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Question : I recently rented a car from Hotwire for a one-week visit to Kauai, Hawaii. I had to move my flight up by a day, but that created a problem, since Hotwire doesn’t allow changes on its rentals.
departure and arrival schedules delta airlines When I arrived at Alamo, I mentioned my situation departure and arrival schedules delta airlines to an attendant. She said that she could resolve my dilemma; I would just pay a little more and keep the car that I was to pick up the following day. I was elated! Now I did not have to return the vehicle early.
While I was parked at a shopping mall, someone dented the car. My car insurance covered the damage, leaving me to pay $200 out of pocket. I think my credit card company should cover the cost, but neither it nor Alamo will do anything to resolve this. Can you help me? — Harold departure and arrival schedules delta airlines Nagase , San Francisco
Answer : Hotwire’s rentals — referred to as “opaque” purchases departure and arrival schedules delta airlines in the travel industry — can offer a significant discount, but there’s a tradeoff. Your purchase is nonrefundable, and it can’t be changed. You should not visit an opaque site when you want flexibility.
It was nice of the Alamo agent to try to fix the rental situation, but in order for your credit card company to cover the car, the entire departure and arrival schedules delta airlines rental needs to be billed to that card. Only part of your rental was paid for with it, which left you with no coverage.
By the way, I’m pleased that the claim process worked as intended. You appear to have acknowledged the damage to your car, filled out all necessary forms, and were willing to pay for the dents. As someone who deals with hundreds of questionable damage claims, I think that’s encouraging. I’ve seen so many of these claims go wrong, I’ve lost count.
In hindsight, the best way to have avoided this situation would have been for you to use the Hotwire rental as intended. Had you done that, and the car had been damaged, then your credit card company would have covered the repairs. Apart from that, you could have purchased Alamo’s optional insurance policy, departure and arrival schedules delta airlines but those can be pricey.
I asked Alamo to check its records on your rental. It showed that part of your rental was paid for with one credit card, and the other part was covered by a Hotwire voucher, which was purchased with a different card. Therefore, your credit card insurance claim was unsuccessful. You disagree with that assessment and maintain that the payment method departure and arrival schedules delta airlines used for your car was an error by Alamo.
“Our local branch office in Hawaii has offered to waive the remaining $200 that Mr. Nagase owes as a matter of customer service and hopes he will return next time he’s in Hawaii,” an Alamo representative said.
I m a little fuzzy on how the incorrect payment method could possibly have been Alamo s fault. How on earth could Alamo have gotten the incorrect credit-card information unless that was the card she pushed across the counter? They have no idea which credit card she used to buy the Hotwire voucher; how could they? They probably receive a check from HotWire.
My first thought was WOW, someone departure and arrival schedules delta airlines taking departure and arrival schedules delta airlines responsibility for something , until I reached the end of the LW s story saying that Alamo made a mistake with the method of payment. How could that have happened when Mr. Nagase is the one who gave the form of payment to them at pickup? Still, I admire the LW for taking responsibility for the damage that occurred and think Alamo was generous in waiving the additional money due.
Yes. And the OP admits that he used a different credit card: I happened to use a different credit card than the one I used to pay for my Hotwire rental. So how then can OP disagree with the assessment that two different cards were used?
That said, if one of the credit departure and arrival schedules delta airlines cards used does include insurance coverage, it seems a little bit ticky-tack not to cover the damage (did the damage occur during the Hotwire period or the extra day period, and which period was paid for by which card?) but I can also see that the CC company would want to avoid people charging something like $1 of a rental to the card with coverage, just to receive the coverage, and the remainder to another card.
His credit card company requires that he pay for the entire rental with his credit card. He didn t. He paid for a portion of it with his hotwire voucher and then extended the rental on his credit card. Since it was one rental, not two, everyone but the LW is correct.
Rules is rules. All credit cards I am aware of say the entire rental has to be on the same card and it must be the card used to book the rental or the insurance coverage does not apply (so you can t book the rental with one card and then change it at turn in to the one with the best insurance coverage if you have damaged the vehicle). So why wasn t the same card used to extend the rental? departure and arrival schedules delta airlines Alamo used what the renter provided at the time of rental. I guess a better option if a different card was to be used would have been to rent a car for just the one day, return it and pick up the other rental. Not optimal, but would have satisfied departure and arrival schedules delta airlines the rules the credit cards have because each portion of the rental period would have been a separate rent fully paid by only one card. Just be glad your personal auto insurance covered most of the claim.
