Originally Posted by huge

I rented a car today in Aruba from Alamo. I meant to use my CapitalOne Platinum MC for the rental because it doesn't charge any foreign exchange fee, but I clean forgot to call them in advance to notify that I would be out of the country, and when they tried to post my deposit, the charge was declined.

So I gave them my SPG Amex, and that worked.

They told me that they wouldn't actually charge my card, just post a security deposit, and when I called Amex to let them know I was out of the country they confirmed that the card was not yet charged (debited? not sure what word to use).

So now I think I don't really have to use the Cap1 card for the rental contract - I can just give them the Cap1 card when I bring the card back and have them charge that.

It seems like I should just use whatever card gives the best insurance for the sake of the contract, and then charge the final bill to my Cap1 MC, right?

So which one will give me better insurance? Anyone know? Or are they roughly the same? In which case I'll just leave the SPG Amex on the contract and switch it later.

thanks for any advice..
-huge

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