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Re:The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated by magicalhippo on Monday December 27, 2021 @05:00AM (#29701114)
> Thankfully, I had researched renting a car in the US, so I got a credit card before I left.

I had done some research too, so knew a credit card was needed, but somehow had missed the part where it had to be in the same name as the driver. As I said, here in Norway I've rented cars many times without driving them, no questions asked.

I get that they prefer a credit card, but it didn't cross my mind they cared which one they got. The manager said it was because I could claim I had nothing to do with the rental, which I get now, I just hadn't thought about all these ways of scamming the rental company.

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Re:The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated by CaptainZapp on Monday December 27, 2021 @05:29AM (#29701249)
Different countries, different systems.

I had no problem paying with my credit card for a n Avis rental with a contract written out to and signed by my spouse at the time.

That was in the UK.

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