Poster: A snowHead
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brian,
are they part of Sixt? Yes
Whereabouts at Geneva are they ? On the Swiss side on the left hand end of the car rental desks.
I think the real problem was that it was Boxing Day, no excuse really, but as I said they put it to rights later.
BTW have booked again with them
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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brian, Just bookmarked that, thanks.
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brian
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Jonny Jones, my pleasure
Slowplough, thanks, I saw the Sixt desk at the left hand end, wasn't sure if Sixti were separate somewhere else.
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Well I've just had a response saying that they are not giving me a refund. I still think I have a case “Car and Unlimited mileage, Third Party Cover, Collision Damage & Theft Waiver, VAT, Licence and Fees, Road Tax & Airport surcharge. Excludes Ins. Excess, One way fees & Extras” sounds to me that there shouldn't be a "Premium Station Service Charge" which I have been charged so I'll persue this some more. Also I think that a VW Lupo and a Fiat Punto are not equivalent cars. All in all I'm not impressed and would never have booked with them if I knew that I was going to have to pay all these extras. DO NOT BOOK WITH AIRLINE NETWORK!!!!!!!!
All in all I'm an unhappy bunny
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brian
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Chris Reed, that'll be not leaving it with a full tank, yeah ? I agree that is a bit of a rip off but it's usually in the small print.
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brian, It was left with a full tank and we told them it was.
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I usually use www.travelsupermarket.com which searches for the cheapest quote from a large number of suppliers. I used them last month for our trip to Serre Chevalier. I tried myself with loads of suppliers, including Brian's link above, and the price couldn't be beaten, 6 days Renault Megane, all-inclusive , CDW etc for £133. I have just booked yesterday for Canada, and got a similar all-inclusive deal. Both times the cheapest quote was with a company called cheap-car-hire.com. When I cloicked the link to book the price was actually lower than quoted.
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Chris Reed, Airline Network and Holiday Autos are both 'brokers'/'agents'. The facts of the matter are that they are both bound by the car hire company's Terms and Conditions. Admittedly I have never had the issue with airport surcharges from Holiday Autos ( could just be luck) but I have had problems with car size definitions . You will find that if you research it carefully that companies like Hertz and Avise have fewer 'real' categories while some others ( including Europcar) have a myriad of tiny differentials which are difficult to understand.
Howver the upgrade issue is a thorny one - I got caught by HA/ Avis (??) in Dublin last year - and if you do book through a broker you will find them ( the rental station) much less accomodating than the rental companies themselves - reason being is that brokers typically get 25% commission, whilst committing to VERY onerous Ts and Cs. My wife once got caught by HA/Europcar with 'the only car left is a Kangoo' to drive 300+ miles across France.
Despite a lifetime in travel, I still do not know the answers. However , my personal experience is that Hertz and National are the most forgiving in Europe... but very personal.
P.S. Late return of a broker car invariably ends up with major additional charges as you commit to new rental as it were for the day in question.
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