Alamo Savetime - Stupid question alert UPDATE

[Dinglebert]

Originally Posted by juneandpeter

If you have Savetime you do not need OLCI because they are really the same thing. All you need is your Savetime Barcode and your 5/6 rental agreement. In the garage is a hut with lots of staff show them your Savetime and they will direct you to a row of cars pick one proceed to the barrier show them your savetime with Barcode, Credit Card (the same one you booked with)and your Driving Licence. They should give you a rental agreement, recipt and map and away you go. At least that what's happened to me the last 5 times I have used Alamo.

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Which is where it goes wrong. I do not have the 5/6 rental agreement as there was no attachement to the savetime receipt. There is no credit card that I booked with as in effect I'm booking very indirectly. I paid Charter Travel who pay the agency who pay Alamo.

[Guest]

Originally Posted by Dinglebert

Which is where it goes wrong. I do not have the 5/6 rental agreement as there was no attachement to the savetime receipt. There is no credit card that I booked with as in effect I'm booking very indirectly. I paid Charter Travel who pay the agency who pay Alamo.

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I understand now I agree with you I too would go to the desk hope the queues are not to big and that next time you can book direct and savetime and money. Have a great holiday ( vacation )

[Slipperman]

Well I've just done on-line check in for our hols.

Nothing about 'go to garage' but it does mention this

"The day after your arrival, do not forget to meet your rep at your 15-minute San Francisco update"

Shame we're flying into Los Angeles...

(And it's car hire booked though Virgin Atlantic)

[Guest]

Thank you June and Peter for this reassurance I was only thinking all this myself. So il head to the garage I have a check in confirmation infront of me having entered all licence numbers opted for full tank of gas and have a bar code printed , so il head for the garage . Phew I was dreading That que at alamo

[Guest]

Originally Posted by Slipperman

Well I've just done on-line check in for our hols.

Nothing about 'go to garage' but it does mention this

"The day after your arrival, do not forget to meet your rep at your 15-minute San Francisco update"

Shame we're flying into Los Angeles...

(And it's car hire booked though Virgin Atlantic)

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No shame flying into Los Angeles I wish I was.

[dpmcalister]

I've just done Online Check-In via the link from Virgin Holidays. I don't know if the procedure is different for Save Time but this is what I did:

Enter main driver licence details.
Enter additional driver licence details.
Decline additional items I didn't want.
Entered the credit card details of the card I will use in the US.
Printed off my "Alamo Bypass Ticket" (also saved it to PDF for safekeeping )

The following is what the top of it looks like (with the barcode altered by me ):



According to the instructions detailed, I just walk to the garage, pick a car, and then drive to the booth with this, my credit card and my driving licence. It mentions a rental document but am I correct in presuming they give me this at the booth as I don't have any specific agreement that I'm aware of?

Thanks.

[w3dal]

^^ looks good, i also have the same looking voucher

[Guest]

Originally Posted by dpmcalister

I've just done Online Check-In via the link from Virgin Holidays. I don't know if the procedure is different for Save Time but this is what I did:

Enter main driver licence details.
Enter additional driver licence details.
Decline additional items I didn't want.
Entered the credit card details of the card I will use in the US.
Printed off my "Alamo Bypass Ticket" (also saved it to PDF for safekeeping )

The following is what the top of it looks like (with the barcode altered by me ):



According to the instructions detailed, I just walk to the garage, pick a car, and then drive to the booth with this, my credit card and my driving licence. It mentions a rental document but am I correct in presuming they give me this at the booth as I don't have any specific agreement that I'm aware of?

Thanks.

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OLCI is really just the same as Savetime but for Virgin Car Rental Customers and US citizens but anyone can use this as well. When filled in US citizens and Virgin Customers will get a Bypass ticket and in some cases non US and non Virgin Customers but only a small amount will also get this ticket.
You will be given a Rental agreement at the barrier on your way out.

[Mrs sun]

Oh brilliant, this is the vouchure that we have got, we must be one of the lucky few on a diy holiday.

[dpmcalister]

Originally Posted by juneandpeter

OLCI is really just the same as Savetime but for Virgin Car Rental Customers and US citizens but anyone can use this as well. When filled in US citizens and Virgin Customers will get a Bypass ticket and in some cases non US and non Virgin Customers but only a small amount will also get this ticket.
You will be given a Rental agreement at the barrier on your way out.

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Thanks. I thought that might be the case. I also thought an image of the "ticket" might help others