Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Programs: QFF NB, Velocity Silver, Hertz 5*, Avis Preferred, Thrifty Blue Chip (Oz), Europcar Privilege Exec.
Posts: 378
This is not restricted to Thrifty - it applies to all rental car companies. These charges also apply if you damage the car and have to pay the excess! Lack of clarity/disclosure is very annoying!
The one exception to this is Avis, which quotes excess km including all charges (but only on avis.com.au), as they were fined for not disclosing charges correctly.