Re: Park don't fight
| February 20, 2019 07:34PM |
John West Wrote:
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> When I called the local Avis office and told them
> I would really like to make my flight the next
> morning the fellow I talked to immediately offered
> the $50 deal. Since the weekly rate is not much
> more than what I paid for five days, a couple of
> extra days would not be too costly. And they
> certainly should charge me to fill the tank.
If that works out to be your only extra expense John, the local Avis guy was a saint and should probably be on your Christmas list.
I got stuck in Atlanta traffic last year and elected to skip refueling the rental car in order to avoid missing my flight. The rental car people there were kind enough to charge me $9.95 per gallon for three quarters of a tank of fuel, resulting in an up-charge that was well over $100.
> But the good news is I finally got a couple decent
> flanger train pix. It was a great weekend of
> steam in the snow, and I mean REALLY in the snow.
> The D&S spent a lot of extra effort (read money)
> delivering some great photo ops, and when I got
> home I noticed that without asking they had
> already credited my account with a partial refund
> because they couldn't get us to Cascade. The D&S
> is a class operation.
I'm amazed......and impressed as well. On most charters, if the engine breaks or the train can't perform as advertised, you still end up paying the full fare. The D&S definitely went above and beyond on that one.
> For anyone interested some of my pix are here:
Nice set of pix. I think you did great. I just hope I can get some SP18 shots this year.....but I'm not betting the rent on it right now.
/Kevin Madore
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> When I called the local Avis office and told them
> I would really like to make my flight the next
> morning the fellow I talked to immediately offered
> the $50 deal. Since the weekly rate is not much
> more than what I paid for five days, a couple of
> extra days would not be too costly. And they
> certainly should charge me to fill the tank.
If that works out to be your only extra expense John, the local Avis guy was a saint and should probably be on your Christmas list.
I got stuck in Atlanta traffic last year and elected to skip refueling the rental car in order to avoid missing my flight. The rental car people there were kind enough to charge me $9.95 per gallon for three quarters of a tank of fuel, resulting in an up-charge that was well over $100.> But the good news is I finally got a couple decent
> flanger train pix. It was a great weekend of
> steam in the snow, and I mean REALLY in the snow.
> The D&S spent a lot of extra effort (read money)
> delivering some great photo ops, and when I got
> home I noticed that without asking they had
> already credited my account with a partial refund
> because they couldn't get us to Cascade. The D&S
> is a class operation.
I'm amazed......and impressed as well. On most charters, if the engine breaks or the train can't perform as advertised, you still end up paying the full fare. The D&S definitely went above and beyond on that one.
> For anyone interested some of my pix are here:
Nice set of pix. I think you did great. I just hope I can get some SP18 shots this year.....but I'm not betting the rent on it right now.
/Kevin Madore
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