Originally Posted by
xooz
The blurb on the Alamo site says:
Help make your rental experience even faster! After Activating Accelerated Check-in, submit your payment and accept the rental agreement to Skip the Counter and go directly to your vehicle. The gate agent will confirm your details as you exit the lot.
That made me wonder when exactly I did this... when I made the reservation? When the plane lands 10 minutes before I pick the car up? If it said "submit your payment
information", I wouldn't have thought twice. Bottom line is I never pay in advance, so I wanted to confirm. I am Hertz President club so I guess perhaps this is similar as it relates to not being prepaid. I'll give it a try if/when I get a competitive price from Alamo.
I only book through Costco and they don't even have a prepay option, they clearly say "book now, pay later". Before I travel I go to the Alamo website (Costco gives you 2 confirmation numbers, their own and also Alamo's) and do the Accelerated Check -in, and I'm pretty sure at that time you have to put in your cc #, but I don't consider that "pre-paying"? You can stll cancel last minute. Prepaying (to me) has always meant you are locking in a lower price and can't change/cancel.
Maybe one of the "auto" guys who frequent this forum can clarify.