One-Dollar FreezeThat day I was planning our family trip to Colombo online. My two kids were next to me asking me to choose a car fast. I wanted to save some money and I did not want my credit card to have a big charge at once. I found this Suzuki Swift in Colombo with an automatic gear. It is small but fine for our family of four to move around the city. We planned to pick up the car around two in the morning on June second and return it around ten at night the same day. I made the booking on QEEQ. What really made me click confirm was the line that said One-Dollar Freeze. I stared at it for a moment. Do I really only pay one dollar now. I started to think about it. If I paid the full rental in one go my card bill this month would feel very tight. With this plan I only needed to pay one dollar first. The rest would be taken automatically when the trip was close. I felt a lot more relaxed. The pressure in my head went down at once. When I placed the order the payment detail was clear. I clicked confirm and my phone only showed a tiny one dollar charge. I even showed it to my partner and said look they only took this small amount for now. After that we kept working on the trip buying tickets and checking hotels and I did not have to keep thinking that the full car fee was already gone from the card. Closer to the trip I got a normal payment alert from my bank. The amount was the same as I saw before. There were no extra fees and I did not see any interest. Everything looked normal. As a parent traveling with kids we face many costs at the same time. Using One-Dollar Freeze where I just pay one dollar first and then the rest is taken later made me feel very comfortable. My credit card did not feel under pressure and my mood about this booking was much better.
