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Car hire fee
malagabob
Posts: 18 Forumite
in Credit cards
Recently used my Barclaycard as damage security for car hire. Also, the car hire company also took a separate card input to cover fuel. I signed on returning the car for the fuel charge to be refunded. Checking my statements 2 charges for £1.50 have been added. 1 for the security, 1 for the fuel. Is this normal. Thanks.
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Recently used my Barclaycard as damage security for car hire. Also, the car hire company also took a separate card input to cover fuel. I signed on returning the car for the fuel charge to be refunded. Checking my statements 2 charges for £1.50 have been added. 1 for the security, 1 for the fuel. Is this normal. Thanks.
Were the transactions made in a country outside of the EU, where charging a fee for using a credit card is still lawful?0 -
The car was hired in Portugal.0
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yes perfectly normal.0
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Man_From_Bath wrote: »yes perfectly normal.
Why is it normal?0 -
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EveryWhere wrote: »Why would it be exactly £1.50 for each transaction? If you don't know, it's ok to state that you don't know.
Probably because the car hire firm processed them as seperate transactions and each transaction was in Euros and the card supplier charges £1.50 for each foreign currency transaction.
This is why people take out cards which are "free to use abroad" - i.e. don't charge these fees (they soon add up!)0 -
Probably because the car hire firm processed them as seperate transactions and each transaction was in Euros and the card supplier charges £1.50 for each foreign currency transaction.
This is why people take out cards which are "free to use abroad" - i.e. don't charge these fees (they soon add up!)
Nope. Barclaycard doesn't make a separate charge for spending. Just a forex charge of 2.99%
Also, the deposit is an authorisation, not a charge.
I think more likely that the company made a test transaction and that amount should be refunded.0 -
Barclaycard charge a margin of 2.99% on the exchange rate, but apparently no fixed fee per non-sterling transaction. This makes the two charges of exactly £1.50 rather mysterious...Probably because the car hire firm processed them as seperate transactions and each transaction was in Euros and the card supplier charges £1.50 for each foreign currency transaction.
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/credit-cards/travel-credit-cards/#whatEvolution, not revolution0 -
From checking your statement, how can you possibly know what these charges are for. How do you know that it is 1 for the fuel and 1 for the security. That won't be stated on the statement./ Checking my statements 2 charges for £1.50 have been added. 1 for the security, 1 for the fuel..
Could you clarify exactly how these charges of £1,50 appear on your statement.
Do they appear as two additional separate transactions for exactly £1.50 each or are the transactions for the fuel and security £1.50 more than anticipated?
Were the security and fuel charges actually debited to the account or were they authorisation only?0
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