Check Your Rental / Loss-of-Use Reimbursement

Enter the daily rate you were offered, any policy caps, and what you actually spent (if anything), and this tool lays out the arithmetic — including whether a total cap would run out before your days without a vehicle do.

Run Your Reimbursement Check

U.S. dollars per day. Example: 35. From your insurer's offer or your own policy's endorsement.

Whole days. Example: 14.

Optional. U.S. dollars. Leave blank if you don't know or none applies.

Optional. U.S. dollars. Example: 900. The overall dollar limit for this coverage, if your policy states one.

Optional. U.S. dollars, total for the whole rental — not per day. Leave blank if you haven't rented a replacement vehicle.

Educational tool, not legal advice. This calculator organizes arithmetic; it does not determine a "reasonable" rental rate or period, decide coverage, or tell you what an insurer legally owes. See our full disclaimer.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this tool tell me what a "reasonable" rental rate or period is?

No. Reasonableness depends on your specific policy (first-party rental-reimbursement coverage) or your state's rules (third-party loss-of-use claims) — this tool only checks the arithmetic of the numbers you enter. See Rental Car & Loss-of-Use Reimbursement After an Accident for how those two paths differ.

What does the "total cap exceeded" flag mean?

It means that at the daily rate you entered, your policy's total per-claim cap would run out before the number of days you entered without a vehicle. This is a math check, not a guarantee that reimbursement stops there — insurers word their caps differently, so verify against your own policy's declarations page.

Why does the tool compare my daily rate to a 20% threshold?

That threshold matches the possible-outlier review heuristic already used in the Total-Loss Offer Audit calculator, for consistency across this site's tools. It's a disclosed comparison flag, not a legal standard for what a fair rate should be.

What if I haven't rented a replacement vehicle yet?

The "actual rental cost" field is optional. Leave it blank and the tool still shows the reimbursement math for the offered daily rate and any caps you enter — the gap comparison and low-rate flag only appear once you add what you actually spent.

Is anything I type sent to a server?

No. Every number you enter stays in your browser and is never transmitted to or stored on any server operated by this site.

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