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CUSO Jul 23, 2016 5:09 pm

Wife flying out 1 day before I fly In on AA at DFW, how to..
 
How to get keys to car. There is only 1 set of keys (business car), she flies out of DFW Thursday and I fly In to DFW on Friday. How can I get the keys? Please advise thanks

carla568 Jul 23, 2016 5:22 pm


Originally Posted by CUSO (Post 26958688)
How to get keys to car. There is only 1 set of keys (business car), she flies out of DFW Thursday and I fly In to DFW on Friday. How can I get the keys? Please advise thanks

Where did she plan to park the car? If she used valet wouldn't they keep the keys?

MCIUnitedGuy Jul 23, 2016 5:43 pm


Originally Posted by carla568 (Post 26958719)
Where did she plan to park the car? If she used valet wouldn't they keep the keys?

Well then the OP is going to have to figure out how to get the valet ticket I guess...

tlott Jul 23, 2016 6:07 pm


Originally Posted by MCIUnitedGuy (Post 26958775)
Well then the OP is going to have to figure out how to get the valet ticket I guess...

What's the procedure if one were to lose the valet ticket?

shgroamer Jul 23, 2016 6:09 pm

DFW valet (which is actually only a few more bucks than self park in terminals and incredibly convenient since chances are high for terminal arrival being different from departure if flying AA) is very accommodating to requests. If she simply dropped the car off and clearly made a request to allow you to pick it up, I am sure they would do it with some sort of id.

bucketlist Jul 23, 2016 6:35 pm

A short term solution?
 
Park in short term, stash key in car or in trunk, leave unlocked, leave ticket for parking hidden in another part of the car, send text/call/email w/ car's location.


(have actually done some variant of this multiple times, fortunately, drive old cars which aren't too interesting to crooks)

Let us know how it worked out!

flyalways Jul 23, 2016 6:44 pm


Originally Posted by CUSO (Post 26958688)
How to get keys to car. There is only 1 set of keys (business car), she flies out of DFW Thursday and I fly In to DFW on Friday. How can I get the keys? Please advise thanks

Not sure if you have time/money to install this. Kind of expensive but
if this is a recurring issue, this could be a good solution. You do not
need a key at all :-)
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carlosdca Jul 23, 2016 6:48 pm


Originally Posted by shgroamer (Post 26958838)
DFW valet (which is actually only a few more bucks than self park in terminals and incredibly convenient since chances are high for terminal arrival being different from departure if flying AA) is very accommodating to requests. If she simply dropped the car off and clearly made a request to allow you to pick it up, I am sure they would do it with some sort of id.

And wife could take a pic of valet ticket. Send it to husband as text.

sweetsleep Jul 23, 2016 7:01 pm

Leave the key on top of one of the tires and have her tell you where she parked the car. That way you can at least lock the car. You really have to look hard to see the key if you do that.

SeeBuyFly Jul 23, 2016 7:03 pm

This is AA-related how?

You can buy one of those magnetic key boxes that one sticks to somewhere under the car, maybe wheel well. Cheap.

Dallas49er Jul 23, 2016 8:03 pm

Probably too simple:
 
Have a second key made.

MrsDallas49er and I fly in and out of DFW frequently. She has her keys. I have mine. First one in takes picture of car in slot, texts to second one in.

Oh did I mention, have a second, third key made?

rjw242 Jul 23, 2016 8:15 pm


Originally Posted by Dallas49er (Post 26959134)
Have a second key made.

MrsDallas49er and I fly in and out of DFW frequently. She has her keys. I have mine. First one in takes picture of car in slot, texts to second one in.

Oh did I mention, have a second, third key made?

Note that this is a company car. Since spare keys for newer cars (with the authentication chip and whatnot) can cost north of $300, it might not be worth it for a one-off situation.

I second the key-on-tire or magnetic box ideas. Pretty unlikely someone will go out of their way to look for the key, unless it's a Tesla X or similar :)

Dallas49er Jul 23, 2016 8:19 pm


Originally Posted by rjw242 (Post 26959171)
Note that this is a company car. Since spare keys for newer cars (with the authentication chip and whatnot) can cost north of $300, it might not be worth it for a one-off situation.

I second the key-on-tire or magnetic box ideas. Pretty unlikely someone will go out of their way to look for the key, unless it's a Tesla X or similar :)

My last 3 cars came with 2 sets of "keys".

I 3rd the key on tire idea.

rjw242 Jul 23, 2016 8:28 pm


Originally Posted by Dallas49er (Post 26959183)
My last 3 cars came with 2 sets of "keys".

Mine too, but it sounds like the business is retaining the spare set in this instance.

aztimm Jul 23, 2016 8:37 pm


Originally Posted by SeeBuyFly (Post 26958974)
This is AA-related how?

You can buy one of those magnetic key boxes that one sticks to somewhere under the car, maybe wheel well. Cheap.

This isn't AA related. Which is why I'm moving it off to the Texas forum. @:-)


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