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- From: konstan@elmer-fudd.cs.berkeley.edu (Joe Konstan)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: AVIS screws us big time
- Date: 14 Aug 1992 18:18:45 GMT
- Organization: Picasso Research Group, UCB Computer Science Division
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- References: <1992Aug5.143222.1539@falcon.aamrl.wpafb.af.mil> <1992Aug11.223422.10989@Princeton.EDU> <1992Aug12.212629.4595@sco.COM> <1992Aug14.152918.17224@emr1.emr.ca>
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- In article <1992Aug14.152918.17224@emr1.emr.ca>, kasvand@ccrs.emr.ca
- (Tony Kasvand) writes in response to a complaint about reservations being
- cancelled after 1 hour 15 minutes:
-
- |> Not at all. Any business which worked like that (on a holiday
- |> especially ) would be bankrupt.
-
- Actually, most car rental places will hold the car longer--but I believe it
- is a local option.
-
- |> After all, a grace period of an hour of your scheduled "pickup" is more
- |> than enough.
-
- Maybe....
-
- |> Next time, take into consideration that the plane might be late. Thus,
- |> make your reservation later. I'm not trying to flame you (and please don't
- |> flame me), but the rental acency lived up to their end of the deal.
-
- Every decent rental company I've used (Hertz, Avis, even Dollar) asked for
- the airline and flight number so they could automatically handle flight
- changes or delays. If your rental car company can't do that for you,
- switch.
-
- Joe Konstan
- konstan@cs.berkeley.edu
-