Malaga Airport car hire deposits: what each supplier holds on your card

What the numbers say about Malaga Airport

• Deposits here run from €100 (Malco Rent a Car) to €1,600 (Delpaso) - about 16 times apart, far wider than the prices.
• Here the cheapest week (Malco Rent a Car, about €213) also holds a deposit at or below the typical €500 - no trade-off at the top of the list.
• Rated 9.2 and holding €200: Alquicoche is the well-rated, lower-deposit choice here, at about €379 a week with a second driver.
• Unusually, 41% of cars here accept a debit card for the deposit.

Every supplier, lowest deposit first

Typical figures across our week-long searches; ratings are DiscoverCars customer reviews.

How deposits split at Malaga Airport

• Low deposit: 34% of offers
• Average deposit: 26% of offers
• Deposit-free option available: 13% of offers
• No deposit: 10% of offers
• High deposit: 8% of offers
• Low deposit option available: 8% of offers

Malaga Airport against other airports

Typical deposit: €500 here, against €200 at Bodrum Airport (lowest we measure) and €2,000 at Dublin Airport (highest).

What people get wrong about deposits

• It must be a credit card in the main driver's name - 41% of cars here take a debit card for it.
• Full cover bought when you book does not remove it: the desk still holds the deposit (DiscoverCars' own terms).
• A separate excess policy does not lower it either - it pays you back after a claim.
• It is released after you return the car, usually within days to a few weeks, depending on your bank.