Wife flying out 1 day before I fly In on AA at DFW, how to..
Jul 23, 2016, 5:09 pm
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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
Jul 23, 2016, 5:22 pm
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Jul 23, 2016, 6:09 pm
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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.
Jul 23, 2016, 6:35 pm
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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!
(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!
Jul 23, 2016, 6:44 pm
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if this is a recurring issue, this could be a good solution. You do not
need a key at all :-)
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Jul 23, 2016, 6:48 pm
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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.
Jul 23, 2016, 8:03 pm
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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?
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?
Jul 23, 2016, 8:15 pm
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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
Jul 23, 2016, 8:19 pm
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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
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
I 3rd the key on tire idea.
Jul 23, 2016, 8:37 pm
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