Skyring
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Last year was one where again there was reason to praise the sky gods for this site. I had to rent a car in the USA for a week of running around the Midwest, and when i asked here, everyone said Netflights!
So I did. I got a big Chrysler 300C at Midway and I had the time of my life in this implausible car. Big, full of goodies, ugly in a nice way, a tonne of room to carry bags and boxes. Just a totally nice drive in a land where most of the rental cars are as boring as batsh*it. For an incredible price.
So I was disappointed to hear that Netflights had dropped their car rental earlier this year.
And gladdened that they had returned it. But when a booking was essayed, it returned me no results.
In April I'm flying into Boston from Schipol (via a four hour transit in Heathrow – Champagne Bar, here I come!), and I want to drive north to Montreal and Ottawa, then to Chicago via Niagara.
A Mustang is what I'd really like. And yes, I'm middle-aged and balding. But I'd settle for a 300C again, guessing that I could sell my wife on it using the Blues Point Tower line (If we're inside it, dearest, we won't have to look at it. It's actually a huge bonus.)
But Netflights said no cars were available.
Od course there were cars. Going to the alternate website or even the rental firms' gave me a range of cars. Yes, a 300C was available for a week. $1000+, thank'ee kindly!
$500 for a Taurus, which was about as far downmarket as I wanted to go. Some of these American cars are horrible beasts, but the Taurus will probably be our next Falcon, so it would probably be OK. A front-drive Falcon. Geez.
But I didn't make the booking. I was hoping Netflights would get over whatever glitch it had.
And it did. Yesterday I hopefully typed in my details and it came back with a range of cars. In GBP, but that's OK. Just multiply by two for AUD.
The prices were so low that I rechecked my dates to make sure I hadn't selected overnight by accident. Yes, I could get cars for a low low price. And OhMyGlory, there was a 300C on the list for £170. And, and, and a Mustang for £212! I nearly died then and there.
I snapped it up, of course. Once I had triple checked dates and details.
Subject to confirmation, it says, but even if a Mustang isn't available, I'll be able to get a 300C, surely?
It works out to less than AUD400, given the exchange rate. A week of tooling through Canada and Chicago with my wife in a Mustang for $400 plus gas. I can live with that. We can drop the top and have some fun.
So I did. I got a big Chrysler 300C at Midway and I had the time of my life in this implausible car. Big, full of goodies, ugly in a nice way, a tonne of room to carry bags and boxes. Just a totally nice drive in a land where most of the rental cars are as boring as batsh*it. For an incredible price.
So I was disappointed to hear that Netflights had dropped their car rental earlier this year.
And gladdened that they had returned it. But when a booking was essayed, it returned me no results.
In April I'm flying into Boston from Schipol (via a four hour transit in Heathrow – Champagne Bar, here I come!), and I want to drive north to Montreal and Ottawa, then to Chicago via Niagara.
A Mustang is what I'd really like. And yes, I'm middle-aged and balding. But I'd settle for a 300C again, guessing that I could sell my wife on it using the Blues Point Tower line (If we're inside it, dearest, we won't have to look at it. It's actually a huge bonus.)
But Netflights said no cars were available.
Od course there were cars. Going to the alternate website or even the rental firms' gave me a range of cars. Yes, a 300C was available for a week. $1000+, thank'ee kindly!
$500 for a Taurus, which was about as far downmarket as I wanted to go. Some of these American cars are horrible beasts, but the Taurus will probably be our next Falcon, so it would probably be OK. A front-drive Falcon. Geez.
But I didn't make the booking. I was hoping Netflights would get over whatever glitch it had.
And it did. Yesterday I hopefully typed in my details and it came back with a range of cars. In GBP, but that's OK. Just multiply by two for AUD.
The prices were so low that I rechecked my dates to make sure I hadn't selected overnight by accident. Yes, I could get cars for a low low price. And OhMyGlory, there was a 300C on the list for £170. And, and, and a Mustang for £212! I nearly died then and there.
I snapped it up, of course. Once I had triple checked dates and details.
Subject to confirmation, it says, but even if a Mustang isn't available, I'll be able to get a 300C, surely?
It works out to less than AUD400, given the exchange rate. A week of tooling through Canada and Chicago with my wife in a Mustang for $400 plus gas. I can live with that. We can drop the top and have some fun.
