop off in Brooklyn. Went to Brooklyn and asked how much to return there and they checked and confirmed no fee before they closed the contract out.
I did YUL LGA earlier this year because the website wouldn't allow drop off in Brooklyn. Went to Brooklyn and asked how much to return there and they checked and confirmed no fee before they closed the contract out.
#5
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York suburbs
Posts: 4,206
FYI, for one-ways like this, Canada to deep inside the US, they may try to force you to take a car with US plates. It may not be a nice, low mileage car that would have been your first choice from EA/ES. It's one thing if you're using a free day, but if you're actually paying $211/day+tax or whatever, it might seem like a bad deal.
#7
Moderator: National Car
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: SE MI
Programs: Delta PM, National EE, Hertz PC, Hilton DM
Posts: 2,168
Nope, nothing at all unfortunately. The good news is they shouldn't be too strict about making you take the reserved class of car. On my last Canada-US one way (on a free day) I was given my choice of any US plated car they had. The choices were a Kia Sorrento (which I took), a Yukon XL, a Captiva, a Jeep Patriot, and a Fiat 500.
#9
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: SE MI
Programs: Delta PM, National EE, Hertz PC, Hilton DM
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It's a huge logistical headache for Canadian cars to be dropped off in the US (and vice versa), so I wouldn't expect the experience to be any different elsewhere. But I don't have any firsthand experience either.
#10
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 20
The other thing I was thinking was hiring a car from Toronto and dropping it off in Niagra (Canadian side) - we're doing an overnight stay. Then getting a new car the next day (US side) and dropping it off in NY.
However that'd mean crossing the border on foot, and I don't know if they even let you do that?
However that'd mean crossing the border on foot, and I don't know if they even let you do that?
#11
Moderator: National Car
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: SE MI
Programs: Delta PM, National EE, Hertz PC, Hilton DM
Posts: 2,168
The other thing I was thinking was hiring a car from Toronto and dropping it off in Niagra (Canadian side) - we're doing an overnight stay. Then getting a new car the next day (US side) and dropping it off in NY.
However that'd mean crossing the border on foot, and I don't know if they even let you do that?
However that'd mean crossing the border on foot, and I don't know if they even let you do that?
#13
Join Date: Jul 2007
Programs: SPG Platinum
Posts: 155
I'm looking to sort out a car for our trip next summer, however can't seem to get any to show up. Am I trying to book too far in advance? Keep getting the error: "No vehicle available for this station"
Can anyone else check to see if they get the error?
I'm looking at picking up in Toronto (I've tried all the locations, but ideally want the "Yonge And Bloor, ON, Canada( YTOC11 )" location, dropping off in New York ("Manhattan W 44th St") - from 30th July 2015-8th August 2015.
Any thoughts?
Can anyone else check to see if they get the error?
I'm looking at picking up in Toronto (I've tried all the locations, but ideally want the "Yonge And Bloor, ON, Canada( YTOC11 )" location, dropping off in New York ("Manhattan W 44th St") - from 30th July 2015-8th August 2015.
Any thoughts?