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Car hire firm told me I was a ‘no-show’ so I lost £185
['Anna Tims']
Guardian South Asia
I booked a car hire at Heathrow through Holiday Autos on a visit to the UK and provided my flight number as requested.
My flight was severely delayed, and when I reached the car hire desk, I was told I’d been marked down as a “no-show” and that my car had been rehired.
Under duress, I was forced to hire a larger car for twice the price, and was told I would not be refunded the original £185 hire fee.
Since then, the car hire company has told me to complain to Holiday Autos, and vice versa.
BF, AustraliaThe terms and conditions of your contract state that a definition of a “no-show” is a customer who arrives late because of a flight delay without having provided a flight number.