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Ottawa senior says he was denied a car rental because he was 'too old' (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
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"I stepped up to the counter to pick up my car and they said, 'You're over 74, You can't have a car,'" he said.

What he missed was in the fine print of Routes Car Rentals' Rules and Restrictions page in Travelocity. In the "Merchant Rules" section, it notes an upper age limit of 74 years of age for local renters...

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[-] MinisterOfNoms@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago

I faced this from most of the large Canadian rental agencies when I was in that age bracket back in the 2000s - I only found one at the time that would rent to me, and they required the credit card of someone over the age of 25 (which they didn't tell me until I actually showed up to pick up the vehicle). Things may have changed in the last decade or so but this isn't something new for Canada.

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