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Brian Anaya Cardenas

Italy

June 11, 2026

One-Dollar Freeze

I was on my phone looking at car rentals in Italy. On the screen there was a Jeep Renegade with Avis. It was automatic with four doors and five seats and it looked perfect for me. I saw the booking was through QEEQ so I opened the details to check how to pay. Then I saw a service called One-Dollar Freeze. It said I only needed to pay 1 dollar first to lock the booking and the rest would be charged automatically before the rental started. I still had other expenses at that time and I did not want to put the full amount on my credit card at once. So when I saw this option I felt it was very relaxed. When I booked I really only paid 1 dollar and my credit card bill looked much lighter. That day I chose to pick up the car in early June in the evening in Castelrotto in Italy. It was around June ninth at about six in the afternoon and return it in Milan around June eleventh in the evening. After I booked I still felt a bit worried. I was afraid this pay one dollar way might cause trouble and that maybe at the desk they would ask me to pay some strange extra money. When the trip got closer I saw on my credit card that the rest of the rental fee was charged normally. It was taken automatically and there were no extra or strange charges. At that moment I felt very calm. This payment plan was really nice for a traveler like me because I did not need to block a big amount at the start and I did not need to remember any deadline to pay the balance. Everything just went smoothly. When I arrived at the Avis counter in Castelrotto the staff checked my booking. They saw in the system that the rental fee was already fully paid. I only had to handle the deposit and some normal paperwork. The whole process was smooth. In my mind I was glad I chose this way where I paid just 1 dollar at the beginning. My car was booked in advance and my credit card did not feel tight at all at the start. This design is very useful for an overseas visitor like me and it is easy to use. I only needed to think about when to pick up the car.