Help: California/Nevada one way rental
Feb 21, 2011, 10:24 am
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Help: California/Nevada one way rental
Hi,
I've been looking at booking a car from SFO and returning in either in LAS or LAX. Not much of a difference which one for me. LAS would be slightly better.
Thrifty international states:
K.ONE WAY RENTAL POLICY.
One-way rentals are available free within Florida and California and between any two participating Corporate locations in California, Arizona and Nevada. Inquiry should be made with respect to any other one-way rentals and applicable supplemental charges.
However when booking it - they claim that one way fee to LAS is $400 and LAX is $300.
That's makes the rental 2.5x more expensive and seems to be against the rules. How do I get it sorted?
I've been looking at booking a car from SFO and returning in either in LAS or LAX. Not much of a difference which one for me. LAS would be slightly better.
Thrifty international states:
K.ONE WAY RENTAL POLICY.
One-way rentals are available free within Florida and California and between any two participating Corporate locations in California, Arizona and Nevada. Inquiry should be made with respect to any other one-way rentals and applicable supplemental charges.
However when booking it - they claim that one way fee to LAS is $400 and LAX is $300.
That's makes the rental 2.5x more expensive and seems to be against the rules. How do I get it sorted?
Feb 21, 2011, 12:02 pm
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The rules you mentioned made it sound like one-ways within those states at corporate stores were at no extra charge, not between states.
Also please refer to other threads about Dollar/Thrifty's different one-way business model of a separate drop charge. Like the other rental agencies, cars are not "sent back" as long as it's between corporate stores. But Dollar/Thrifty favors long-term leisure renters over short-term business ones, so they can hire fewer staff.
Also please refer to other threads about Dollar/Thrifty's different one-way business model of a separate drop charge. Like the other rental agencies, cars are not "sent back" as long as it's between corporate stores. But Dollar/Thrifty favors long-term leisure renters over short-term business ones, so they can hire fewer staff.
Feb 21, 2011, 12:58 pm
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This is cool. But still SFO and LAX are in the same state, yet they still want to put that $300 on it, which I really don't want to pay on top of a 10 day rental
Feb 24, 2011, 4:57 am
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Edited to add: it appears it is indeed unique to the international tour desk. I attempted a booking at the prepaid UK site linked above and was given an all-inclusive rate of US$35.97 for a one-day rental in March, picking up at SFO and dropping off at either LAX or LAS. No drop fee was assessed.
Aug 15, 2011, 12:06 pm
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Want to bump this thread back to the top..
Have the same kind of rental coming up, leaving SFO to LAS (one-way)
Saw indeed the price difference when booking on thrifty.co.uk, but no mentioning of a drop fee.
Anyone any experiences in the meantime? (or alternatives for cheap SFO to LAS rentals?)
Thanks
Have the same kind of rental coming up, leaving SFO to LAS (one-way)
Saw indeed the price difference when booking on thrifty.co.uk, but no mentioning of a drop fee.
Anyone any experiences in the meantime? (or alternatives for cheap SFO to LAS rentals?)
Thanks