Can I use my ReadyCARD to rent a car?
It depends on the rental car company. Your ReadyCARD may be used to rent a car, but because a rental car is an “open end” transaction (see the Exclusions and Limitations section in this Frequently Asked Questions section) your ReadyCARD may be “authorized” (have money held) for more money than the actual cost of the rental car. How much more money will depend on where you rent the car. The reason for this is that the rental car company won’t know if they need to charge you for things like gas, car damage, and extra days until you return the vehicle. Furthermore, these authorized funds will be held and unavailable for you to spend until the final transaction is posted to your statement. This means that you will not have access to these funds for perhaps as long as 90 days. For this reason, we do not recommend using your ReadyCARD to pay for rental car transactions. To avoid problems when you rent, our advice is to first call the rental car company and ask them what their policy is regar
