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Old 02-11-2011, 06:13 AM
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We flew into Gainesville Fl for a 4 hr stay. Enterpise (only option) price through fbo quoted was 39.99 or $12/hr. Total cost $60 due to taxes. Made sure to cross off the roadside assistance as they added that to our cost the time before. Next time we will check out taxi costs.
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Old 02-11-2011, 06:19 AM
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on that trip I didn't fly into Lake Front. I landed at Picayune because I needed to go to Slidel before New Orleans. The only time I have flown into Lake Front the FBO arranged for a fellow to take us to the French Quarter in a nice new Cadillac and he only charged us $20.00. What a deal. We gave him a nice tip.
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Old 02-11-2011, 07:22 AM
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You should have told us you rented a Caddy... No wonder you got hit...
Just kidding.

Go to Scottsdale Air Center they are a lot better that Landmark which in my consideration is like Signature flight support. I will go out of my way not to use either of those.
We have used Scottsdale Air Center for since they opened. I think our rates for a car last year were about 30.00 a day.

the other item is wonder how many contract fuel cards are honored using
100LL.
Such as Colt, World Fuel, which is base ops, AV Fuel,

I'll have to look into that.

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Old 02-11-2011, 07:24 AM
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on that trip I didn't fly into Lake Front. I landed at Picayune because I needed to go to Slidel before New Orleans. The only time I have flown into Lake Front the FBO arranged for a fellow to take us to the French Quarter in a nice new Cadillac and he only charged us $20.00. What a deal. We gave him a nice tip.
Last time at Lakefront (about 4 months after Katrina), I tied down at Millionair, and they gave me a brand new Jaguar as a courtesy car....free! Nice way to go to the French Quarter for lunch.
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Old 02-11-2011, 08:20 AM
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Last year when I went to Jackson Hole WY I was getting around $100 USD a day from online sources. I called the FBO and they provided a rate of around $55 a day.
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Old 02-11-2011, 08:23 AM
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I got a better deal Paul, I had a chauffeur!
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Old 02-11-2011, 10:36 AM
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Larry,

I haven't had any rental car problems with your old RV-10. The motorcycle is available 24/7 at ALL airports... no reservations, paperwork, hassles or suprise charges. When are we going to upgrade your other bird?

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Old 02-11-2011, 11:03 AM
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Default Renting from FBO

I have had three occasions, in different parts of the country, that involved renting from Enterprise at the FBO and returning the car during the weekend.
The first time was at Flagstaff, returned the car to the FBO Saturday afternoon, and then got a bill that was triple the expected amount. Seems Enterprise charged me for rental until the car made it back to their lot. Five phone calls, and a phone call from the FBO manager to Enterprise to attest the actual return time, and it got cleared up.
On two subsequent instances, I made shure the return was noted on the contract and signed by the FBO, and in both of those instances the documentation was valuable, as I had to call Enterprise and protest, including faxing the copy of the contract to them to prove the actual time of return.

I avoid Enterprise, but sometimes it is the only option - then I watch the credit card statement closely
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Old 02-11-2011, 03:43 PM
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Default Here's a d,ifferent, potentially important aspect...

...of renting any vehicle: how your credit card company handles insurance coverage not provided by your own auto insurance (e.g. loss of income insurance to rental car company).

All of us want to avoid paying for supplemental insurance coverage on rentals; it's terribly pricey. Most premium credit cards (Visa Gold, any Amex card) provide rental car insurance IF you reserve, check out and finally pay for the car with the card. (Check your card's details...). But of course NO credit card company actually carries this insurance directly nor processes claims. Each c/c company subs this out to a contractor.

We learned all about this when we were clobbered by a non-licensed, uninsured 16-yr old mother of two while in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Uh-oh, we thought...end of a carefrree island visit and the beginning of a nightmare. Because of the coverage Amex had promised, we'd waived our counter insurance with the rental car company and relied on Amex for insurance. Obtaining a police report (at the scene) and turning it in along with the smashed car was our one & only responsibility; the outsourced contractor that handles Amex's rental insurance issues did a superb job and the rental car company was paid inside of 48 hours. We were really impressed...and relieved.

So despite having other c/c accounts, we always rent using our free Optima Amex c/c, because we know what peace of mind we are 'buying' when using that card with any rental company.

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Old 02-11-2011, 03:59 PM
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Default Taxes!

Phoenix has some of the worst rental car taxes of any city. If the address on your drivers license is further than 50 miles from Phoenix you must pay all the taxes which can be over 50% of the rental fee itself. The percent of your rental in tax varies because some of the taxes are a one time fixed fee and others are a fixed amount per day, while still others are a percentage of the bill.

When we were building our home in Tucson the airfares into Phoenix were sometimes much cheaper, but we had to weight how much more the rental car was going to cost from there and factor in the two hour drive each way.
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