Booking Rental Car from DL.com at Bottom of Flt Confirmation
Jul 2, 2018, 7:57 am
#1
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Booking Rental Car from DL.com at Bottom of Flt Confirmation
Leisure trip to Minneapolis. Rental car websites (and Orbitz) were quoting about $100 per day including fees. After booking the DL flights, I scrolled down the confirmation page and saw Hertz quoted at $40 per day. I figured double that for the fees and I'm still cheaper than booking separately. Turns out what was going to be a $390 car rental was $200 though the DL site... including fees. Even the Hertz website was quoting around $100 per day after fees.
Is this common? Is this little disclaimer (*Final balance due determined by provider) going to bite me in the end?
Is this common? Is this little disclaimer (*Final balance due determined by provider) going to bite me in the end?
Jul 2, 2018, 8:10 am
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Leisure trip to Minneapolis. Rental car websites (and Orbitz) were quoting about $100 per day including fees. After booking the DL flights, I scrolled down the confirmation page and saw Hertz quoted at $40 per day. I figured double that for the fees and I'm still cheaper than booking separately. Turns out what was going to be a $390 car rental was $200 though the DL site... including fees. Even the Hertz website was quoting around $100 per day after fees.
Is this common? Is this little disclaimer (*Final balance due determined by provider) going to bite me in the end?
Is this common? Is this little disclaimer (*Final balance due determined by provider) going to bite me in the end?
If you’re a Costco member, their rates through the Costco travel site are usually quite good. Also check out Autoslash.
Jul 2, 2018, 8:59 am
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Totally agree but that was the total rate after fees. Just mid/full size cars. Hotels are more expensive there than normal so i think something is going on in town.
Jul 2, 2018, 10:46 am
#4
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Charleston, SC
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I use Delta.com for booking Hertz all the time. Plus you get bonus points for booking through Delta. I check the Hertz rates on my app (with my corporate rate) and compare to what i can rent using Delta. Same fees as if you rented direct from Hertz. Same with other car rental companies that Delta uses.
Jul 2, 2018, 11:23 am
#5
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,885
You never know. Sometimes the DL discount code will give you an eye-poppingly good rate, sometimes my corporate rate will be best, but I never find that both will. Sometimes using the rate codes increases the price vs standard rate. Best to shop around for rental cars.
Jul 2, 2018, 11:23 am
#6
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: DTW
Posts: 6
When I book for work I typically book through Hertz or Enterprise directly w/ our corporate codes. However for personal use I will book wherever I can get the lowest rate recently as I've been traveling to ATL a lot. I've found Delta's website to be cheaper but the cheapest I typically get is just going through autoslash and it seems to end up about 50 bucks cheaper then anything else I can find.
Jul 2, 2018, 7:06 pm
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You never know. Sometimes the DL discount code will give you an eye-poppingly good rate, sometimes my corporate rate will be best, but I never find that both will. Sometimes using the rate codes increases the price vs standard rate. Best to shop around for rental cars.