Return one way rental and check out the same vehicle?
Can I book a one way rental, return it at location b and check out the same car or do I have to pick up a different vehicle?
Reason for this is my 1 way rental rate double and I only need it for a day. By doing this I'll save a few hundred. |
Originally Posted by dannieboiz
(Post 18753208)
Can I book a one way rental, return it at location b and check out the same car or do I have to pick up a different vehicle?
Reason for this is my 1 way rental rate double and I only need it for a day. By doing this I'll save a few hundred. |
I would actually say to this "YMMV" there are a number of situations that have been documented here where you may be asked to swap vehicles. If your rental is from a franchise to corporate or vise versa, and having an upgraded vehicle needed for paid reservations are two reasons that may apply.
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Originally Posted by Coastercameron
(Post 18753443)
I would actually say to this "YMMV" there are a number of situations that have been documented here where you may be asked to swap vehicles. If your rental is from a franchise to corporate or vise versa, and having an upgraded vehicle needed for paid reservations are two reasons that may apply.
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I just did this between LGA and JFK. I did not ask them to wash or clean it though, I find that the more effort you ask the staff to put in, the less likely you are to get what you want. If you simply explain that you're returning but have another rental to check out, tell them you want to keep your car if at all possible. Obviously you can't do this if you've got a Premium or Luxury and your new reservation is for an Economy, but in my experience most locations don't care, and in fact prefer, to let you keep the car. It's one less car for them to deal with and if you arrive at a particularly busy time, you're keeping the clean cars available for other renters. Also helps them if they are short on cars because you're not taking from the limited stock on hand.
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Originally Posted by dwbf11
(Post 18755493)
Obviously you can't do this if you've got a Premium or Luxury and your new reservation is for an Economy, but in my experience most locations don't care, and in fact prefer, to let you keep the car.
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I wouldn't try to pull anything funny on this one. I'm not gonna rent premium then swap out for compact.
However, since I get to pick in the Executive isle, I pay intermediate anyways and my next reservation is going to be for the same exact thing. Is that what you guys are saying why it could be YMMV? |
Originally Posted by dannieboiz
(Post 18761401)
However, since I get to pick in the Executive isle, I pay intermediate anyways and my next reservation is going to be for the same exact thing. Is that what you guys are saying why it could be YMMV?
The advice to make is easy for them - don't let it enter the wash/gas channel upon return as some stations process cars very quickly! - is useful. |
Originally Posted by 3Cforme
(Post 18762463)
The biggest YMMV variable is car class. The ES guarantee is a selection of full size cars at the midsize rate. If you get lucky with your one-way and pull a luxury or specialty SUV off the ES, you're not really is a position to demand keeping that vehicle from the new station. They can point to the current ES selection (likely full of Altimas, Impalas and Chargers) and direct you to take from those vehicles.
The advice to make is easy for them - don't let it enter the wash/gas channel upon return as some stations process cars very quickly! - is useful. |
I've had it happen both ways, as a lot of time I'll do a one-day rental with a free day and then drop off and pick up again. BHM was an absolute NO with a base Impala (but I was only EA at the time and not ES), but at Washington Union Station the station manager happened to be there and was more than happy to upgrade me back into the Jeep Grand Cherokee that I had picked up at BWI a couple of days earlier.
The last one was fortuitous as later that week was one of the big DC snowstorms, and I spent 5 hours in that Grand Cherokee on the Dulles Access Road local lanes behind a bus jackknife. |
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