Read your credit card agreements and coverage. To the best of my knowledge, ALL of the charges have to be on the same card. That goes for when you are flying and purchase an upgrade too. This is 100% the customer s fault.
I don t see anything in the OP s story that indicates in which period the damage occurred. If he had a week rental paid with credit card A, followed by a one-day rental paid by credit card B, aren t those two separate contracts? Wouldn t whatever contract/card was in play on the day of the damage be responsible?
It sounds like his personal auto coverage took care of the repair but he has a $200 deductible. The trouble here is that, even if both cards used had that deductible waiver feature, or whatever it s called, Neither card would cover it since the rental was not fully paid for with either card.
When a customer comes in with a prepaid Hotwire rental, the voucher information is passed departure and arrival schedules delta airlines along in Odyssey, so the rental company can bill Hotwire for the rental. No CC info from Hotwire is passed along to the rental company and as such the rental company has no way of knowing which CC was used on Hotwire. And since the rental company has no CC info they ask for a CC at the counter in case of rental extensions, gas, unpaid tolls, damage, etc. Therefore, it is 100% the responsibility of the customer to know:
But why would/should Alamo do anything? The customer erroneously believed that by paying for his rental with a CC he was magically covered for everything. He was wrong. Why should Alamo pay $200 for the customer s mistake?
A real problem is where the customer has been not treated the way they should departure and arrival schedules delta airlines be the vendor has not adhered to the rules, or did not follow good business departure and arrival schedules delta airlines practices. Now we seem to have mostly people who are trying to get something they are not entitled to.
No, the system is set up so any extensions are billed departure and arrival schedules delta airlines by the rental company to the CC the rental departure and arrival schedules delta airlines company swipes at the counter. departure and arrival schedules delta airlines It s all under one RA #. This is to maximize convenience to all parties, since your scenario would require a new contract be written, and would require the customer to return to the rental office to sign a new contract.
The OP should have used an AMEX card with thier rental insurance program. You re 100% covered for up to $100,000 and 42 continuous days for a flat $24.95. Once you sign up, it s automatically billed whenever you rent a car. If you only have liability on your personal vehicle, departure and arrival schedules delta airlines this takes it s place. I ve used it many times in the past.
Thanks for the explanation. I was thinking of using Hotwire for a rental departure and arrival schedules delta airlines car reservation for this fall and paying for that with my Amex, but it looks like that would void my Amex rental car insurance policy, so I wouldn t end up saving any money in the end. I really learn a lot from the folks on here, so thank you.
@disqus_kkCWuCb5ez:disqus posted that the system used by Hotwire departure and arrival schedules delta airlines might cancel out that protection from Amex, and my policy sorta kinda reads that way. Sorta kinda in insurance talk means no coverage when push comes to shove. So am thinking I will skip Hotwire for my next car rental, negotiate directly with the car rental agency and use my Amex car to get my insurance properly activated.
I ve done the former. I simply had my contract in front of me and called in. Three times. And got the same operator all three times. However, it wasn t quite what the subject of this article departure and arrival schedules delta airlines did, which was try to get an additional day before the prepaid rental period.
I did change the car during departure and arrival schedules delta airlines the middle of the rental. It was a big car and I didn t like the way it handled/braked. I m not sure if it was considered a separate contract, but I did get new paperwork (might be needed to show to law enforcement).
departure and arrival schedules delta airlines The OP clearly departure and arrival schedules delta airlines stated that he happened to use a different credit card than the one I used to pay for my Hotwire rental . He can t later then claim that the payment method departure and arrival schedules delta airlines used for your car was an error by Alamo . And if you knew that the CC you used for the Hotwire rental provided CDW, why give the Alamo rep a different CC at the counter? He could have avoided the entire issue by simply using the original CC. He s lucky Alamo caved in under pressure and waived the $200 he owed.
