"LVTravel" wrote in message
news:1341841td6k7473@corp.supernews.com...
> Budget base rate for Convertible 3 weeks on their web site is $1318.
> Out of country visitors have to pay more however, i.e., Australia
> residents is $1490.12 for the same vehicle.
>
> Does pay to shop around.
>
Still doing so thanks. I have used Budget there (SFO) for the past 2
years - always reserved a Mustang convertible - always got a Sebring -
so no more Budget for me ( Sebring tilt wheel is in my lap).
About the AIRPORT CONCESSION RECOVERY ON FLIGHT ARRIVALS WITHIN 12 HOURS
fee of 11.10 % ... ( which although I found a definition at Alamo (
below), I don't understand the concept/objective), I know not gonna
change but to get around it :
1. If I return it a day BEFORE my departure , I can save about $200 ????
What purpose does that serve ? How is that " better" for them ?
2. Budget website stated " at some airports the fee can be avoided by
NOT using the shuttle to our pick-up location". Huh ? So if I walk or
take a CAB from the gate to the pick-up area - no $200 fee ?? Again -
what's the idea behind this ??? I suspect that it's just that most
people don't pay attention and they make an extra $200 by adding a
complicated sounding line item to the bill.
3. I thought the fee went directly to the airport, but it looks like to
rental company to help them pay the airport for their space. ( and why
not for their other/downtown locations ?)
BTW , when I checked return rate I wasn't asked - "when is your flight
home?" but I will try it later - enter a different departure date and
see if it goes down by $200. If it does , I'll get a hotel for another
night or return it elsewhere ( if only an airport fee) and just take a
cab to airport. .
< from Alamo website >
At some locations, Alamo has elected to impose "recovery fees" to
recover or recoup all or a portion of its expenses related to a type of
overhead. At certain airport locations where Alamo is an on-airport
concessionaire, Alamo has elected to impose a charge, often referred to
as a Concession Recoupment Fee or Concession Recovery Fee, to recover
all or a portion of the concession fees which it is obligated to pay to
the airport. Further, many airports impose a fee on revenue from
off-airport rental car transactions (typically when the customer exits
the airport using the off-airport company's shuttle bus) at locations
where Alamo is an off-airport concessionaire; Alamo elects to impose a
charge to recover all or a portion of this fee from customers. This fee,
which varies by airport, will appear separately in the charges section
of the rental agreement as Airport Fee, or the like.
> "- Bobb -" wrote in message
> news:M8mdnRFo1Y5_Y6DbnZ2dnUVZ_uGknZ2d@comcast.com...
>> "A Mate" wrote in message
>> news:463dbe13$0$19864$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
>>> >>Total Approximate Charges $1859.43<<
>>>
>>> For how long?
>> 3 weeks -
>>
>>> Including what else?
>> Nothing
>>
>> > What class of car?
>> Mustang convertible " or similiar".
>>
>>> Where? Canada or California?
>>
>> San Francisco, California.
>>
>>>
>>> "- Bobb -" wrote in message
>>> news:TICdnTkZWIJ30KDbnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>> The CA fees for Hertz (probably all at the airport) are really
>>>> something:
>>>>
>>>> Additional Items (included in Total Charges)
>>>> Tax 18.60 %
>>>> AIRPORT CONCESSION RECOVERY ON
>>>> FLIGHT ARRIVALS WITHIN 12 HOURS:11.10 %
>>>> Customer Facility Charge: $84.00
>>>> Vehicle Licensing Cost Recovery 0.65 %
>>>> Total Approximate Charges $1859.43
>>>>
>>>> ========
>>>> "Thank you sir, may I have another "
>>>>
>>>> Rhetorically he asked ...
>>>> 18% tax !?? An 11% CONCESSION charge because I'm arriving within
>>>> 12 hours of pick up ? They think I should EAT more at the
>>>> concession stands ... so we should all hang out at the airport for
>>>> 13 hours after arrival to save 11% ? and .. they need to cover
>>>> the cost of licensing the car ? Shouldn't $1859 every few weeks
>>>> cover that ? Apparently they have to get another $12.08 every 3
>>>> weeks. ... (100% = .065 *x) ... x = 154 times. ... $12.08 times
>>>> 154 = a lot of recovery cost, huh ?
>>
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