I was sitting at Keflavik Airport in Iceland and looking at the wind blowing over the runway when it hit me that this whole trip kind of started with just one dollar. I had already returned the car and it was around the afternoon of March 27. Everything went fine and my credit card bill looked calm. That was because I used this One-Dollar Freeze service. If I go back to the time when I was planning the trip it makes more sense. The flight and hotel already cost a lot and I also wanted a small car in Keflavik so I could drive myself. I picked a Europcar Toyota Yaris Cross group with automatic gear and five seats. A small car felt easier for me. The problem was that there was still some time before I would travel and I did not want a big charge stuck on my credit card right away. One night I was comparing prices online and I found QEEQ. I saw a line that said I could book with One-Dollar Freeze. I was not sure at first. I thought to myself is it really only one dollar now and will they charge random things later. I read the description a few times. It said I only pay 1.00 dollar now as a booking fee and the rest will be charged automatically before the rental starts and there is no interest. That sounded good to me. It meant the pressure on my credit card would be smaller and I could keep more money for my flight and hotel first. I remember it was pretty late when I finally decided to book. The light in my room was a bit dim and I was staring at my laptop screen doing small math over and over. At the payment step the number really showed just 1 dollar. I checked my card number many times and my hand was a bit stiff when I clicked the confirm button. For a second I even stopped breathing. Then the confirmation email came. It showed my pick up time was around 4 pm on March 24 at Keflavik Airport in Iceland and the return was three days later in the afternoon. In the next weeks I did not think about the booking too much. I only remembered that I had not really paid the full price yet. Every time this came to my mind I opened my credit card app and checked. The bill only showed that one dollar. That made me feel quite safe. I was a bit proud too. I felt like I locked in the car without getting hit by the full payment. A few days before the trip I started to worry a little. I was afraid the rest of the payment might fail and that the car would not be ready when I arrived in Iceland. So I checked my card more often. One day I saw a new charge. It was the rental amount and it showed up just shortly before the start date. It was exactly what I expected. No extra fee and no strange number. That was the moment I fully relaxed. When I landed in Iceland the wind outside the airport was strong and the sky looked kind of gray. I pulled my suitcase to the Europcar counter and showed my booking to the staff at the desk. The person checked the computer and said the prepayment was already received and I only needed to swipe my card for the deposit. I stood there and felt pretty glad that I did not pay the whole rental cost long before. If I had done that my card limit might have been very tight when I had to leave the deposit. The car I got was from the Toyota Yaris Cross group. It was a small car waiting in the parking lot and it had a light layer of Icelandic dust on it. The air outside was cold and the wind kept blowing around me. When I put my luggage in the trunk I suddenly remembered that if there was no option to pay just 1 dollar first I might have delayed my booking or picked a cheaper company that I did not really trust. During the next few days I drove back and forth around Iceland. The wind and snow changed fast on the road and there were dark lava fields and some snow by the side. When I brought the car back to Keflavik it was close to sunset. The sky still had a soft blue color. I returned the keys and the check was done very fast. No one talked about extra money. A quick thought flashed in my head that it all started with that one dollar booking and I was glad I used it. Back in the airport waiting area I opened my credit card app again. The bill only showed the one dollar from before and the normal rental charge. Nothing extra. The payment felt light the whole time. For someone like me who still needs to plan every part of the budget this kind of payment plan really fits. I do not get shocked by a big charge at the start and I can still secure the car early. When I left Iceland this small detail stayed in my mind. Using One-Dollar Freeze made the money side feel much less heavy and it all began with a small line of text I saw on the QEEQ website one night.
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