Hertz Pulls A Seinfeld On Jason Priestley — Took The Reservation, Would Not Hold It [Roundup]



by Gary Leff


News and notes from around the interweb:

  • Hertz strands Jason Priestley just like in a Seinfeld episode. They knew how to take the reservation, they just didn’t know how to hold the reservation. And that’s really the most important part of the reservation, the holding. (HT: Ryan)

    @slcairport… reserved a car @hertz and when we got there, no car… and they couldn’t tell me when they would have one… worst rental car experience I’ve ever had… and I’ve been a Hertz Gold member for 25 years… no more…

    When I arrived at an airport Hertz location that had dozens of customers waiting on cars, including numerous elite members, I didn’t rely on status. I slipped the clerk $20 and drove away in the only vehicle they had available.

  • A ramper and an airport agent in Santa hats are hugging and kissing for the camera while passengers departed Ryanair from Krakow to Birmingham on Christmas Eve. A third employee in an orange hi-vis jacket takes their photo… (By the way, the plane pushed off just a few minutes late.)
  • Why are Las Vegas airport traveler numbers down so significantly?

  • “Too close for missiles, I’m switching to guns.”
  • Why everyone loves Japan
  • How tax trackers influence wealthy Americans’ holiday plans

    Klein said some of his clients fly into New Jersey and wait on one side of the George Washington Bridge, which connects to New York, until just after midnight to avoid triggering another day in the state. Crossing the 183-day threshold was impossible to reverse..

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Hertz Pulls A Seinfeld On Jason Priestley — Took The Reservation, Would Not Hold It [Roundup]

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