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Tips when renting with Hertz:

Hertz #1 Club Gold Plus Rewards Program
The Hertz Gold Plus RewardsŪ 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 #5340 on: November 05, 2015, 09:30:29 AM »
LAX is the worst location in LA
And jfk is the worst location in Queens
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I figured. I like schmoozing and everything, but do you or anyone else have any helpful suggestions? :)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5341 on: November 05, 2015, 09:31:57 AM »
I meant a taxi to good location
or even that won't work for you?
Thanks. That's what I'll probably have to do. So are we still assuming that all non airport locations should still work fine for under 21 with USAA?

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« Reply #5342 on: November 05, 2015, 09:32:49 AM »
Thanks. That's what I'll probably have to do. So are we still assuming that all non airport locations should still work fine for under 21 with USAA?
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I figured. I like schmoozing and everything, but do you or anyone else have any helpful suggestions? :)
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5343 on: November 05, 2015, 09:37:09 AM »
Are LAX and JFK good locations? They seemed like they wanted to be helpful just they were scared to rent to someone under 21 when their computer flagged it, as they never heard of regular people being allowed to rent at under 21.
NY requires places by law to rent from 18, so that shouldn't be a problem.
Who do you think you are fooling? You think you are going to pull a quick one on your Creator? Good luck with that.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5344 on: November 05, 2015, 09:37:59 AM »
LAX is the worst location in LA
And jfk is the worst location in Queens

Which is impressive, since it's not in queens. Maybe you mean LGA.
Who do you think you are fooling? You think you are going to pull a quick one on your Creator? Good luck with that.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5345 on: November 05, 2015, 09:40:00 AM »
NY requires places by law to rent from 18, so that shouldn't be a problem.
Really? So I don't even need Hertz. Do you know then which agency has the lowest underage fees at JFK. I just remembered that I'm getting in at night so I need to rent from an airport location.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5346 on: November 05, 2015, 09:43:17 AM »
NY requires places by law to rent from 18, so that shouldn't be a problem.
They can still charge a fee
Which is impressive, since it's not in queens. Maybe you mean LGA.
Um..... do you think jfk is in Brooklyn?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5347 on: November 05, 2015, 09:44:03 AM »
They can still charge a fee Um..... Where do you think jfk is Brooklyn?
If anything, it's the beginning of long island. (Closer to queens than Brooklyn, since it's east. It's further down the belt, though.)
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5348 on: November 05, 2015, 09:49:14 AM »
If anything, it's the beginning of long island. (Closer to queens than Brooklyn, since it's east. It's further down the belt, though.)
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« Reply #5349 on: November 05, 2015, 09:54:49 AM »
Who do you think you are fooling? You think you are going to pull a quick one on your Creator? Good luck with that.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5350 on: November 05, 2015, 10:14:19 AM »
LAX is the worst location in LA
And jfk is the worst location in Queens

I have rented numerous times without any problems in LAX and always walked out with what I wanted. IME, in any location, what works the best is be super nice and not a schmuck, and usually they will reciprocate. Also, it helps to look like you know what you are talking about.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5351 on: November 05, 2015, 10:17:21 AM »
If anyone knows a way to rent from airport locations (or anywhere) at under 21 I would really appreciate it if they can help me out. I'm 19 and I need to rent a car in a couple of weeks at LAX and JFK. When I rented at PHL several weeks ago the system automatically didn't allow with USAA, so I had to use the Yeshiva Group code, which I understand no longer works.
I have not heard of any system changes in the past few weeks. I think that the person just didn't know what they were talking about, and that's when you gotta just start telling them stuff like you are experienced and know what you are talking about. Doesn't really make sense anyways, bc the official policy of hertz is that 20 is minimum age to rent and not 21.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5352 on: November 05, 2015, 11:02:10 AM »
I have rented numerous times without any problems in LAX and always walked out with what I wanted. IME, in any location, what works the best is be super nice and not a schmuck, and usually they will reciprocate. Also, it helps to look like you know what you are talking about.
Are you under 20?
I have not heard of any system changes in the past few weeks. I think that the person just didn't know what they were talking about, and that's when you gotta just start telling them stuff like you are experienced and know what you are talking about. Doesn't really make sense anyways, bc the official policy of hertz is that 20 is minimum age to rent and not 21.
Then they probably said 20. I wasn't paying attention to whether they said 20 or 21.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5353 on: November 05, 2015, 03:58:26 PM »
They said because I was under 21 and USAA didn't work anymore for under 21 unless you're military. When I did with the Yeshiva Group it went immediately on the gold screen. Also i've used USAA many times in the past at my local Hertz in CT without an issue.
Try showing them your sign up email from usaa to prove that you are a member. It worked for me a few months ago

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5354 on: November 05, 2015, 04:30:26 PM »
Try showing them your sign up email from usaa to prove that you are a member. It worked for me a few months ago
That wasn't the problem. A few months ago isn't relevant.

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« