Let me complain a bit first. Without the One-Dollar Freeze thing I probably would not dare to book this car this year. On May 22 in the morning I was standing by the hotel window in Tijuana watching the cars on the road. I felt pretty lucky. Next day May 23 at 10 am I would go pick up a Toyota RAV4 and my credit card bill was still under control. That felt really light for me. If I go back in time about one month earlier I was very unsure about booking a car. That night I was on video call with my friend. He asked me if I really wanted to swipe a big amount now to lock a car because my card limit was not high. I was also thinking that if a lot of money was taken at once then my life for the next few weeks with school and part time job would be very tight. So I kept checking cars and at the same time counting my budget in my head and it gave me a headache. That was when I noticed there was a One-Dollar Freeze option on QEEQ. I clicked in and read it many times. It said I only needed to pay 1 dollar first to hold the booking. The rest would be charged automatically before the rental started and there was no extra interest. I checked the amount many times because I was afraid there were tiny notes somewhere. In my mind I kept thinking it sounded too good and maybe there was some trick. But I really needed a car. Taking rides or other ways would be more expensive and not convenient. That night I told myself I should just try. At worst I could contact them and ask. So I chose the car from MEX a Toyota RAV4 automatic. I set pick up in Tijuana on May 23 at 10 am and drop off on May 25 at 10 am. On the confirm page I checked the dates again and again because I was scared to type them wrong. When I saw the final page showed I only needed to pay 1 dollar now I suddenly relaxed a lot. It felt like I tested the water first and still locked a car. When I tapped pay I even talked to my phone in a low voice and said please do not charge some crazy amount. The payment went through and I saw it only charged 1 dollar. I took a screenshot right away and sent it to my friend. He replied and said that I just got a car with one dollar first. I was kind of proud and told him yes the rest will be charged later and now my pressure is much lower. Normally when we use credit cards to book stuff the money is taken all at once or we have to split it into monthly payments and then there is interest and some random fees. I really hate looking at a bill full of those extra costs. In the next days I did not think about the booking too much. When it crossed my mind I opened the order and checked it just to make sure they did not suddenly change the price. When it got closer to the trip date I started to feel a bit nervous. I was worried they would charge the rest too early or charge the wrong amount. During that time I still had other expenses on the same card and I was afraid everything would pile up. When it was close to the rental start I saw that the remaining amount was charged automatically near the pick up date. I was in the school cafeteria line when my phone buzzed. I saw the message that the payment was successful. The amount was the same as I saw before. Since I already had this in my mind it did not feel like a sneak attack. It felt more like something I was waiting for and I was ok with it. I checked my bill and made sure there was only that 1 dollar before and this rental payment and nothing strange. I did not need to set up any installment so there was no interest. For someone like me who uses a card very carefully it felt like I booked the car with the same money but the timing was split. My other daily spending did not get squeezed so hard. Closer to pick up day on the night of May 22 I was in my room packing for the next morning. I charged my phone and opened the order again to check the place time and rental company. Everything matched. At that moment I suddenly realized that I booked this car weeks ago with just 1 dollar and now the car was still there and all money was paid in a way I could handle. It felt like I had given myself some space in those weeks. On May 23 in the morning when I went to the counter to get the car the staff there only cared about their usual process. They checked my info and did their own card pre authorization. While I was waiting I thought that if I did not use One-Dollar Freeze my credit card would probably be very tight already and I would worry about money the whole time. With this way at least before I came to pick up the car I could still eat out sometimes buy stuff for school and not count every single coin. During the whole thing I did not really talk a lot with their customer service. At the start when I made the booking I sent one short question asking around when they would charge the rest. The reply said it would be charged before the rental started. So I had a rough time frame in my head and I could match it with my own bill date and plan the pressure point. Now when I look back the part I like the most is that I could lock the car by paying just 1 dollar and then let the rest be charged later automatically and still there was no extra interest. I felt my plan was not broken just because of one big payment. I could still live in a normal way eat with friends buy study stuff and not make my life super tight. I am the type that likes to plan ahead so this payment style fits me well. So when people ask me how I booked my car and if there is some way that feels easier I tell them that I once booked by paying only 1 dollar first to hold the car. The rest was charged closer to the rental date and there was no interest. It made the whole preparation time a lot more relaxed for me. For me using One-Dollar Freeze on QEEQ felt like I could keep the car and also keep my credit card from too much stress.
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