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Article: Rules change on rental car coverage // Policy, credit card may not be enough
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 17, 1997
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NEW YORK Finally taking that well-earned vacation, you're
standing at the car rental counter with spouse and kids in tow. The
clerk asks if you want to buy a collision damage waiver, which covers
theft or damage to the rental car.
The savvy traveler's decision used to be fairly straightforward:
If you already had car insurance, you probably were covered under
your policy and didn't need the waiver. Ditto if you paid for the
rental with a credit card.
But credit card and insurance companies are changing their
policies. You may not have insurance, or as much insurance as you
thought.
"It gets very confusing, even when you read the disclosures,"
said Joseph Russo, spokesman for the Hertz ...