mpeirce
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
With so many travel issues coming up recently I wanted to share a good experience I had this past weekend.
I sometimes rent a car from Sixt - mainly because they offer nice German cars I enjoy driving.
So on my weekend trip to see out new the grandchild in the Bay Area I rented a car from them at SFO.
After I rented the car online, they suggested using the app for "easy pickup”.
Wow, it really was easy.
When I landed at SFO I opened the app and it showed me the exact car I was renting. It instructed me to show the QR code to the person at their car pickup area in the rental center to get my keys. So I took the airtrain to the rental center, walked by their main desk - no line for me! - and showed the person down on level 2 the QR code. They handed me the keys to the car and told me which parking place it was located in. All the paperwork was accessible from inside the app, so there was no pile of contract papers to tote around. I walked to the car, pair it with my iPhone to use the wireless CarPlay(!!! very nice), and drove to the exit. I showed them the paperwork in the app to match with my drivers license and away I drove.
I hope other rental car companies are doing this too (haven’t tried them in a while) because this was the most friction free rental car picked I’ve ever experienced. It made the whole flight experience just that much more pleasant.
Coming back was simple too. I pulled in return area, the checkin guy a few cars in front of me told me to just leave the keys in the car and be on my way.
Nice.
I sometimes rent a car from Sixt - mainly because they offer nice German cars I enjoy driving.
So on my weekend trip to see out new the grandchild in the Bay Area I rented a car from them at SFO.
After I rented the car online, they suggested using the app for "easy pickup”.
Wow, it really was easy.
When I landed at SFO I opened the app and it showed me the exact car I was renting. It instructed me to show the QR code to the person at their car pickup area in the rental center to get my keys. So I took the airtrain to the rental center, walked by their main desk - no line for me! - and showed the person down on level 2 the QR code. They handed me the keys to the car and told me which parking place it was located in. All the paperwork was accessible from inside the app, so there was no pile of contract papers to tote around. I walked to the car, pair it with my iPhone to use the wireless CarPlay(!!! very nice), and drove to the exit. I showed them the paperwork in the app to match with my drivers license and away I drove.
I hope other rental car companies are doing this too (haven’t tried them in a while) because this was the most friction free rental car picked I’ve ever experienced. It made the whole flight experience just that much more pleasant.
Coming back was simple too. I pulled in return area, the checkin guy a few cars in front of me told me to just leave the keys in the car and be on my way.
Nice.
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