Eider Agirre M.
Refused to provide the car despite a valid credit card
Extremely disappointing experience with Wheego in Tirana, Albania. We arrived with a confirmed reservation and a valid physical BBVA credit card in the name of the main driver, fully capable of covering the security deposit. The rental office refused to release the vehicle because the card did not have the card number printed on the surface. This is a modern bank-issued credit card from a major European bank and is perfectly valid for payment and pre-authorisation purposes. We asked the staff to attempt the deposit pre-authorisation, but they refused to proceed. We also requested clarification regarding the specific rental condition that our card allegedly did not meet, but no satisfactory explanation was provided. As a result, we lost a significant amount of time, had to cancel the reservation, and were forced to find another rental company at the last minute. Fortunately, another rental company accepted the same type of credit card without any issue, confirming that the problem was not the card itself. Based on our experience, I cannot recommend this company. The handling of the situation was inflexible, unhelpful, and caused unnecessary stress and disruption to our trip.



