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MSE News: DVLA extends time frame to get hire car code following criticism

Hire car 'check codes' are now valid for 21 days, up from the previous three days...
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DVLA extends time frame to get hire car code following criticism

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  • brewerdave
    brewerdave Posts: 8,611 Forumite
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    Finally a bit of sense -now all they have to do, is explain the system to Spanish/Portuguese/Greek...... car hire firms:rotfl:
  • rustyboy21
    rustyboy21 Posts: 2,565 Forumite
    Just got back from Mallorca where I hired a car at the airport. The rental co didn't ask for anything, which TBH is great, as I forgot to get the code prior to going. I don't know which companies are asking for this code. I rented in march in Lanzarote too and both times they only asked for the pink photo card, nothing else.
  • NFH
    NFH Posts: 4,396 Forumite
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    When hiring a car at non-UK locations, are holders of driving licences from countries asked to produce their driving record? I don't think so.

    For example, a Spanish hire car company wouldn't ask a German driving licence holder for his driving record. Therefore why would the same Spanish company ask a UK driving licence holder for his driving record?
  • Alex444
    Alex444 Posts: 144 Forumite
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    was told by Avis at Shannon Airport that the old licences are like gold dust and I should get it laminated, the DVLA are causing them no end of problems.
  • agarnett
    agarnett Posts: 1,301 Forumite
    I forgot to say, last time I hired a car from Hertz at Stansted, yes they needed the code ... I had read about it on MSE and so I had been to the direct.gov website and applied for a code about 65 hours before I hired - so the code would have expired before I had a chance to hand it over if I'd applied much earlier.

    Strange thing was, I applied once and was given TWO codes before I logged out - and I even think while I was logged in I glanced something that said you can have up to five codes simultaneously, but I only applied for one - there's not enough room in the drive for five!

    Anyway, I assumed that some kind of new implementation/teething glitch which did not matter had given me two codes for the price of one, but dutifully made a note of both of them, 'just in case'.

    I gave the first one to Hertz and it didn't work although I have no idea why. Thank goodness the second one did work. I was pretty glad I had had sufficient doubts to make a note of both codes.

    But do DVLA know what they are doing?

    I have my doubts about the finer aspects ... !
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