Originally Posted by jackal

Interesting note: the Visa acceptance guide for the car rental industry states the following:



Now, that document isn't a legal contract, and it's possible that the merchant agreements that major car rental companies have with their credit card processors could supersede the above information, but it's been my experience that regardless of the verbiage in the contract (which inevitably does include the ability to charge for damages), banks will indeed substantiate a chargeback against a delayed charge for damage. (This may be one reason why Enterprise always immediately charges the customer's deductible for damage at return--that way, it's not a delayed charge.)

There are other things in that document that major rental car agencies do violate...