AMEX T C state you must use AMEX for the ENTIRE departure and arrival schedules delta airlines rental so he would be in the same situation. Part of the problem with CC CDW is when misinformed people say things like, You re 100% covered without mentioning the caveats. Like what happened to the OP.
Well, you helped me out a couple Fridays departure and arrival schedules delta airlines back so I m always happy to return the favor :) And I think using AMEX on a hotwire rental does NOT inherently mean that AMEX CDW is invalid. The problem the OP is having is that he either didn t use his AMEX card on Hotwire or didn t give it to the rental agent. Thus, when he extended the rental, part of the rental was not on the AMEX card

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What angers Mattes and customers who say they were defrauded is what they see as the brazen actions of the company. The complaints have been ongoing for roughly four years and they're not much of a secret. The New York Times examined the allegations in an article published european car rental guide on April 5, 2013 , and Autoblog european car rental guide sister site AOL Autos followed on April 8, 2013.
Auto Rental News , a trade publication that writes about the rental-car business, detailed the California class-action lawsuit against Dollar in a November article that discussed the best practices of the industry in using electronic signature pads. It noted the judge in the California class-action suit allowed the case to proceed, writing in his opinion that Dollar's "conduct is more than mere endemic dishonesty."
Despite the attention, the complaints continue to arrive. The Better Business Bureau says it has closed 852 complaints regarding Dollar over the past three years , including 357 in the past 12 months. On ConsumerAffairs.com, the latest complaint arrived Thursday morning from a woman who rented a car in Louisville, Kentucky.
"I am in my 60s and this is NOT by any stretch my first car rental," she wrote. I traveled for the company I worked for (Procter and Gamble) for over 25 years ... this is the FIRST time I have ever had a problem.
"When the paperwork was ready BEFORE I signed it, I said again, "Now, I do not need nor want the insurance. She said, "I know, all you need to do is sign.'" When she returned the car, she had an additional charge for $194 in unwanted insurance.
european car rental guide Mattes says there's a simple solution that would eliminate ambiguity in the rental process. At the end of the checkout process, the agent could tell a customer the expected total payment at the end of the rental period. Asked if such a process could be implemented, or if Dollar had considered adopting a similar approach across its channels, a Dollar spokesperson did not respond.
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May 20, 2010 So, I know it's been quite a while since I've updated my blog. It's been pretty busy w

May 20, 2010 So, I know it's been quite a while since I've updated my blog.  It's been pretty busy with the 100 crew turnover and entire ship turnover.  We now have Lorraine, our cruise director from when we first got on and a whole different group of people in the entertainment office and all over the ship.  Also, with the world cruise half day inn il over the segments are shorter and people only stay on for one segment generally instead of 4 months, so we're getting used to having a somewhat different schedule.  Since we hardly have any sea days from here on out, things get busy especially when we want to get off in port.  Hopefully my blogs won't be affected!! -Bridgetown, Barbados- The main reason why I haven't updated in a while is because my parents were on the ship for 8 days!  They got in to Barbados the night before I got there and I watched the sail-in and bounded down the gangway when I saw them down there.  I was so excited to see them.  The night before I got to go into their room and I decorated it with balloons and a poster "Welcome Aboard!".  I helped them get to their room and gave them a tour of the ship.  We had lunch and then headed off the ship to explore a little bit.  We walked through town and then ended up at The Boatyard where most of the crew go (I went there when we were in Barbados earlier in the contract).  We had a drink and then, since it was so hot, we headed back to the ship.   I had to do a sail-away party, so we all got dressed and went up to the sail-away party.  While there, Jamie was able to get us in to one of our specialty restaurants, Signatures, for dinner and a show.  The show was Clint Holmes, and it turns out Clint is married to my dad's old leader singer in his band in Vegas and my both my parents actually worked with the pianist also.  Pretty crazy timing that they happened to be there at the same time.  It was cool for them to all talk old Vegas.  After the show we talked with Vanessa's family half day inn il who got on that day too (Me, Vanessa, Carly and Nic all had family get on the ship in Barbados).  Then we headed to bed since it had been quite a long day.  