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Car rental holding charge

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  • 13-04-2012 12:00pm
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    brian_bugle
    Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    I rented a car in England two weeks ago using a Visa Debit card. Does anyone know how long it takes for the "holding charge" to be released back to my account?

    Thanks in advance


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    RangeR
    Registered Users Posts: 7,265 ✭✭✭RangeR


    brian_bugle wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I rented a car in England two weeks ago using a Visa Debit card. Does anyone know how long it takes for the "holding charge" to be released back to my account?

    Thanks in advance

    Less than two weeks. Tell Visa to issue a chargeback.


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    brian_bugle
    Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭brian_bugle


    So nothing to do with Ulster Bank themselves? Just ring Visa direct yeah?


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    RangeR
    Registered Users Posts: 7,265 ✭✭✭RangeR


    brian_bugle wrote: »
    So nothing to do with Ulster Bank themselves? Just ring Visa direct yeah?

    Sorry, the Visa department in Ulster Bank.
    You might want to try contacting the rental company one more time to see what they say.


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    dudara
    Registered Users Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    The charge usually drops off quite quickly. Contact your card provider (in your case Ulster Bank) to see what the story is with the charge.


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    3DataModem
    Registered Users Posts: 3,988 ✭✭✭3DataModem


    Helpful point; these are called "pre-authorisations" or "pre-auths" in the banking world. They all expire, some quicker than others.


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    dobsdave
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    I rented a car from Enterprise a while ago, it took 2 days to back on to my card after the rental was finished.
    It was a credit card though.


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    BuffyBot
    Registered Users Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    RangeR wrote: »
    Less than two weeks. Tell Visa to issue a chargeback.

    2 weeks, while long, is not unheard of.

    And you can't chargeback an authorisation hold..it's not yet become an actual charge :)


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