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Old Jul 6, 2005 | 1:56 am
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ezmonee
 
Join Date: May 2005
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look on your contract, it says the $$ amt in plain sight right by all the agents check marks when they check you out. GSO is reasonable, FS is always a bit much.


Originally Posted by BearX220
Returned a $35.99/day Impala at MCI last night and the rental totaled out at more than $77.00. I had driven 85 highway miles, the fuel needle showed seven-eighths full, and they wanted to charge me $22.50 for fuel top-up. Way beyond reasonable, IMHO, and far more than I've been paying at LAX and ORD this year.

I went inside to have it out with the management and the top-up charge was posted on a very small sign as $5.51 a gallon, which of course is outright theft. At the rate they were charging, a whole tank of gas would've run about $125.00.

I stood my ground politely (said I was willing to pay a reasonable surcharge, of course, but not this) and the shift supervisor finally took the whole fuel fee off my folio, "just this once." She had no defense other than a sheepish smile and "everyone does it."

I pointed out that two taxis to and from the city would cost less... outrageous.

Has anyone been dinged worse for fuel?
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