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Re: [OM] (Very OT) Rental Car Insurance, UK style

Subject: Re: [OM] (Very OT) Rental Car Insurance, UK style
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:06:10 +1000
There's a benefit?
Good advice anyway - they seem geared to sell you up aggressively. They wanted 
around 100 pounds for a month or part thereof as well - I declined on the 
grounds that I can read. (take your own?)
One problem in the UK is that the insurance companies really don't like 
insuring anyone with a non-UK licence. In 2009, I bought a decent second hand 
car for 700 pounds and spent another couple of hundred getting it into good 
shape and then found myself being quoted a 1200 pound premium for one year 
because i had an Australian licence. Ludicrous. I couldn't get 3 months cover - 
it was one month or 12 and cancel after three with a penalty.
The next time I went, the car was in my son's name, I have a UK licence as well 
and getting myself added to his policy for a month cost about 25 pounds! 
I'd suggest renting with NO extras at the counter but go see a broker in the US 
before you leave and investigate travel insurance that would cover the rental 
collision excess up to around $2000. 
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.soultheft.com
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On 31/07/2013, at 10:33 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:

> Sigh. Several of the sites I read set the excess at 1600 pounds. That's a 
> good bit of cash.
> 
> I've read and re-read my VISA rental car coverage benefit, and it _seems_ to 
> cover just about everything, including a provision that you must refuse any 
> and all offers at the rental counter.

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