Multiple reservations for same day?
May 27, 2023 | 5:19 pm
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Multiple reservations for same day?
What stops everyone from making multiple pay later car rental reservations throughout the day their flight lands in case flight is delayed? Priceline allowed me to reserve two of them two hours apart. It seems that competing companies would just reserve a hundred of them a day to lock up their competitors inventory and then just cancel them or no show.
May 27, 2023 | 5:27 pm
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May 27, 2023 | 5:35 pm
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OK, I agree that that would be a bad business decision. But what about us? I'm tempted to reserve 12 cars, one every half hour in case my flight is delayed. I'm not going to do it but it crossed my mind. Which means others would do it. Does that simply not happen?
May 27, 2023 | 5:50 pm
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It's likely unnecessary. Most rental companies invite to provide your inbound flight information in your reservation. Agents may monitor your flight's arrival time if you do not pick up the car at or near the reserved time, and hold the car for you until your flight arrives. But a reservation is never a guarantee of there being a car for you, because some other renters might not return their cars on time. Some renters now book a back-up reservation with a different rental company to guard against that eventuality. If you try to book two or more reservations on the same day with the same rental company -- say a hour apart -- the additional reservations might be cancelled. More importantly, if you make a habit of it, I could see a rental company putting you on their DNR (do not rent) list for "spoiling" their inventory with your multiple reservations.
Jun 4, 2023 | 9:48 am
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It's likely unnecessary. Most rental companies invite to provide your inbound flight information in your reservation. Agents may monitor your flight's arrival time if you do not pick up the car at or near the reserved time, and hold the car for you until your flight arrives. But a reservation is never a guarantee of there being a car for you, because some other renters might not return their cars on time. Some renters now book a back-up reservation with a different rental company to guard against that eventuality. If you try to book two or more reservations on the same day with the same rental company -- say a hour apart -- the additional reservations might be cancelled. More importantly, if you make a habit of it, I could see a rental company putting you on their DNR (do not rent) list for "spoiling" their inventory with your multiple reservations.