I flew to Florida in September to attend my son’s wedding. I flew to Gainseville, where I rented a car from Hertz, which I drove to Panama City Beach. It was a 4 hour drive each way.
I paid with a credit card. I elected to buy the tank of gas the car came with ($32) so that I could return the vehicle without worrying about how much gas was in the tank. I never really looked into what I was paying per mile. I declined any extras (insurance, etc). When I returned the car I parked and used their key drop.
Today I paid my credit card bill. Hertz charged me $32 for gas plus $9.35 for mileage. I never bothered to look at how many miles I put on the car, but their calculation is obviously incorrect.
By my calculations, Gainesville FL and Panama City are roughly 245 miles apart, depending on route. A 490 mile round trip, for which you were charged an extra $9.35 means they were charging you just under 2 cents a mile. Are you saying they charged you too little?
My guess is that they gave him 400 or 450 free miles & he was only charged a per mile fee on anything over the number of free miles. kayaker, call them.
I guess I need to reread everything. They charged me for the tank of gas, cool. But the only other charge was $9.35. I assumed the odometer was misread?
If I can rent a car for two cents a mile, sign me up!
That’s correct, and that’s what I’m weirded out about.
I’m going to wait to see if maybe I used more than one credit card for some reason (reserving the car with one and presenting another when I picked up the car).
Which would imply that you had a limited mileage rental and drove about 37 miles over the limit. You might want to check your contract to confirm that, but I don’t really see anything to worry about.
Email Hertz your bill with the following statement: I am closing out my monthly statements. Will you confirm that this is the final bill for the car rental x103472 from mm/dd/yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy?