trish4bruce
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It's kind of confusing because it states that in the email and in the beginning of the terms and conditions when you click the link to go to the site:
Members Enrolled Prior to May 12, 2014:
Please Read This Important Note: Effective June 16, 2014, the Alamo Insiders Program Rules and Conditions have been changed. The purpose of the change is to update the member discount to 5% off the retail rates for rentals in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, and Latin America and to remove the free "Additional Authorized Driver". The privacy provisions have not been changed. Please review the amended terms and conditions, below, carefully.
But when you go further down to C. the benefits it says: 2. Members will not incur an additional fee if the rental vehicle is driven by an "Additional Authorized Driver" as defined in the rental agreement.
Can someone explain please.
I think they're making a mistake if they take this perk away. We rent from them especially for this. May have to go to Budget since a spouse is included.
Nice that they cut the discount down to 5 percent from the previous 10 percent, also.
....What the email told us was there is no point in joining Alamo Insiders.....
We gave up on Alamo when their website was such a mess last year and when Orlando began not accepting coupons. What the email told us was there is no point in joining Alamo Insiders.
Already low prices? That's the part that made me laugh the most when I saw that email this morning. National's Emerald Club allows an extra driver, correct?
The new policy makes sense. Customers don't pay a fee to become an "Insider". Customers don't have to be frequent renters to become an "Insider". There really isn't any difference between a regular customer and an "Insider". Is there any reason to offer special perks, such as a free additional driver, to a customer who merely signs up on the web?
We did too. They basically butchered their website. We now go through Costco for almost all of our rentals. The rates through Costco include a free extra driver and have always beaten the rates we have gotten through Alamo.com. Though I wonder if this change will effect the Costco rates down the road?
Well no sooner than I posted this my husband found the new policy online. If you are an Alamo Insiders prior to May 12 you will not incur an additional fee if the rental vehicle is driven by an "Additional Authorized Driver" as defined in the rental agreement. Finally a written answer.
We have a Costco opening here this Fall, so you're giving me hope for our December trip. Can you give me an idea of what you've paid in the past? I'm looking at about $375 all in for a full-size right now. I know the rates will drop at some point - managed to get under $200 for the same car and duration during Spring Break, but am curious about Costco entering our market.