Originally Posted by
StevePER
They asked if I was a Blue Chip member, I said yes but I don't have my card with me, they checked my license number, and that was all.
The Blue Chip website lists as a benefit "No signature require, just show your drivers license".
Interesting. That's a benefit of Blue Chip unique to Australia, then. The U.S./Canada Blue Chip program still requires you to sign a rental agreement every time you rent.
It's not a legal thing, as National and Hertz both have programs where you sign a master rental agreement when you sign up for the program and don't have to sign when you pick up the car, but Thrifty has not progressed to that, yet. (I don't quite understand Hertz's program--they don't even verify any information: all you do is walk up, say your name, and they hand you your keys. Not terribly secure...I've been tempted to take a nice Lincoln off the lot before...I think it'd be easy to con them...)