Price of tank of fuel at MCO

[cash]

Dollar also let you return the car full on the Silver option - recently returned a car with a full tank of gas. They just looked at the guage and said it was fine. When we picked up the car they asked us if we wanted to return the car with a full tank, which we accepted.

Not according to the chap I just spoke with at Dollar, he told me if you take the fully inclusive package you have to pre-pay for a full tank at pickup, i asked him what pakage can you take where you return the car with a full tank and he said there wasnt one !!!.

[cash]

Talk about confused, I just spoke with Dollar at MCO who told me that pre pay at the moment was $3.84/gallon and that you can opt in or opt out of pre pay !!!, think ill just book it as the staff at MCO seem more with it than Dollar's staff on the booking side over here.

[jeansusrentals]

we are just home last week - we hired a Dollar car - and have a Dollar express card - we go straight over to where you collect the cars and don't stand in lines at their desk in the Airport! We were told that the policies have changed and you have to take a full tank but bring it back empty. We were charged $3.59 /gallon - this was exactly what it was in most of the filling stations (except Costco! - if you have a card for there - take it with you and go there for your gas - it was $3.42!!) I think we were just about driving on fresh air when we returned it!!
Jean

[cash]

Thanks Jean,

Think I will do the same as you as Im sure we will get through a tank of gas by the time we need to get the car back, what I do find strange is what happens to people who only want to hire a car for a few days, it seems unfair that they would have to pay for a full tank of gas and maybe do less than 50 miles, this is why when i called Dollar at MCO they told me you have the choice but from what you found was the opposite.

[roger]

To confirm, if you are American and book a car directly with Dollar, you take it back full to avoid a refueling fee.

If you pre-book then you must take back empty and pay for the tank.

That is why the new Alamo option of taking back full is better (plus they still allow you to take back empty if you prefer). Much less confusion! Especially now Alamo now have the Express service when booked through us, you get the best of both worlds.

[Philomena]

we are just home last week - we hired a Dollar car - and have a Dollar express card - we go straight over to where you collect the cars and don't stand in lines at their desk in the Airport! We were told that the policies have changed and you have to take a full tank but bring it back empty. We were charged $3.59 /gallon - this was exactly what it was in most of the filling stations (except Costco! - if you have a card for there - take it with you and go there for your gas - it was $3.42!!) I think we were just about driving on fresh air when we returned it!!
Jean

We were told the same when we were over in November, but as you say they only charged the same price as the filling stations for the tank. We also limped back into the airport when we returned the car!!