"- Bobb -" wrote in message
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> "LVTravel" wrote in message
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>> 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 ?
>>>
>>
>>
>
There is a downtown Hertz rental near Union Square. Probably other rental
companies downtown. And you can take BART to/from SF to the airport.
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