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Old Aug 8, 2005 | 10:48 am
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Originally Posted by ezmonee
including a rental car. hows this one. On my recent vacation in hilo, I was told that Alamo in kona has a nasty habit of "closing" even when they know a flight is delayed with their customers on board. The agent in hilo said "one time Budget, avis and dollar split 40 walk up reservations when Alamo and national closed 6 min after the flight landed (it was delayed)."

anyone able to confirm this behavior?
i can't confirm it specifically, but i can confirm it generally.
'work ethic' isn't really something we have a surplus of on this island. (that isn't limited to alamo, and it's not limited to kona. doing business of any kind here is a real challenge)
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