The best UK credit card to hire a car

Hello,

I would like to hire a car in the near future, and I have heard that it is better to do it using a credit card, not debit.
Could you advise which UK credit card is better for car hire?

Thanks!
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  • marcia_
    marcia_ Posts: 3,114 Forumite
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    Jav2CAD said:
    Hello,

    I would like to hire a car in the near future, and I have heard that it is better to do it using a credit card, not debit.
    Could you advise which UK credit card is better for car hire?

    Thanks!
     Any, non will be better they offer the same service 
  • Jav2CAD
    Jav2CAD Posts: 5 Forumite
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    Thank you!
  • brianposter
    brianposter Posts: 1,462 Forumite
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    I have just hired a car. One of the T & Cs is that the credit card must be embossed.
  • dr_adidas01
    dr_adidas01 Posts: 2,148 Forumite
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    I have just hired a car. One of the T & Cs is that the credit card must be embossed.
    Which car hire company requires that then? 
    Time is a path from the past to the future and back again. The present is the crossroads of both. :cool:
  • Jav2CAD
    Jav2CAD Posts: 5 Forumite
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    What about American express credit card?
  • callum9999
    callum9999 Posts: 4,427 Forumite
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    Jav2CAD said:
    What about American express credit card?
    Well if you want to pay £575 per year for the Platinum card you'll get car hire loyalty status and insurance included.

    If not, as they've already said, a credit card is a credit card.
  • jbrassy
    jbrassy Posts: 977 Forumite
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    Jav2CAD said:
    What about American express credit card?
    Well if you want to pay £575 per year for the Platinum card you'll get car hire loyalty status and insurance included.

    If not, as they've already said, a credit card is a credit card.
    With any Amex card, you can get 10% off with Hertz: https://www.hertz.co.uk/rentacar/special-offers/amex-benefits-10off-discount
  • Sandtree
    Sandtree Posts: 10,628 Forumite
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    I have just hired a car. One of the T & Cs is that the credit card must be embossed.
    Which car hire company requires that then? 
    Remember seeing it on the T&Cs for some spanish car hire companies on one of the aggregator sites... no idea what would happen if you turned up with a non-embossed card... would be surprised if anyone is using the old click/clack machines even in Spain. 
  • brianposter
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    I have just hired a car. One of the T & Cs is that the credit card must be embossed.
    Which car hire company requires that then? 

    Arnold Clark - Scotland.
  • callum9999
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    jbrassy said:
    Jav2CAD said:
    What about American express credit card?
    Well if you want to pay £575 per year for the Platinum card you'll get car hire loyalty status and insurance included.

    If not, as they've already said, a credit card is a credit card.
    With any Amex card, you can get 10% off with Hertz: https://www.hertz.co.uk/rentacar/special-offers/amex-benefits-10off-discount
    Good point - but there are plenty of ways to get that discount. Plenty of free-to-join Frequent Flyer schemes including Virgin Atlantic, for example, offer the same and you earn points on top.
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