Monday, May 5, 2008

Be aware of nasty Fuel charge at Budget car rental

I always use Hertz for car rental because I rarely hear any complaint from them. Last week, I rented once from budget due to Delta airline promotion. Although, I declined fuel options at my budget online profile, the counter guy still tricked me to initial next to fuel option, which I agree to buy a full tank of gas at a fixed price and no need to fill the tank at return. However, if u did not use the full tank, u still got charge for full tank price.

I did not pay attention when pick the car, but found out when I returned my car, I noticed on my receipt says"fuel option-yes." I went to its counter and told them this, they apologized and refund the fuel amount.

I have heard this before, so be careful when u sign something at the time of rental.

I probably will not rent from them again since hertz had been so good for past few years and no one ever asked me to sign anything with Hertz Gold.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think all the car rental companies have the same rule. I always tell them I will fill it up upon return.

Tmtravelworld said...

no,that's not true, I have fastbreak accoutn with Budget, and I declined the fuel option in my online profile, it should not be there for me to sign at all.

same thing with Hertz, With Hertz Gold=budget fastbreak, u should not sign anything at all since online profile has everying in there.

If there is fastbreak/hertz gold area, u should head to ur car directly, key is in the car. If there is no such area like some small airports, u should go counter, show ID, then get the key. That's all.