OrangeCountyCommuter
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- Jul 11, 2010
Return the car full. Prepay Is only a good deal if you coast in on fumes
Return the car full. Prepay Is only a good deal if you coast in on fumes
Can't - again, the only option they allow is take the motor with a tank of fuel and be charged upon return - can't even bring it back full - nice huh! We've always had the 'because your booking was made in Europe' reason thrown at us. As we will have the hire for 8 weeks prepay is the best option in our opinion as the price of the petrol is the same as the high street pump.
I am now in firm discussions with Alamo about this, who claim that whilst prepay is an option they are not on site - does that give carte blanche to make the rules up in each individual depot then. Based on prepay being an option, for European bookings, at MCO I see no reason why RSW is not following the same 'rule'.
Can't - again, the only option they allow is take the motor with a tank of fuel and be charged upon return - can't even bring it back full - nice huh! We've always had the 'because your booking was made in Europe' reason thrown at us. As we will have the hire for 8 weeks prepay is the best option in our opinion as the price of the petrol is the same as the high street pump.
I am now in firm discussions with Alamo about this, who claim that whilst prepay is an option they are not on site - does that give carte blanche to make the rules up in each individual depot then. Based on prepay being an option, for European bookings, at MCO I see no reason why RSW is not following the same 'rule'.
Right now prepay was the best option. It was 3.49 a gallon i haven't seen it under 3.55 since I've been here
NO NO NO. Obviously you didn't read the entire thread.
The 3.55 price on the pump is the price you pay. The 3.49 prepay price charged by Alamo is subject to over 17% of taxes and fees. In other words the real prepay price is over $4 /gallon.
That ignores the fact that a car will have at least 2 gallons of gas when the low fuel light comes on. Prepay means you're paying for the gas you don't use. Not many people are going to plan their fuel so they run out of gas while on line to return their vehicle.
YOU'RE GUARANTEED TO LOSE MONEY WITH THE PREPAY PLAN. THE ONLY QUESTION IS HOW MUCH.
I took the prepaid option and i will coast in. It came to an extra 50 for gas which would be close to the cost if i bought it myself
I took the prepaid option and i will coast in. It came to an extra 50 for gas which would be close to the cost if i bought it myself
Im looking at my contract it was 177 before adding the gas option and with adding it the total was 230. Like i said i would have paid that to fuel up on my own
I used it more as a convenience. The people i am traveling with are a major pain in the butt. Its just going to make it easier to drop off the vehicle (considering now i have to change my payment method). I was just saying it wasn't really that much more a gallon out on 535 gas ranged from 3.49 to one station charging 4.79 ( i thought it was a typo but the sign said 4.79 on both sides)