Why do rental car companies hand you two keys wired together?
Of late, every time I rent a car in the US, I'm handed two copies of the key, connected by an unbreakable wire cable. This makes a big, unwieldy, lump in my pocket. It also guarantees that, if I lose one, I lose both.
Why do the rental companies do this? Naively, I would expect them to want to keep one key in a safe place in case the renter screws up and loses a key.
My recent experiences of this have been with Alamo FWIW.
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Do rental cars come with 2 keys?
So in today's world, the rental car company no longer has to keep track of the second key. Now they don't have to go looking for a second key when they want to take a car out of service: Instead, all they have to do is get the keys that have been fused together and they're good to go.Does Enterprise give you 2 keys?
21. Are Extra Keys Available for the Rental Vehicles? Enterprise offices only carry one set of keys per vehicle and that set is issued to the renter. If keys are lost by the renter, the cost of replacement keys and any other related costs, such vehicle towing, is the responsibility of the renter.Can I separate the rental car keys?
The reason rental car companies provide you with two attached keys is simply to keep all of the vehicle's components together.How To Separate Rental Car Keys
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