Hire Car with low deposit

eDicky

Avis will require a substantial (more than £200) deposit/pre-auth on the hirer's card, if their own excess cover insurance is not purchased. The same as any hire firm. That's what OP Is referring to and trying to avoid.

richardw

WAYT wrote: »

Are you just guessing?.

No.

If the insurance excess is £2000 and the car suffers damage more than £2000, the car hire company will need to charge the card with £2000, if the driver hasn't got a card to cover this then there's a big problem.

WAYT

richardw wrote: »

No.

If the insurance excess is £2000 and the car suffers damage more than £2000, the car hire company will need to charge the card with £2000, if the driver hasn't got a card to cover this then there's a big problem.

As I suspected. You are guessing and wrong.

WAYT

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WAYT

eDicky wrote: »

Avis will require a substantial (more than £200) deposit/pre-auth on the hirer's card, if their own excess cover insurance is not purchased. The same as any hire firm. That's what OP Is referring to and trying to avoid.

No, you are wrong.

richardw

WAYT wrote: »

No, you are wrong.

.........LoL.

peachyprice

eDicky wrote: »

Avis will require a substantial (more than £200) deposit/pre-auth on the hirer's card, if their own excess cover insurance is not purchased. The same as any hire firm. That's what OP Is referring to and trying to avoid.

No, they won't, you are wrong.

I use Avis 2/3/4 times a month, all over Europe, never take the excess cover only ever have £200 ringfenced on either a debit or credit card.

peachyprice

richardw wrote: »

.........LoL.

Sorry but eDicky IS wrong, no matter how much you LoL,

From a recent booking:

Your Booking Details

Booking confirmation: xxxx-xxxx-xx-1
Duration: 2 day(s)

Pick-up location: Belfast City George Best Airport
Pick-up date: 13/04/2017
Pick-up time: 17:00
Drop-off location: Belfast City George Best Airport
Drop-off date: 15/04/2017
Drop-off time: 16:00


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eDicky

peachyprice wrote: »

No, they won't, you are wrong.

I use Avis 2/3/4 times a month, all over Europe, never take the excess cover only ever have £200 ringfenced on either a debit or credit card.

So the Avis CDW excess is never more than £200?

MobileJim

Hi all,

You guys seem to be talking at cross purposes, as I understand it with Avis when I hire the car I will have a pre-authorisation of £200 on my card. However if I prang the car (or scratch etc) I could be charged up to the insurance excess and I guess if the card can't handle that I would be invoiced for it.

My issue is getting a car that I don't need to pay a huge deposit (pre-auth, etc) on my card, as it just doesn't have the capacity (it has a small limit in the first place and it also has a balance).

So far i'm looking at Avis, a compact car (Fiat 500) @ £368.28 + £200 pre-aut
or
Hiper for a Fiat Panda @ £170.50 + no deposit as far as I can tell (I have asked for confirmation of this.) I had originally dismissed Hiper as they are not on the Airport and I would need a shuttle bus. As I understand it Hiper's price includes their extra insurance.

The rest seem to be really cheap (£35 ish) with big deposits, or expensive (£450ish) with low/no deposit as the extra insurance is bundled in.

Hopefully it works out OK with Hiper as it seems like a good deal.

Many Thanks
Jim