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Can somone be denied a rental car because of a bad credit rating?

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A friend of mine with bad credit tried to reserve a rental car online. Within 24 hours they responded that "your rental vehicle will not be available for your requested period" and that he would need to try with a different rental agency. Do rental car agencies run credit checks? Their response sounds to me like a polite way of saying that they didn't want his business since they didn't try to offer him another car.

Usually a bad rating would not matter. If he has a credit card, the rental car will be billed to the card. The rental car place would get paid. But if he did not return a previous car; or he skipped out on rental car bills…. they would be worried about renting to him.
Or they could be short of rental cars for the time he requested. Maybe there is a convention in town; that's when they didn't have a car for me..

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  1. Worldly25
    May 7th, 2009 at 20:38 | #1
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    No they process the credit card that was used for the reservation. The credit card company refused the transaction.
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  2. Bedford S
    May 7th, 2009 at 20:59 | #2
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    If she was trying to reserve using a debit card, they run credirt checks. Also if the credit card does have $500 available they will deny the request.
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  3. Ed Atun
    May 7th, 2009 at 21:18 | #3
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    Usually a bad rating would not matter. If he has a credit card, the rental car will be billed to the card. The rental car place would get paid. But if he did not return a previous car; or he skipped out on rental car bills…. they would be worried about renting to him.
    Or they could be short of rental cars for the time he requested. Maybe there is a convention in town; that's when they didn't have a car for me..
    References :

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