Comments on: An extra $14 for “A Concession Fee Recovery” on an all-inclusive price? What’s with that? http://www.elliott.org/blog/an-extra-14-for-a-concession-fee-recovery-on-an-all-inclusive-price-whats-with-that/ The travel troubleshooter. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:43:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark Weston http://www.elliott.org/blog/an-extra-14-for-a-concession-fee-recovery-on-an-all-inclusive-price-whats-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-34692 Mark Weston Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:21:41 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=8922#comment-34692 The concession recovery fee is simply a cost of business being blatantly passed on to the consumer. It is the equivalent of "rent". The airport charges the car rental company a fee for operating out of its airport. So the concession recovery fee is what the car rental company must pay the airport because you rented a car from them. Imagine if you were to go to the grocery store they charged you a $20 "rent fee" to help them offset their monthly mortgage payment. You would be enraged. The rental car companies do this because they know you'll pay it and won't contest it. The concession recovery fee is simply a cost of business being blatantly passed on to the consumer. It is the equivalent of “rent”. The airport charges the car rental company a fee for operating out of its airport. So the concession recovery fee is what the car rental company must pay the airport because you rented a car from them. Imagine if you were to go to the grocery store they charged you a $20 “rent fee” to help them offset their monthly mortgage payment. You would be enraged. The rental car companies do this because they know you’ll pay it and won’t contest it.

]]> By: Nobody http://www.elliott.org/blog/an-extra-14-for-a-concession-fee-recovery-on-an-all-inclusive-price-whats-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-25529 Nobody Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:58:17 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=8922#comment-25529 Whadya gonna do flyer? Your plane's gonna leave without ya and you gotta get thru long LAX lines at security. Ya know what that'll cost you in dollars and delays? Much more than these piddlin fees. Ain't ya heard of the downturn in the California economy? We need cash and so does the govment who ain't gonna listen to your complaints, if they ain't all furloughed already. Here lies the Travel Industry Planes, Autos, Hotels Death spiral into recession As people now handle by cell. RIP Nobody Was Faster Whadya gonna do flyer? Your plane’s gonna leave without ya and you gotta get thru long LAX lines at security. Ya know what that’ll cost you in dollars and delays? Much more than these piddlin fees. Ain’t ya heard of the downturn in the California economy? We need cash and so does the govment who ain’t gonna listen to your complaints, if they ain’t all furloughed already.

Here lies the Travel Industry
Planes, Autos, Hotels
Death spiral into recession
As people now handle by cell.
RIP
Nobody Was Faster

]]> By: Bill http://www.elliott.org/blog/an-extra-14-for-a-concession-fee-recovery-on-an-all-inclusive-price-whats-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-25427 Bill Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:14:24 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=8922#comment-25427 Paul, I guess you are not amongst those who can spell "Nickel and diming". I've been lucky and have not, to my knowledge, experienced any discrepancies in car rental charges. I've been using Hertz. Paul, I guess you are not amongst those who can spell “Nickel and diming”.

I’ve been lucky and have not, to my knowledge, experienced any discrepancies in car rental charges. I’ve been using Hertz.

]]> By: Paul http://www.elliott.org/blog/an-extra-14-for-a-concession-fee-recovery-on-an-all-inclusive-price-whats-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-25404 Paul Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:00:40 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=8922#comment-25404 Keep up the good work with the "Elliott Blog!" I can attest to car rental companies squeezing Lincoln out of the penny. Watch for those little extras when you book on line. The on-line and the actual costs are normally not the same. I question the supposedly local add-ons but don't bother to hassle the problem at check in for a returned automobile. Can any of you out there correctly spell, "Nickel-And-Dimeing?" Keep up the good work with the “Elliott Blog!” I can attest to car rental companies squeezing Lincoln out of the penny. Watch for those little extras when you book on line. The on-line and the actual costs are normally not the same. I question the supposedly local add-ons but don’t bother to hassle the problem at check in for a returned automobile. Can any of you out there correctly spell, “Nickel-And-Dimeing?”

]]> By: Koala http://www.elliott.org/blog/an-extra-14-for-a-concession-fee-recovery-on-an-all-inclusive-price-whats-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-25381 Koala Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:59:54 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=8922#comment-25381 I know someone who works for Hertz and he told me nowadays they sometimes keep cars in their fleet up to 50,000 miles. He also related that they often send cars off to auction to be sold and the cars end up coming back because there are no bidders (above a certain minimum price, I assume). I know someone who works for Hertz and he told me nowadays they sometimes keep cars in their fleet up to 50,000 miles. He also related that they often send cars off to auction to be sold and the cars end up coming back because there are no bidders (above a certain minimum price, I assume).

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