Free Day Car Rental Coupon Question
A few months a ago, I was sent a coupon for a free weekend day. I've gone to the car rental company's website and for some reason the price of my rental is the same whether I put in the coupon code or not! What am I doing wrong?
For most car rental companies, the value of a coupon that you plug in, will only be taken off at the END of the rental, provided you met all the terms and conditions of the certificate. It wont show the value of the coupon in your price quote online.
To calculate the value of the coupon, just take your base daily rate before taxes... that's will be be subtracted from your total at the end of the rental when you return the car. (If you're only given a base period rate before taxes, just divide it by the number of days of the rental to get the coupon value. ) The value of the coupon will be taken off at the end, after all the taxes are surcharges are
added.
Example:
3 day weekend rental is $74.97 + $30 for taxes/surcharges = $104.97
divide $74.97 by 3 to get your base daily rate of $24.99
$104.97 - $24.99 = $79.98 -- this would be your total due when you returned the car, assuming you also had unlimited mileage or were under the mileage cap if your mileage was restricted.
Make sure to check all the terms and conditions of the coupon and you must usually turn in the coupon at the beginning of the rental when you pick up the car.
Hope this helps!
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