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Tips when renting with Hertz:

Hertz #1 Club Gold Plus Rewards Program
The Hertz Gold Plus Rewards® program is free and very beneficial. You can enroll Here

 A) After your first Hertz Gold Rental you do not need to go to the counter again (At locations that participate in Hertz Gold Service).
They will have your receipt preprinted (and waiting for you in the car at many airports), so you can just drive out!

 B) For every dollar you spend they credit you points on the base rate of the rental and sometimes they even have double or triple point promotions.
These points can be redeemed for free rental days starting at 550 points for a weekend day or 2750 for a week.

C) Earn Elite Status quickly. You'll reach Hertz Five Star after just 7 rentals which will get you a complimentary 1 car class upgrade if available.
At 20 Rentals you'll reach Hertz Presidents Circle with a guaranteed complimentary upgrade. Upgrades are to a maximum of a premium.
There are many other benefits. check them out Here.

 AAA gives up to 1000 hertz points as a signup bonus or you can signup here for a 500 point signup bonus.

CDP
A CDP is a corporate account number but is not limited to private companies as many sales are tied with designated CDPs.
To find  cheap rates try different CDP corporate numbers many can be found in this thread or in the Car Rental Corporate Code Roundup thread.
Most CDPs do not waive underage fees with the exception of USAA (77694) but may be subject to proof of membership, and the Yeshiva Group (2046380) both waive the fee down to 18 y/o and have very good rates. AAA may also waive underage fees if the renter is above 20 years old.

Other great codes are:

Yeshiva: 2129719 Waives underage 18-19

Amex Travel Services: 1022855

AAdvatange: 217692

LAMC 3 marketing: 1906870

Yeshiva Student Association: 1876837

Chabad: 1908469

CBS Travel :  1976539

AAA: There are multiple 212 and 240 are examples or you can just type in AAA in cdp and it will come up

Car & Driver: 1757580


There are many more but we haven't found them to be cheaper then these.


To get your own CDP
You can sign up HERE if you are a sole proprietor or business owner with fewer than 100 employees.
You'll get 5 bonus credits for enrolling, an additional 5 credits for enrolling online, plus double credit for all your qualified rentals during the first 90 days after you enroll.
Every 15 credits you earn 1 free rental, and you can get a discount of up to 25% off on every rental worldwide.
After you join, you'll receive an e-mail within 2 business days to with your company's Corporate Discount Program (CDP) number and all the details of the program. Link.


CV Codes

CV codes are ConVention codes and go in the "Convention Number (CV):" box.
"CV" codes are hit or miss they can give amazing rates better then any CDP or PC or they can leave the rate the same, and they also work in conjunction with any CDP and PC code.
It doesn't hurt to add it to a reservation and can pull up flat rates of $30 a day for a premium car.
This works especially well in places that are expensive and often lowers the price substantially especially in major cities like NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami.
Meeting rates generally include unlimited mileage. CV weekend rates start at 12pm thursday through 12pm sunday. Friday pick ups, require a minimum 2 day rental. Extra day rate for weekly rentals is 1/5th of the weekly rate.

PC Codes
   
PC codes are Promotional Coupons which vary from time to time and from rental to rental check HERE for a well kept list of the current valid codes and here for an alternate list (looks like the alternate list hasn't been updated for a while - most pc's are expired).

Other Useful Tips
Play with the dates and times:There are different rates for different times (high season - low season) so if you are flexible it may pay to check days before and after pick up. Generally weekends are cheaper than weekdays so if you pick up on a weekend it can lower your rate substantially just remember weekends start at 12pm on Thursday. Additionally sometimes an extra day on a weekly rate can be much more than the rate per day with the daily rate, try making the reservation only for the week and then extending it either at pick up or even during the rental.

Local Editions: Airport rentals are generally more expensive than Local Editions as there is airport fees and taxes. So look around ideally for Hertz locations in or at airport hotels that are accessible via the airport shuttle.


One way rentals:
When you are looking for a one way rental, every country and every corporate number will give a different price, usually its 1 of the following 3, either it will cost per mile or it will be unlimited miles with a drop fee or unlimited miles with no drop fee.
Look out it happens  sometimes the car you select they will charge $0.25 per mile while the next car class over will be unlimited miles with no drop fee, when it comes to one ways always look at all the car classes, I have seen many times a midsize SUV to be cheaper then a full size car.
Another thing to note is that certain locations in the same city will have a drop fee while others will not, for example to rent one way to NY, if you return to lynbrook NY there will always be a drop fee while if you return to brooklyn there is no drop fee and JFK will have a drop fee sometimes depending which country you use, sometimes it might be worth searching other pick up and other drop off locations nearby to get a totally different rate in a one way rental.

Underage
Many Hertz CDP's waive the underage fee in the usa - for example the Yeshiva association and USAA. Some countries do not waive underage.
UK 18-21 can not rent. 21-25 30GBP underage fee - no CDP's seem to waive atm.

Hertz Rate Matching
For most of the corporate locations in Europe, the UK and Australia it is sometimes possible to get Hertz to match their competitor's price so you can continue to earn points and status and enjoy their service.
Speak to your local Travel Agent.
Competitors Hertz will match.
Europe: Auto Europe, Avis, Enterprise, EuropCar, Kemwel, and Sixt
Australia and New Zealand: All

Get a status match real quick by messaging them on Twitter



Still not happy with your rates? Try posting here!




