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Brian L

1 reviews | Active since Dec 2016

21 Sept 2021, 13:25

East London Airport's Avis car rental fails to deliver.......

I hired a vehicle over the weekend of the 5 to 9 Aug in East London from Avis-Budget. The staff were pleasant and vehicle clean and ready. At the time of collection I was informed that the holding deposit of R2387.71 would be released in about 30 days (odd how other car rental agencies can do it in a matter of days). on around the 9 of September I called the customer care line and was assured they would attend to the matter and get back to me. It's now the 21st of September and I have not had an update and my deposit has still not been released. My advice to people hiring cars from the East London airport is to seriously reconsider AVIS-Budget if you had them in mind. On amore recent trip I gave Thrifty car rental a try and what a difference - my deposit has already been released (this was after the said AVIS-Budget rental which has still not been refunded)

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Avis
Avis's reply21 Sept 2021, 15:47
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Hi Brian,

Thanks for writing to us.

Please provide your rental agreement number so we can look into the matter.

Avis Team 
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Brian L's update21 Sept 2021, 16:42
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my rental agreement number is E***
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Brian L's update21 Sept 2021, 17:22
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E***
Avis
Avis's reply22 Sept 2021, 11:58
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Hi Brian,

Please be advised that we have received feedback from our bank and the bank confirmed with your bank that nothing is pending on your card for Avis, which means that the funds that were held during your rental were released back into your available balance. 

Kindly note that these funds will not reflect on your bank statement as a deposit or a refund as they were not banked by Avis. They will only increase the available balance at the time of release.

Avis Team