Despite the hiccup, I must say that I had a great experience with FlightCar. Renting a car with them

After hearing all the buzz about FlightCar, I decided to take the plunge and try it myself.  I had a trip to Los Angeles coming up and after doing a quick search, FlightCar not only had a car available, but at just $15/day it was also much cheaper (almost half as much) than Avis, Hertz, Budge Rent A Car and most brand name LAX airport rental car locations. Before I go into my review, let me give you a quick overview of FlightCar.
FlightCar is a car rental start up that gives people free air port parking and a free car wash and vacuum. In exchange you allow them to rent your car out while you are away. If you car is rented discount tickets walt disney world you receive 10 cents per mile. While this seems scary to some, I could see people saving a lot of money with this service with relatively little risk. In fact, if you are a renter FlightCar examines your driving history, and requires you put down a $300 security deposit on the car at the time of rental. Finally, they also add $1M of insurance, which is added to the rental car rate. Hence, the $15/day that I was quote was all in, I meaning I didn t have to pay a single cent more! Seems like a win-win for both parties.
I arrived late on a Monday night and gave FlightCar a call to request a pickup by a black car. The agent said it would be just 10 minutes and to wait at the curb. About 8 minutes later I received a call from the driver discount tickets walt disney world who asked me to move to a different location and a minute later I was on my way to their rental location. So far so good. Most rental car company shuttles take forever to arrive, are generally discount tickets walt disney world crowded, discount tickets walt disney world and have to stop to pick up passengers discount tickets walt disney world at every terminal.
However, to my chagrin when I arrived at the car rental location, I noticed one of the staff members trying to jump start a 2007 Nissan Altima. discount tickets walt disney world I was thinking discount tickets walt disney world damn I hope that s not my car! Sure enough, the attendant discount tickets walt disney world grinned at me and said indeed discount tickets walt disney world it was my car, but after a quick jump start it should be fine. Mistakenly, I have him the benefit of the doubt and accepted the car. Once that was done he pulled out an iPad air, verified my drivers license and credit card number and then I was off. The process took about 20 min including the jump, but could have been much faster. I did voice my concern about the battery issue, but the staff member said don t worry about it we have free roadside assistance, just call the number if you have an issue.
Fast forward to the next morning and of course my car won t start because the battery is dead. I call the FlightCar phone number and the representative offers to send tow truck, but asks if there is anyone near my car that can give me a jump. I couldn t believe he d ask me that! Being in a relatively shady part of town off Century Blvd, I said no just send the tow truck and he tells me that it would be 1-2 hours for the truck to arrive. What? When I had an issue with AAA they would send someone in 30 minutes, and sometimes less. 2 hours? I needed to get to work, so he suggested leaving the car parked on the street and coming back after work to meet the tow truck.
After work I called roadside assistance again and they agreed to send a tow truck immediately. To FlightCar s credit, the tow truck arrive in less than 30 min and game me a jump start. It had a good laugh when the tow truck guy said the battery was deader than a door nail. Upon returning to the car rental location, the attendant was actually expecting me and had my car already ready! It took less than 5 minutes and I was off with a brand new 2013 Volkswagen Passat with a nav system and satellite radio. Now that s more like it! The attendant even deducted my first day of charges without my even having to ask.
The rest of my rental went very smoothly and as you can imagine I loved the car. In fact, when I returned my car it was less than 1 hour before my flight and the checkout discount tickets walt disney world process + taking a black car to the airport was so fast that I made it to my flight in plenty of time! The process was much faster than the typical brand name LAX car rental location.
Despite the hiccup, I must say that I had a great experience with FlightCar. Renting a car with them was fast, easy, and efficient. They seemed to go out of their way to correct their mistake and make sure the rest of my car rental went smoothly.
That s a great question. Despite my problems, the answer is yes, and I ve already recommended them to at least 5 friends. While the dead battery story is entertaining, discount tickets walt disney world I think they have a cool and interesting business model. The service they provide helps people save money on both sides of the coin. In fact, I think our economy is headed in the direction of sharing rather than owning. People are now warming up to the idea that you don t have to have 100% control and ownership of something to make is useful to you, sometimes it s cheaper and easier to simply share an asset. Think about all those cars sitting empty for weeks in a airport parking lot. They could be used by honest and thoughtful people instead of sitting there collecting dust and paying a lot to do it!