Visa check card at Alamo ok??

Carrieberry

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I see on Alamo's website now they say you can rent using a debit/check card witht he MC or Visa logo on it unless it is at one of the specified locations where it is not allowed (MCO is not on that list so I am assuming it's fine). We only have a check card, and I want to be sure that this is ok so we don;t get there and have to take Mears. Anyone do it??

Thanks!
 
i would call that locale and ask directly..That's not something you want to "assume" anything about. Get name of who you talk to and call back and ask the same questions. I've done that at places and get different asnswers. We tried renting a car years ago with only our debit card and had that happen to us. we had to get cash from an airport atm and tap our funds-not happy!

Good luck
 
We only use our visa check card and Alamo will rent to you with it, but you have to have a copy of your plane tickets for it.

Alamo is great and we have never had any problems using the visa check card. You also may want to sign up for their Quicksilver program to be able to bypass the lines. I used this in Detroit last summer and it went great.


We have been renting from Alamo since 2000 and have always used the check card. . . just remember they will require a copy of your plane conformation to be able to use the check card.
 
I use my debit card with mc logo all the time and MCO is one of the places that you can use it. As stated, you will need proof of a round trip ticket.

Here is what I found on the Alamo site.

Debit Cards


Debit and check cards may only be used in conjunction with proof of a round trip travel ticket (airline, cruise ship and the like).

A Debit/Check Card is considered to be any non-credit card bearing the Visa or MasterCard logo. Any other non-credit card without the Visa or MasterCard logo is not accepted.

For pick-ups in the United States and Canada, without proof of roundtrip ticket, debit or check cards are only accepted on return. A Credit Card in the name of the renter must be presented at the time of pick-up.

For pick-ups at European locations, debit cards must have the Visa or Mastercard logo on them and will be accepted under the same terms as our Credit Card policy.

Debit Cards are not currently accepted at following locations:

Latin America locations

Caribbean locations

Hartford, Connecticut

Manhattan, NY

Fairbanks, AK
Locations in Asheville (Airport), NC, & Asheville (Downtown), NC, Greenville (Downtown), SC, Greenville (Spartanburg), SC, McKinleyville, CA, Escondido, CA, Solana Beach (Del Mar), CA, Clive, IA, Appleton, WI, Bourne, MA, Cambridge, MA, Connecticut, Manhattan, NY, and Rockford, IL, Saginaw (Airport), MI, Saginaw (In-town),MI, Jacksonville, NC, and Providence, RI, Jupiter, FL, Sioux Falls (Airport), SD, Sioux Falls (Downtown), SD, Erie, PA, Rochester (In Town), MN, Rochester (Airport), MN, Dubuque, IA, Scranton, PA, International Falls (Airport), MN, North Platte, NE, Fargo, ND, Twin Falls, ID, Houghton, MI, Marquette, MI, Pittsfield, MA, New Bern, NC, Grand Forks (Airport), ND, Grand Forks (In Town), ND, Escanaba, MI, Mosinee, WI, Manhattan (Airport), KS, Rocky Mount (Airport), NC, Rocky Mount (In Town), NC, Telluride, CO, Rhinelander, WI, Hyannis, MA, Jacksonville, NC, Berkeley, CA, Fairbanks (In Town), AK, Sioux City (Airport), IA, Traverse City, MI, Kalispell, MT, San Antonio (Airport), TX, San Antonio (Off-Airport), TX, Rockland, ME, Laredo (Airport), TX, Bloomington, IN, Terre Haute, IN only accept debit cards on return.

Concord, CA, Palo Alto, CA, San Francisco (Mission St.), CA, San Rafael, CA, Santa Monica, CA, Columbus, IN, Muncie, IN, Macon, GA - In addition to the general Debit Card policy, these locations require proof of full auto insurance coverage to rent on a Debit Card.

Kalamazoo, MI - In addition to the general Debit Card policy, this location requires that the renter's debit card will authorize at least $150 over the estimated rental charges.

Durango (Camino Del Rio), CO, Durango (Strater Hotel), CO, Durango (Airport), CO - In addition to the general Debit Card policy, these locations require customer to accept the LDW coverage package to rent on a Debit Card.

Santa Monica, CA, Columbus, IN, Muncie, IN - In addition to the general Debit Card policy, these locations require proof of full auto insurance coverage to rent on a Debit Card.
 

Thanks you guys, I knew I could count on you! We will definitely have a round trip ticket with us, is an E Ticket/ confirmation ok or does it have to be a paper ticket? Am I right in thinking that I saw somewhere that they will not place a hold on the account linked to the card? Thanks again!
 
First of all, yes, you can use your E-ticket conformation as proof of roundtrip travel!

Second, when I have picked up my car at Alamo, they have sent the card through the day I picked it up (to make sure there is enough to cover). The total amount came out of my account within 2 days of picking up the car on a 7 day rental. If I was over charged (compared to the turn in price) Alamo credited back to my check card, & if I was undercharged, the charged the difference to the card on the account.

I hope this helps!
 
Originally posted by Carrieberry
Thanks you guys, I knew I could count on you! We will definitely have a round trip ticket with us, is an E Ticket/ confirmation ok or does it have to be a paper ticket? Am I right in thinking that I saw somewhere that they will not place a hold on the account linked to the card? Thanks again!

Eticket is fine, and they charge you the full amount at the time of pickup, no additional amount is put on the card.
 














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