UNBELIEVABLE
Just had one of the most awful experiences while trying to pick up a rental car at the Hertz counter in the MLB airport. I prepaid online when I made the reservation weeks ago and received an email confirmation indicating There were no additional charges due when I picked up the vehicle. I reserved a full sized SUV at $60+/day.
The vehicle they had for me is not what is normally considered an SUV but a crossover. I could upgrade to an Infiniti Q-something for an additional charge, not doing that. I was then informed of an additional charge that was due. I asked the rental agent that was helping me the reason for the additional charge and started to inform him that it was a prepaid reservation but before I could finish, our conversation was taken over by Justine, another agent that was behind the counter.
Justine proceeded to tell me that I was getting the vehicle I'd reserved and the additional charge was "probably" additional or miscomputed taxes. I asked if he knew what I'd reserved and his response indicated he did not. So I asked if he'd step back and let the other agent finish the transaction. Justine then said "just be quiet and pay the additional charges"!!!
Surprise at something like that being said, I asked him what he'd said and if he'd just told me to shut up and he responded, "I said be quiet" to which I said it's the same thing. Justine then said if I didn't he'd call the police over and I asked for what, and asked that he please go that.
Of course I'm not nearly as calm as I was at the beginning of the rental transaction. Justine goes on and I felt as if he was extremely antagonizing as the initial agent is continuing to try to figure out the source of the additional charge. For whatever reason Justine continues to talk saying things like "you can ask anyone in the terminal and they'll tell you I'm one of the most knowledgeable agents..." i reminded him that he didn't know who I was and that I was the customer, which didn't seem to matter. The other agent, I regret not getting his name so I'll call him Tim, maintains his professionalism while Justine continues to go off behind the Hertz counter for what reason, not sure.
This was a prepaid, non refundable reservation and I know how difficult it is to try to get a refund so Tim and I tried to complete the transaction. Tim was never able to determine the source of the additional charge but I took the vehicle anyway, feeling like it's something I can work out later and knowing I needed to walk away before that situation escalated any further.
As soon as I got out of the building, I called the Hertz customer relations number on the contract, asked to speak to a supervisor, was told there wasn't one available, so I relayed my complaints about Justine and the additional charge to the person on the other end, again, I regret not getting her name. She told me she would provide the information to a manager and they would call me back within the hour. That was eleven hours ago and no call from anyone.
My intentions are to begin with, to file a formal complaint with Justine's employer and go from there. read more