Milan Malpensa Airport Car Hire
Discussion
We hire lots of cars and recently hired from Milan Malpensa. My standard go-to now is the one car hire firm that everyone says you should never use - Goldcar... There is a method to the madness.
Goldcar are notorious for screwing people who do not have their insurance, so the simple solution is to book and take their insurance.
If you do the above, you get a car that is cheaper to rent than any of the others (would insurance included), is 'in terminal' so no shuttle busses (unless between terminals), and where you can use their 'key & go' system to simply pick up the keys and go.
We ended up with a new MG SUV thingy with an auto box and it cost buttons. It had a few scratches and dings, but again, it didn't matter as we had their full package of insurance, so when we dropped the car back, they just walked around the car and signed it off. Try doing the same with third party insurance!
Going back for Milan Malpensa in general, be aware that if you are returning from the north, the highway back to the airport is toll, but with online payment only. This is a real pain in the butt as you need to register online and wait until the next day for your trip to appear, after which you can find yourself, indicate that you are using a hire car and pay your toll. If you don't, the hire car companies will surely charge you a handsome 'service charge' at a later date. The hire car we used had quite a lot of outstanding toll charges for the previous few days, so clearly most people forget.
Goldcar are notorious for screwing people who do not have their insurance, so the simple solution is to book and take their insurance.
If you do the above, you get a car that is cheaper to rent than any of the others (would insurance included), is 'in terminal' so no shuttle busses (unless between terminals), and where you can use their 'key & go' system to simply pick up the keys and go.
We ended up with a new MG SUV thingy with an auto box and it cost buttons. It had a few scratches and dings, but again, it didn't matter as we had their full package of insurance, so when we dropped the car back, they just walked around the car and signed it off. Try doing the same with third party insurance!
Going back for Milan Malpensa in general, be aware that if you are returning from the north, the highway back to the airport is toll, but with online payment only. This is a real pain in the butt as you need to register online and wait until the next day for your trip to appear, after which you can find yourself, indicate that you are using a hire car and pay your toll. If you don't, the hire car companies will surely charge you a handsome 'service charge' at a later date. The hire car we used had quite a lot of outstanding toll charges for the previous few days, so clearly most people forget.
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