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Returning a rental car to the wrong city

Posted on 8/31/21 at 2:48 pm
Posted by RandySavage
Member since May 2012
30891 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 2:48 pm
Anybody ever done this. Got a complicated story brought upon by my own stupidity but basically I need to return a rental car to a different city than I booked it from. What's going to happen when I do this?
Posted by SouthernStyled
Member since Apr 2021
1307 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 2:49 pm to
Your credit card gonna get raped.
Posted by Beauw
Blanchard
Member since Sep 2007
3513 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 2:49 pm to
They charge a pretty good fee.... thats about it.
Posted by Trauma14
Member since Aug 2010
5849 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 2:49 pm to
Your rental rate will jump up and will probably end up being close to double your agreement.

Can you not call and tell your sob story and try to get a break?
Posted by moontigr
Washington Commanders/LA Kings Fan
Member since Nov 2020
3538 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 2:50 pm to
Blame it on Ida and maybe they'll cut you some slack
Posted by ConfusedHawgInMO
Member since Apr 2014
3512 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 2:51 pm to
Can you somehow blame it on the hurricane? Might get you some sympathy if you can.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64216 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 2:51 pm to
I was supposed to turn one in in Atlanta but ended up dropping it off in Connecticut. It was about $300. Caught a flight back to ATL. Landed, and they had no rental cars at the ATL airport. How do you not have a single car as the largest rental company at the largest airport. I was a gold member too! I took a $90 taxi ride out to Lawrenceville. Thanks for listening.
Posted by Herschal
Land of the Free
Member since Sep 2011
1568 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 2:52 pm to
Just make sure you give them the keys and show them it’s returned.

Unlike that guy on here who just dropped it off and didn’t tell anyone.

Otherwise you will be financially raped.
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2014
6604 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 2:52 pm to
I had to do this a few years back. Missed a work flight to New Hampshire and the only flight I could get was into Boston.

You'll get hit with a decent sized fee for a 1-way rental. I don't recall how much, but it wasn't a "holy shite" amount.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51387 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 2:53 pm to
You're going to be a shite ton more
Posted by wileyjones
Member since May 2014
2322 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 2:53 pm to
I’ve done this

Basically they charge you a ton of money, you have to call and tell them it’s ridiculous. The first chick says there’s nothing they can do, policy etc.. say “fine, put me in the line with your supervisor”.. she’ll say we can reduce it $50. Say no and the next guy basically waives the whole fee. In my case it was $650 and reduced to $30

That’s what happened to me anyway
Posted by NPComb
Member since Jan 2019
27469 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 2:54 pm to
Yes. they charge a one way retrieval fee + mileage on top of that. A plane ticket may have been cheaper.
Posted by Slingscode
Houston, TX
Member since Sep 2011
1869 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 3:00 pm to
Wreck it and tell them to come and get the burning hulk.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 3:13 pm to
quote:

Anybody ever done this


no, no one ever has


quote:

What's going to happen when I do this?


it really depends on the situation, sometimes the agency where you're dropping off might need that car, in FL I've had them practically give me a car for free to drop it in another city, I would call the national hq before I just showed up to drop it off, sometimes they're more negotiable
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
16549 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 3:28 pm to
quote:

Anybody ever done this. Got a complicated story brought upon by my own stupidity but basically I need to return a rental car to a different city than I booked it from. What's going to happen when I do this?


What does the rental agreement say?
Posted by sweetwaterbilly
Member since Mar 2017
19351 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 3:28 pm to
Enterprise last week was $50 to pick up and drop off at BNA. It was picked up only about 35 miles from the airport though but I’m not sure if that factors into it

ETA: Based on the varied responses, just call the rental car company and ask what the fee is. You’re not going to get a consensus answer here
This post was edited on 8/31/21 at 3:30 pm
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
21496 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 3:34 pm to
I had to leave one at the Atlanta airport. Called them from the phone on the plane as we were leaving. They kept asking me stupid questions like what color, make and model. Told them it was the color, make and model of the one they rented to me. Immediately called afterwards to report my credit card stolen
Posted by ImayGoLesMiles
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Feb 2015
12709 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 3:37 pm to
You are going to get charged at least $100 for it if i had to guess. You arent going to get off without some kind of penalty, i promise.
Posted by johnnydrama
Possibly Trashy
Member since Feb 2010
8711 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 3:59 pm to
I'm stuck in Denver with no flights back to NOLA. I checked into getting a car from Enterprise and driving it. I was going to be charged almost $700 for turning the car in in NOLA.
Posted by MMauler
Member since Jun 2013
19216 posts
Posted on 8/31/21 at 4:09 pm to
Costco sells it by the drum. ]

I would advise getting the whole pallet.....






The rental car company is getting ready to pay off that rental car with your credit card!
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