But a great day, I was so happy!! -St. John's, Antigua- half day inn il One of the perks of my parents being on the ship was that I was cleared to eat with them in the restaurants for breakfast, lunch and dinner.  I finally got a real breakfast!  We had our first breakfast together and then had to I had to get to bingo.  My parents played and my dad won the final jackpot!  $268.00!!  I was very surprised and nervous that the world cruisers would get mad but they just joked around with us.  We've never won bingo, so that was exciting.  After bingo I had my CARE training half day inn il certificate ceremony.  We took a picture in the atrium and then I went to lunch with parents up in La Veranda before we got into port. When we got to St. John's we had a Kayak and Snorkel tour.  We weren't sure if I was going to be able to get on the tour with my parents.  Vanessa and Soren were in the same predicament as me, but the Destinations team helped half day inn il us out and we ended up being in our own little van with a guy from the spa and a passenger, half day inn il Matt.  It was great! We drove to this little place to get a speedboat.  There were monkeys and bird in cages, which was cool.  We had to get our life preserver belts and flippers and then got into a boat and drove to another little dock place with the kayaks.  I kayaked with Matt and we went all around these little plants and things and even saw some sea cucumbers haha.  It was nice to exercise out in nature and be in the water.  We went back to the little dock and got back into the speedboats to go to the area we were going to be snorkeling.   We saw a bunch of pelicans and then got to go snorkeling in a very pretty beach area.  My mom had never snorkeled half day inn il before and was a little nervous, but she got out and did it.  We didn't see that many fish but I still like floating around and just watching the ocean underwater.  I had just gotten my underwater camera, so I was very excited to take pictures with it!  After we snorkeled around we got back in the boat and it took us to the beach.  We had rum punch and banana bread and then hiked up this path to this overlook.  We took pictures, it was really pretty and refreshing to be out in nature.  I say that a lot and I think it's because, even though I'm on a ship in the ocean I have been craving real, natural, and not processed things (especially food).   We all hopped back in the speedboat and heading back to the main place where we could rinse off and change and then get back in our vans.  It was a great day, and it was fun to get to spend my excursion with my parents.  I didn't realize half day inn il how much I missed them until I got to spend time with them.  We got back to the ship and got cleaned up and went for dinner.  We just hung out and relaxed for the evening and went to bed. -Totola, BVI- Unfortunately, I couldn't get off the ship in Tortola.  I had a meeting, crew drill, half day inn il and 2 rehearsals and we were only in port from 8AM-1PM.  My parents got off the ship and wandered for a little while, while I was busy.  We met for lunch and I just relaxed for a little bit before we went to Mother's Day Tea Time.  It was so great that my mom could be here for Mother's Day- even though I was so busy.  Later we had the Captain's Farewell. half day inn il It was the last one of the world cruise so it was packed.  At the end we rushed upstairs for some dinner at La Veranda before I had to go get ready for "Sailing Through Broadway".  I was nervous to have my parents half day inn il come watch, but I love that show so it was alright.  The show went well and it was really great to have my parents see what I do here.   After the show there was a crew party that was open to the entire ship.  Stephanie, our GM's wife did a show and then I was exhausted so I went to sleep. half day inn il These full days with the parents half day inn il wore me out! -Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands- I had the morning off before we got in to port.  I obviously had breakfast and hung out with the rents.  I loved being able to go relax in their beautiful half day inn il suite with big sliding glass doors over the ocean.  We didn't get into to port until 1pm and we decided not to do the tour we signed up for since I had to be back by 5 and wasn't sure if I'd get back in time.  We went to see what town was like, there wasn't much so we came back to the port area and went in the ocean and had some food at Margaritaville.  A Carnival ship was there at the same time, but were leaving shortly after we got there. half day inn il It was chaos with so many people, it was nice when the ship left, haha. I had Beatles that night, up on the pool deck, which was pretty and I got mom and dad to dance a little bit.  We had dinner that night and went to go see the show, Jeri Sager.  After that, my parents talked to Clint Holmes and his pianist, Jeff for a while and then I met them back up in their room to hang out.  