Budget Welcomes Your Debit Card.

Want to use your debit card to prepay your rental? Budget lets you use a debit card to pay
toward your rental online. Alamo and Hertz dont.
Many Budget locations are also happy to accept a debit card for your rental hold.
Whenever renters pic up vehicles! all rental car companies "including Budget# must
place a hold on a debit or credit card to cover the estimated cost of the rental. $pon
paying your rental with a %ebit &ard! Budget will generally re'uest an authorization hold
against your account for the estimated charges of the rental but reserves the right in its
sole discretion! to re'uest e(tra value based on certain factors as we deem appropriate.
)ome e(ceptions may apply. *H+)+ ,$-%) W.// -0* B+ A1A./AB/+ ,02 30$2
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4 When the rental is over we will process the reversal but the ban may tae time to post
it bac to the account 5 unless you already paid toward your rental! in which case the hold
will be only 6788 $)%. While this hold is in place! the funds will not be available for
your use. While these funds are held! they are not available to you to spend. And since
your ban may tae up to two wees to release hold funds after your rental is complete!
paying online for your rental maes sense when you use a debit card for your transaction.
Which cards does Avis accept if I prepay my reservation online?
Avis.com accepts prepaid rentals with the following credit and debit cards9
.n the $.). : &anada9 American +(press! %iscover! Master&ard! 1isa.
4 -o matter which form of payment is used at time of reservation! the Avis rental
location;s credit and debit card hold rules will apply. *he card presented for the hold at
pic5up will be the card of record for the rental.
Also be advised that some Avis locations do not accept debit cards as a form of payment.
$pon paying your rental with a %ebit &ard! Avis will generally re'uest an authorization
hold against your account for the estimated charges of the rental but reserves the right in
its sole discretion to re'uest e(tra value based on certain factors as we deem appropriate.
)ome e(ceptions may apply. T!"! #$%D" WI&& %'T B! A(AI&AB&! #')
Y'$) $"!. When the rental is over we will process the reversal but the ban may tae
time to post it bac to the account. 3ou may see full rental terms and conditions for the
hold re'uirements at your rental location during the online reservation process.
4 All credit identification presented at the rental pic5up counter must bear e(actly the
same name as the prepaid reservation.
4 ,or security reasons! if you can;t satisfy the credential or hold re'uirements at the time
of your Avis rental pic5up! a new reservation must be made at the prevailing rate and
you must re'uest a refund for the original prepaid reservation on Avis.com. A 6<= fee will
apply to all reservations cancelled at least si( hours prior to the scheduled pic5up. .f the
reservation is not cancelled within si( hours or if you fail to rent the car! a refund of the
full prepaid amount! less a -0 )H0W fee of 6788.88 $)%! will be charged.
old the *lastic+ )ent a Car ,ithout a
Credit Card
2enting a %ollar 2ental car without a credit card used to be nearly impossible. But now >
as long as you have a debit card -and good credit. > renting a car is almost as easy as 75
<5?.
)ure! credit card plastic is still the preferred method for reserving a car! but a lot of
people either 7# dont want credit cards! <# have only store credit cards "which wont do
you any good if youre trying to rent a car#! or ?# have chopped them up in the spirit of
self5sufficiency.
*hat said! most people with checing accounts do have at least one piece of plastic in
their wallets > debit cards. And those wor @ust fine when youre trying to rent a car. 0f
course! reserving a rental car with a debit card > rather than a credit card > does come
with a couple of caveats! including9
When you reserve your car using a debit card! the car rental company "%ollar! in
this case# will perform a debit card chec and credit in'uiry screening through
+'uifa( "one of the companies that issue credit reports and the all5important credit
score#.
.f your credit scoreAreport doesnt meet certain criteria! you wont be allowed to
rent a car unless you have a credit card in your name that you can use to reserve
your car. At the end of the rental agreement you may! however! use your debit
card to pay for your rental without being sub@ect to a credit chec.
%ote+ .f youre reserving a car with a debit card! eep in mind that when the company
performs a credit chec! it W.// show up on your credit report and may have an effect
on your credit evaluation.