Spare Car Key Duplication: what shapes the quote

Every door lock, the trunk or hatch, the ignition or start button, and any remote functions are checked with the new key on its own, apart from the original, so neither key is quietly helped along by the other's signal. The vehicle is started more than once to rule out an intermittent issue, and only once both keys pass independently is the visit considered finished.

Timing around the day's other calls

A visit that fits between other scheduled stops is generally simpler to arrange than one needing a dedicated block of time set aside on its own.

Scheduling more than one vehicle together

Two vehicles booked into the same visit, such as a household's pair of cars, are generally more efficient to handle together than arranging two separate appointments on different days.

Reprogramming to drop a missing key

When a key is genuinely unaccounted for, having the vehicle's system stop recognizing it is separate work from cutting a new spare, and is scoped as its own step when it is needed.