After you have rented please share you experience with others in the What did you reserve? What did you get? thread.


Coupon Spreadsheet http://bit.ly/hertzsavings
Alternate sheet Updated quite often: http://bit.ly/HertzDDF
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3160 on: May 28, 2014, 01:08:55 PM »
Some states tax applies before the discount, some after.
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« Reply #3161 on: May 28, 2014, 01:56:50 PM »
Some states tax applies before the discount, some after.
anyone know which states are which?

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« Reply #3162 on: May 28, 2014, 02:13:58 PM »
I did some research and it seems that Hertz only charges the taxes and fees that they pay themselves on a points rental.  So in some cities/states there are fees that they get charged and therefore charge you.  Airport fees are also usually assessed if its an airport pickup but thats usually a couple of dollars.  They quote higher prices because their computers are not able to determine the taxes correctly but when you return the car it gets lowered to the accurate price. 
Note: There are some airports (maybe cities) that for whatever reason do get charged these ridiculous prices.  One such place is CLT.  Not sure of others.

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« Reply #3163 on: May 28, 2014, 02:17:55 PM »
I am using points for a 1 day weekend rental from ORD in a few weeks.  cost is 550 points or 825 for a specialty.  What kind of cars have people gotten for specialty? If its a really good car then i would be interested.  But if not then I can just do the regular car. 

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« Reply #3164 on: May 28, 2014, 02:25:00 PM »
I did some research and it seems that Hertz only charges the taxes and fees that they pay themselves on a points rental.  So in some cities/states there are fees that they get charged and therefore charge you.  Airport fees are also usually assessed if its an airport pickup but thats usually a couple of dollars.  They quote higher prices because their computers are not able to determine the taxes correctly but when you return the car it gets lowered to the accurate price. 
Note: There are some airports (maybe cities) that for whatever reason do get charged these ridiculous prices.  One such place is CLT.  Not sure of others.
In Newark they charged me but a few dollars less then quoted online

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« Reply #3165 on: May 28, 2014, 02:34:57 PM »
I am using points for a 1 day weekend rental from ORD in a few weeks.  cost is 550 points or 825 for a specialty.  What kind of cars have people gotten for specialty? If its a really good car then i would be interested.  But if not then I can just do the regular car.
I was looking in ORD they wanted almost $40 in fees. Do they end up charging it?

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« Reply #3166 on: May 28, 2014, 02:47:38 PM »
I was looking in ORD they wanted almost $40 in fees. Do they end up charging it?
will let you know, I hope not.

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« Reply #3167 on: May 28, 2014, 03:15:22 PM »
will let you know, I hope not.
I just checked using Enterprise points and they want 12$ in fees, so I assume that all those fees are not mandatory so lets see if they drop.

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« Reply #3168 on: May 28, 2014, 03:37:53 PM »
anyone know which states are which?
NY its definetly tax on the final price
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« Reply #3169 on: May 28, 2014, 05:50:13 PM »
Some states tax applies before the discount, some after.
IME that's not how it works
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« Reply #3170 on: May 28, 2014, 07:51:15 PM »
IME that's not how it works
That is how its supposed to work legally, I cant tell you practically, I haven't been in every state  ;D
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3171 on: May 28, 2014, 10:12:29 PM »
I was looking in ORD they wanted almost $40 in fees. Do they end up charging it?
ORD has the more fees than EWR. Around $10 a day (even a free day)

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« Reply #3172 on: May 29, 2014, 09:29:01 AM »
ORD has the more fees than EWR. Around $10 a day (even a free day)
right, I saw that ORD with points usually costs about $13 a day, nothing you can do about that.

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« Reply #3173 on: May 29, 2014, 12:12:18 PM »
right, I saw that ORD with points usually costs about $13 a day, nothing you can do about that.
$13 is not bad - for me its showing close to $40

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« Reply #3174 on: May 29, 2014, 01:33:15 PM »
$13 is not bad - for me its showing close to $40
that is what it is showing me too.  But I heard that at the end it just costs about $13

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« Reply #3175 on: May 30, 2014, 01:02:38 PM »
I am using points for a 1 day weekend rental from ORD in a few weeks.  cost is 550 points or 825 for a specialty.  What kind of cars have people gotten for specialty? If its a really good car then i would be interested.  But if not then I can just do the regular car.
bump, the 550 would cover up to a premium car.  The specialty can be an SUV or sometimes some other cars.  Anyone know what kind of cars are typical to find there or in most airports?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3176 on: May 30, 2014, 01:06:36 PM »
I was placed on the Hertz DNR list (do not rent list) does anyone have any experience how to get off from their list?
It was for having a wrong date of birth on my gold membership profile (it was same date but wrong year) I really didn't do it Bedavke'h and when I noticed it I asked at the counter to correct it and they said they did. Later when tried to change a car, the manager noticed it and said that it can't be changed @ the counter and reported to the back office. I tried calling a few times but it didn't help. If anyone knows how to deal with it PLEASE HELP
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« Reply #3177 on: May 30, 2014, 01:28:48 PM »
how old are you?

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« Reply #3178 on: May 30, 2014, 01:44:04 PM »
I try my best :-\
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« Reply #3179 on: May 30, 2014, 01:45:25 PM »
And did this mistake year by any chance make you over 25? ::)