You’ll check in online using the Alamo site with the Alamo confirmation number on the Costco confirmation. I always hand over anything applicable to the attendant on my way out. I use my Costco visa to pay for rental cars so that has my membership on it. And it’s prwtty much a straight shot out of the airport down to 417. Signs are a plenty.
I’ve only done car rentals with Alamo since I started going as an adult and the online check in straight to car is pretty seamless.
Since it is not always the case, a person needs to understand that they may get "stuck" with an economy. When it's just two of us, an economy is fine but if there are four of us, we need the extra luggage space of at least a midsize. An economy car is tiny. At the moment, a trip I'm looking at for 6 days, the 6-day price difference between an economy and a midsize is $5 total; I'd pay the $5 extra.
For question 1: at MCO, I have always been directed to the full size aisle for car selection whenever I reserved standard. Apparently, there is no actual standard aisle. My most recent MCO rental was in early June of this year. I don’t know about differing car selection, since I have always had the good fortune to find a full size sedan that I was happy with without needing to check the other garage. YMMV, particularly if you have reserved a standard car but would prefer an SUV if one is available on the aisle at the standard rate.
Go straight to the car. They will ask for your credit card when you check out after you are in the car.
Yes. Make sure you have the credit card you paid the deposit with.
Perhaps not. Usually for us locals, a hold is placed on the credit card at the kiosk when picking up the car for the estimated balance due and then converted to an actual charge at the time we drop off the car. It might be the same for you, with the charges being converted from US$ to £ by your credit card issuing bank. The only time I did a prepaid car rental, the entire amount was charged up front. Perhaps the £29 paid upfront was a commission to the booking agent, with the balance going directly to Alamo. Your Alamo confirmation from the online check should show the estimated balance due.
I usually see the charge applied to my credit card 24 hours after the car is returned. I rented last month at MCO and the charges came 4 days after I returned which was unusual BUT the airport was closing a few hours after we were there due to hurricane Dorian. The return area was much busier than I usual see it. So I'm assuming that with the volume of returns and they were offering to adjust rates for those returning early due to the storm that the system was overloaded and things processed a little slower than normal.
