Fly Drive with Travel City !

[Katys Grandad]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Nikki D
People do this all the time with virgin, book a fly drive and never pick the car up at the airport. Where is the difference with booking with travel city? I cannot see them not putting you on the flight home.
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I do understand your point Nikki and think you might be right but it's easy for us all to express an opinion when it isn't our money and holiday at stake. When you're standing at check-in and there's a problem getting home the fact that others do it with a different carrier doesn't carry much weight.

For what it's worth, my advice to the OP is to avoid Travel City Direct, pay a little more and eliminate the risk, which I agree might not be that significant. Of course, that's also easy for me to say!

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Nikki D
People do this all the time with virgin, book a fly drive and never pick the car up at the airport. Where is the difference with booking with travel city? I cannot see them not putting you on the flight home.
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With TCD its a whole different ball game Nikki[msnscared] You cannot compare dealing with Virgin compared to dealing with TCD they are poles apart, Robert and Katys Grandad are both spot on with their advice IMHO[msnsmile2]

[Robert5988]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:People do this all the time with virgin, book a fly drive and never pick the car up at the airport. Where is the difference with booking with travel city? I cannot see them not putting you on the flight home.[/quote]

The difference, as the OP stated, is that TCD charge a lot less for a Fly/Drive than they do for a flight ticket alone. Obviously they do this to ensure they get a huge profit on their insurance.

Anyway when I tried they wouldn't even let me book a fly/drive without paying for the insurance up front. That may be down to the individual call centre operator.

In my dispute, that I took to ABTA, the head of their Cardiff operation made it clear that they would enforce that condition. If they let you book and not pay for insurance, and honour your ticket back home, what other sanction do they have?

[Betty Boo]

Thanks for all your advice. Considering how much it will save us to take the risk I am beginning to think it isn't worth risking. Even though people have got away with it in the past, companies will soon cotton on to the fact. I may ring Amex up first and get a quote for car insurance and see if thats any cheaper than TC.

Thanks Again for all your advice.

BB

[Katys Grandad]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Betty Boo
Thanks for all your advice. Considering how much it will save us to take the risk I am beginning to think it isn't worth risking. Even though people have got away with it in the past, companies will soon cotton on to the fact. I may ring Amex up first and get a quote for car insurance and see if thats any cheaper than TC.

Thanks Again for all your advice.

BB[/quote]Good luck. I for one would be interested to hear how it works out.

[DaveL]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Betty Boo
I may ring Amex up first and get a quote for car insurance and see if thats any cheaper than TC.

BB[/quote]I had this policy for some years as I had frequent business travel as well as U.S. holidays. The car option is only on their Annual Premier Plus policy and this currently costs £270 for family cover which is for two adults and any number of your children up to the age of 21

The link below will take you to the insurance section of their site and I have copied the car details underneath.

Dave

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http://www.americanexpress.com/uk/pe...cytypes.shtml#


North American Car Hire
Top Up Liability to US $1 million
plus:
Bodily injury in/getting in/out of vehicle (uninsured/unidentified driver) to US $100,000

CDW to US $50,000
including:
Loss of use of rental vehicle to £210
£15 per 24 hrs
Drop off charges to £200

[ellie]

Does it include UMP - uninsured motorist protection, a great necessity in a country where so many cars are uninsured?