Michael Stapp wrote ...
Last week I purchased an Alamo through Southwest Airlines (for the
rapid
rewards .5 bonus). $13 a day for a mid-size, we got an Impala.
I expected the counter clerk hussle to buy all the high margin add-ons.
I
expected to be able to not accept the full damage waiver and the $5.99
a
gallon gasoline, despite the horror expressed by the rental clerk.
*At Alamo it now appears that every item on your contract is now
subject to
"REVENUE ENHANCEMENT".
*
I, too, was clipped for the $15 REVENUE ENHANCEMENT for returning a $13
auto
one day early.
I think rental car companies have gotten themselves in the same pricing
mess that the airlines have. Both have to knock the base price down to
almost nothing and then try and make some money on the extras and by
nicking you every chance they get. I have had rental cars for $11 a
day. The rough government estimate for the cost to operate a vehicle is
about $0.60/mile. If they are rental a car for $11 a day, they are
losing money.
CDW is a nice, profitable feature for the rental companies. If the
insurance were $3/day, like it should be, them maybe enough people would
take it. There's no reason it should cost $5500/year to insure an
$18,000 vehicle.
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