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Originally Posted by aviator8
(Post 18403642)
Just an update. I don't have AAA membership so that discount doesn't work for me if they would ask to see my membership. I found that pretty much everyone charges about $10-13 per day per carseat. Ridiculous! I have 2 kids. Avis had the best rates for me. I was able to use my USAA discount to get a full size and apply a coupon to get a upgrade $150 for 5 days. So it would cost me 150 to rent a 20-30K car for 5 days, and 125 to rent two 100 dollar cars seats for 5 days. They really try to hose you with add ons. I refuse to pay rates like that so I have decide that we will be bringing our own carseats. Southwest allows us to check them for free in addition to out normal 2 check bags. A bit of a pain, but I can't bring myself to throw away 125 dollars for crap.
I've been trying Auto Slash a number of times. Business can be cruel sometimes. Hope the strategy works as I've had success in year's past with the system. But a great thing for consumers isn't seen as a great thing for rental companies.. and that's just too bad. |
Giving this a little bump.
I booked a car through Budget in Managua for $130 for three days. I plugged the details into Autoslash and within a half hour they emailed me back saying they'd gotten me a discount and my rate was now $96. Very happy with the results, I need to use this more often ^ |
I had assumed this service had "died".... it is still going strong?
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Originally Posted by wharvey
(Post 21433674)
I had assumed this service had "died".... it is still going strong?
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Originally Posted by CMK10
(Post 21434780)
It is indeed! This is my second time using it this year and it's been very helpful.
Looks like the big guys have backed out still. Where are you finding your success? The LAX wasn't even near where what I paid with Costco in the high season. |
Originally Posted by Ancien Maestro
(Post 21435616)
Just tried LAX, HNL, OGG and the query came up with one selection for LAX and none for HNL and OGG.
Looks like the big guys have backed out still. Where are you finding your success? The LAX wasn't even near where what I paid with Costco in the high season. -J. |
Originally Posted by Ancien Maestro
(Post 21435616)
Just tried LAX, HNL, OGG and the query came up with one selection for LAX and none for HNL and OGG.
Looks like the big guys have backed out still. Where are you finding your success? The LAX wasn't even near where what I paid with Costco in the high season.
Originally Posted by jzweighaft
(Post 21435628)
It's not necessarily what you find with them at first -- the real treasure is them tracking your rental and notifying you when the price goes down :cool:
-J. The last time I used the website (back in June) I emailed their customer support who helped me. |
I thought this had dies as well. I plugged my last rental into the site 3 months before we left and never got a single email with a better rate.
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Originally Posted by CMK10
(Post 21436551)
I didn't find anything through Autoslash, their search engine does seem a little underwhelming. I'd made a Budget reservation a few weeks ago and that's what I plugged in and it was "slashed" in a half hour or less.
The last time I used the website (back in June) I emailed their customer support who helped me. |
Originally Posted by Ancien Maestro
(Post 21442307)
Didn't see Budget in the mix. Are they still on?
we are getting close to releasing a new version that should fix the problems they've been having once and for all Trust me, when you get an email that says this, it'll be worth it: Thanks for tracking your upcoming car rental with AutoSlash. We review each reservation daily to see if we can find additional savings for our customers. We found a better rate on your upcoming rental in Managua on 12/26/2013. You are currently booked at the rate of $130.75 with Budget. AutoSlash is able to offer you a lower rate of $96.25 with Budget for the same vehicle, a savings of $34.50. If you'd like to take advantage of this lower rate and lock in the savings, just click here to book through AutoSlash. Better act fast though, as rates can change quickly. We'll even check your rate each day, and if we find a price drop, we'll re-book you automatically to lock in the savings! |
Would autoslash work when i booked through rentalcars with already booked options for additional drivers, gps, CDW and tank of gas? I want to know the price in advance fully.
The initial email quote with only the car was much higher from autoslash than with all included from rentalcars. Like 12 days for premium from autoslash, only car was $550, same car with all the options included was $390 form rentalcars. |
Originally Posted by krankulla
(Post 25476267)
Would autoslash work when i booked through rentalcars with already booked options for additional drivers, gps, CDW and tank of gas? I want to know the price in advance fully.
The initial email quote with only the car was much higher from autoslash than with all included from rentalcars. Like 12 days for premium from autoslash, only car was $550, same car with all the options included was $390 form rentalcars. Some companies (like rentalcars.com) do offer inclusive rates that require full prepayment at the time of booking. Sometimes these prepaid rates can have cancellation penalties so be sure to read the terms and conditions. In some cases they can can offer better deals since the car rental companies know they have your money and it's a guaranteed reservation so the rental car company is willing to take less money to avoid a possible no-show. |
Originally Posted by AutoSlash
(Post 25476277)
Unfortunately we don't do fully inclusive rentals. Our prices are for just the car including mandatory fees and taxes. We don't include gas, insurance, gps, etc. in our pricing. On the other hand we also don't require payment up-front and you can change or cancel at any time without penalty.
Some companies (like rentalcars.com) do offer inclusive rates that require full prepayment at the time of booking. Sometimes these prepaid rates can have cancellation penalties so be sure to read the terms and conditions. In some cases they can can offer better deals since the car rental companies know they have your money and it's a guaranteed reservation so the rental car company is willing to take less money to avoid a possible no-show. |
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