I have been told by Thrifty Car Rental that they will take a 2,200 Euro deposit on my Visa card. Is this the policy for all of the car rental companies at the Munich airport?
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No, never happened to me anyway.
I usually rent from Europcar or Avis, no deposit required. There%26#39;s also Herzt and Sixt operating at the airport premises.
Check where Thrifty operates.
I would avoid Thrifty anyway, see tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g187337-i301-k2464…
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I would suggest you try Gemut.com. They operate out of Oregon but are a broker for more than one company. The rental price is guaranteed in dollars and if the exchange rate changes to your favor, you can cancel the rental and re-do it at a lower rate.
Last year our car was through Avis and there was no deposit. This year it is with Europcar and, again, no deposit. Personally, I would not use Thrifty.
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That a rental car company is really withdrawing the deposit from your card and return it afterwards (if at all) is not common.
But the rental companies take your credit card as a deposit. That%26#39;s normal. You can see this
a) if you try to rent a car without having a credit card.
Than you will really have to pay a deposit in cash.
b) if you try to rent a really expensive car you have to present 2 credit cards
Thus they have the double deposit.
If something goes wrong the rental car company will take the deposit sum just from your credit card. That%26#39;s exactly for what a deposit is for. If the rental car company has higher claims against you they have to use normal legal proceedings against you for the rest of the sum (in case you won%26#39;t just pay).
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UVARIDER - do you mean that Thrifty will place a HOLD for that amount? In that case, you are not really paying it, it%26#39;s that Thrifty has reserved this amount and, thus, your available credit on the credit card (how much you can still use) is reduced by the hold amount.
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yes, its just a hold. However, my credit limit is 10,000, and I need credit available to rent motorcycles (which have a damage deposit which I understand) later in the trip. I will try one of the other options
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By the way, UVA, you DO know that picking the car up at the airport will cost you about 20% more, right?
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The question is if the other rental car companies will not do exactly the same.
At least in their fine prints you can read that they *can* do this. Albeit the amount is normally less than 2,200 Euro. Will depend however on the car class and other things.
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Be aware that Thrifty is not located at the airport. They are about 1 mile away. We did not know this at the time. When we arrived at the Munich Airport and looked for the Thrifty counter and could not find it. I went to one of the rental car desks and they offered to call Thrifty for me and told me where I would be picked up. The wait was about 10 minutes. We had no problem with them, but I wish I had known at the time that they do not have a counter at the airport. This was 2 years ago, so maybe things have changed...
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I agree with apecs999 about gemut and for the reasons stated. Also,great rates and customer service.
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