I was still so exhausted from all the excitement of my parents, I went to bed fairly early. -Sea Day- The 11th was the last day of the world cruise.  It was so sad.  I didn't want all of our cruisers to leave because we were so used to them and loved having recognizable faces around.  We had rehearsal for the variety show, in which we did, "The Way You Make Me Feel", and then talked to the guests.  I had Bingo after the show, which was the last bingo of the world cruise and all our regulars came . All day we were saying goodbye to the world cruisers and late at night some were in the Voyager lounge so we went to say goodbye.  It was so weird, and made me realize how quick the 4 and a half months went.  I went to sleep after that, since the next day was sure to be crazy.  We had dinner with Vanessa, Soren and Vanessa's family at the Compass Rose.  It was a good time, but the sea was a little rocky that whole day. -Ft. Lauderdale- Pretty much the entire ship was getting off on the 12th in Ft. Lauderdale.  My parents half day inn il hallway was completely lined with suitcases (most of which were from just 2 passengers) and everyone was milling around since they had to be out of their cabins for the stewards to be able to turn them around for the next guests.  Everybody was hugging and chatting and waiting to be called to get off the ship.  Jamie left that day and we got Lorraine.  We had to pick up our passports at 6AM (ewww) and then we had a meeting with Lorraine.  Then we had to wait forever to get off the ship.  Ft. Lauderdale is the worst port ever.  I don't get why it takes 6 hours to clear the crew...  Anyways once I got off the ship, my parents had been waiting outside half day inn il for over an hour, and me, mom, dad, Beckie and Erin took a taxi to the mall.  We ate and shopped and enjoyed being in the states for the first time since January 13th! We had to head back for the Boat drill with the new passengers.  We had another sail-away and I also had to socialize.  After that, we went to dinner and off to sleep -Sea Day- The next day was a sea day and I had rehearsal for Ballroom Bravo at noon and then lunch with my parents.  We hung out until I had Bingo, which my parents didn't play... half day inn il We also had the Captain's Welcome that night. half day inn il We went to eat quickly before my show and my parents got to see me in one of the Production shows.  I was really happy they got to see a show that I was contracted to do, and they liked it.  I really half day inn il makes me happy that they got to see me here on the ship, doing what I do.  Some nights we just sat outside in the back of Horizon Lounge because it was so pretty and calming.  Other nights we went up to deck 12 to look at stars and just be outside.  It made me appreciate the ship more just because half day inn il I saw how my parents enjoyed things. -Sea Day- I had Bingo in the morning and my parents played.  Guess who won the final jackpot?  My dad.  This time had to split the final jackpot with another guest.  It was so funny because when do you ever make money on vacation...  I didn't have anything until the Block Party at night, so we went out

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Viking River Cruises a stalwart in the river cruise market in Europe, pga senior golf tour China, Southeast Asia, and Egypt recently launched sister company Viking Ocean Cruises with plans to begin sailing beyond the world's rivers.
To that end, Viking Ocean Cruises is in talks with leading shipbuilder Fincantieri . The Italian company will construct two luxury ocean cruise ships and there is an option for a third vessel. The parties will sign the contract soon.
The ships, weighing in at 45,000 tons, plan to accommodate 998 guests in 499 staterooms. In today's world of mega cruise ships like Royal Caribbean's 5,400-passenger Allure of the Seas , Viking's ships will be downright intimate.
The forthcoming ships from Viking Ocean Cruises are similar in size and scope to Crystal pga senior golf tour Serenity (1,070 passengers) and Crystal Symphony (940 passengers) from Crystal Cruises. It's not yet known if Viking plans to offer an all-inclusive experience like many of the other luxury lines including Regent Seven Seas Cruises, which offers a completely inclusive cruise fare or if it will take a more a la carte approach to wine and spirits as well as land-based excursions.
While the shipyard readies itself for this huge project, Viking Ocean Cruises is busy carefully crafting its inaugural itineraries that will be announced once construction is fully underway. Viking will take delivery of one ship in late 2014 and the second at the end of 2015.
It's interesting to note that Hagen was at one time the CEO of the wildly successful Royal Viking Line that ruled the cruise industry between 1972 and 1998. It went through a series of corporate owners before being dissolved in the late nineties. pga senior golf tour It looks like Hagen has set his sights on reclaiming the glory days of Royal Viking Line with the newly formed Viking Ocean Cruises.
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