"nickra" wrote in message
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>I am an expat in Australia at the moment and we sold our cars when we
> left the States. But I am back in the U.S. more than I thought, about
> 2-3 months, in fact, and I need to rent a car each time. I can get
> cheap rates for the rental, but the cost is almost doubled by the
> insurance. What are my alternatives? I'm almostready to buy a cheaper
> clunker in the states and leave it parked somewhere just to have an
> active insurance policy. Can I geta Geico or some policy that will
> cover me just in rental cars? Other solutions?
>
Check with your credit card company. Most of them (or at least the
"gold" types) offer insurance for car rentals. Once you are VERY sure
of that, don't let the car rental clerks talk you into more. (They earn
higher commissions on the insurance sales than they do on the cars
themselves.)
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