Consecutive days, separate rentals?
Apr 10, 2008, 5:00 pm
#1
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Consecutive days, separate rentals?
This relates to the current Delta miles bonus, but it's not finding the expertise over on the DL board where it was moved, and it has broader application...
VERY stupid question: If I book three rentals for consecutive days out of LAX ... and take out a car, return it; take out the second on the second day, return it; take out the third on the third day, return it ...will it count as three separate rentals? I'm assuming that, to keep this and this question clean, I need to do this so they don't overlap. But as an additional question, would overlapping matter?
I know it doesn't count as three stays if we do the analogy at a hotel. Everybody knows the answer to this because it's come up a thousand times, but will someone please indulge me? (For me it's imminent, if at all.)
Thank you.
VERY stupid question: If I book three rentals for consecutive days out of LAX ... and take out a car, return it; take out the second on the second day, return it; take out the third on the third day, return it ...will it count as three separate rentals? I'm assuming that, to keep this and this question clean, I need to do this so they don't overlap. But as an additional question, would overlapping matter?
I know it doesn't count as three stays if we do the analogy at a hotel. Everybody knows the answer to this because it's come up a thousand times, but will someone please indulge me? (For me it's imminent, if at all.)
Thank you.
Apr 10, 2008, 7:53 pm
#2
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Have done 1+1 and 2+1+2 day rentals, at a single location, on occasions when I wanted a 'specialty vehicle' (ie, jeep) for one day out of X, or to game some promo .. showed up correctly as individual contracts. ^ (Caveat: with National)
How the Avis/DL promo terms might apply, can't say.
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How the Avis/DL promo terms might apply, can't say.
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Apr 10, 2008, 9:50 pm
#3
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This relates to the current Delta miles bonus, but it's not finding the expertise over on the DL board where it was moved, and it has broader application...
VERY stupid question: If I book three rentals for consecutive days out of LAX ... and take out a car, return it; take out the second on the second day, return it; take out the third on the third day, return it ...will it count as three separate rentals? I'm assuming that, to keep this and this question clean, I need to do this so they don't overlap. But as an additional question, would overlapping matter?
I know it doesn't count as three stays if we do the analogy at a hotel. Everybody knows the answer to this because it's come up a thousand times, but will someone please indulge me? (For me it's imminent, if at all.)
Thank you.
VERY stupid question: If I book three rentals for consecutive days out of LAX ... and take out a car, return it; take out the second on the second day, return it; take out the third on the third day, return it ...will it count as three separate rentals? I'm assuming that, to keep this and this question clean, I need to do this so they don't overlap. But as an additional question, would overlapping matter?
I know it doesn't count as three stays if we do the analogy at a hotel. Everybody knows the answer to this because it's come up a thousand times, but will someone please indulge me? (For me it's imminent, if at all.)
Thank you.
Apr 11, 2008, 1:35 am
#4
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 1,031
three contracts, three rentals.
period.
I know of many people who do this. Location doesnt matter, waiting period between rentals doesnt matter. its three rentals.
period.
I know of many people who do this. Location doesnt matter, waiting period between rentals doesnt matter. its three rentals.
This relates to the current Delta miles bonus, but it's not finding the expertise over on the DL board where it was moved, and it has broader application...
VERY stupid question: If I book three rentals for consecutive days out of LAX ... and take out a car, return it; take out the second on the second day, return it; take out the third on the third day, return it ...will it count as three separate rentals? I'm assuming that, to keep this and this question clean, I need to do this so they don't overlap. But as an additional question, would overlapping matter?
I know it doesn't count as three stays if we do the analogy at a hotel. Everybody knows the answer to this because it's come up a thousand times, but will someone please indulge me? (For me it's imminent, if at all.)
Thank you.
VERY stupid question: If I book three rentals for consecutive days out of LAX ... and take out a car, return it; take out the second on the second day, return it; take out the third on the third day, return it ...will it count as three separate rentals? I'm assuming that, to keep this and this question clean, I need to do this so they don't overlap. But as an additional question, would overlapping matter?
I know it doesn't count as three stays if we do the analogy at a hotel. Everybody knows the answer to this because it's come up a thousand times, but will someone please indulge me? (For me it's imminent, if at all.)
Thank you.
Apr 14, 2008, 9:06 am
#5
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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I've done piggyback rentals like this before when I have a personal/business combination and want separate receipts.
What I usually do is drive to the airport, but not the Avis return line, and walk in to the Avis counter. Give them the contract and ask them to close it out, and open your new rental with the same car. I haven't had a problem doing this... it saves them from cleaning the car and you from moving your luggage. However, I only do this when the car I get the first time is decent.
What I usually do is drive to the airport, but not the Avis return line, and walk in to the Avis counter. Give them the contract and ask them to close it out, and open your new rental with the same car. I haven't had a problem doing this... it saves them from cleaning the car and you from moving your luggage. However, I only do this when the car I get the first time is decent.
Apr 16, 2008, 1:54 pm
#7
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I've done piggyback rentals like this before when I have a personal/business combination and want separate receipts.
What I usually do is drive to the airport, but not the Avis return line, and walk in to the Avis counter. Give them the contract and ask them to close it out, and open your new rental with the same car. I haven't had a problem doing this... it saves them from cleaning the car and you from moving your luggage. However, I only do this when the car I get the first time is decent.
What I usually do is drive to the airport, but not the Avis return line, and walk in to the Avis counter. Give them the contract and ask them to close it out, and open your new rental with the same car. I haven't had a problem doing this... it saves them from cleaning the car and you from moving your luggage. However, I only do this when the car I get the first time is decent.
Apr 17, 2008, 12:37 pm
#8
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I do this all the time. Rent from the airport and take the hit on all the fees, drive to a non-airport location the following day and return my car, then pick up another one from the same downtown location without the airport fees. It's often cheaper and more convenient to do this than to take a cab downtown. It shows up as two rentals.
Apr 17, 2008, 12:48 pm
#9
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I do this all the time. Rent from the airport and take the hit on all the fees, drive to a non-airport location the following day and return my car, then pick up another one from the same downtown location without the airport fees. It's often cheaper and more convenient to do this than to take a cab downtown. It shows up as two rentals.