Hi, I've been a pretty frequent renter the last couple years at Budget and I've never had any problems renting with my debit card. I rented a car at the STL airport today though which is where I usually rent and before when they authorized my card no funds were ever actually held or taken out of my bank account. When I returned the car I would either let them run the charges on the card I reserved it with or sometimes I would pay with a different card. Anyway, tonight when I rented I checked my bank balance afterwards and was shocked to see $500 was actually put on hold and is unavailable to me until I return the car or the hold expires. Is this a new policy? Before I think they checked to see if the funds were available but now they are actually putting a hold on them... very inconvenient.

Jeff