Advise on Rental Cars

[Willow Branch]

Hey, I have a question for all of you seasoned "Priceline Users" (since theruare is on a cruise :))

I was going to bid on a car for a friend & put in their name for the person picking up the car; however, am I going to get myself in any kind of trouble since I would be putting it on my credit card?? They will re-imburse me, but I worry that maybe there will be trouble for them when picking up the car??

Has any one done this before?

I have bid on Hotels many times for my friends & of course there is NO problem with that! Just don't know about the car.

Thank-you for all of your wonderful advise in advance :)

Willow Branch

[goldendeal]

I have done this very thing for a friend. Not sure if I was just lucky or not but went off without a hitch.

Friend of mine had to go to a funeral and couldnt afford car or hotel, I put it on my credit card, but with his name, didnt run into any trouble at all.

[Willow Branch]

Thank you Goldendeal for your comment. I bid for my father who is in his 70's & he just doesn't get it!! So, it is just easier for me to do the bidding for him instead of trying to explain the bidding process on hotels that you don't know what you'll get!! HOWEVER, he LOVES the GREAT deals that I have gotten for him on Priceline in the past. I have never done a car for him using Priceline & it just worried me the more I thought about it.

I REALLY appreciate you taking the time to respond to me! Since no one has stated "No, don't do it", and you have done it, guess it is OK!!

Thanks again, Goldendeal!

[powerplantop]

Let us know how it turns out. I have only bid for a car when I needed it. But I may have something coming up where I need to rent a car for someone else.

[Willow Branch]

Just thought that I would give you "closure" on this topic........I ended up getting a car conventionally. I bid a couple of times & then noticed that the rates had come down on the Thrifty-Rent-a-Car site, so I booked through that. I could also explain to them what I was doing & felt better that I could clarify the situation to them. This, by the way, was cheaper than my bid that Priceline would not accept (Yes, it was for the same class of car.) Go figure!

Anyway, thanks again for all the friendly help!!

Willow Branch