Sixt Car Hire - Italy - Additional Charges 6 Month later

sjw64

Hi

I hired a car at the beginning of Feb this year for a week, picking up & dropping off at Naples, Italy. A holding deposit of 1000 Euro :shocked: was taken from my Credit Card and 'returned' a couple of weeks later.

That was it until a 40 Euro charge appeared on my CC a couple of days ago from Sixt in Naples. Its nearly sixt (lol) month since I hired this!

I accept that it may be a [insert whatever dubious speeding/parking/whatever] charge that has caught up with me. But is there anything I can do. Do I contact Sixt in Naples or UK?

I hardly used the car to be honest. I drove from Naples - Sorrento - Naples and my worry is that there's nothing I can do to stop any more charges appearing. I know its not much but there is nothing stopping whoever it is from doing so.

Thanks

PS Do not drive in Naples, you will kakking your pants every 30 secs - especially when there's a 1000 Euro deposit!

NiftyDigits

No excess car hire insurance?

Ask your CC provider to reverse the charge. Perhaps then SIXT may make the effort to tell you for what the 40€.

Slinky

This could be a charge for Sixt supplying your details to the 'authorities'. OH drove in a bus lane by mistake in Florence. We got stung for an admin charge several months later by the hire car company. Several months after that a fixed penalty notice turned up - IIRC it was about 8 months after the event he got the FPN

sjw64

Thanks folks

I do have yearly/global excess insurance but Im guessing they would want to know (like me) what it is/was

Im going to fire off an email to Sixt in Italy and UK then wait & see, plus I've already asked CC to reverse charges. Not hopeful but...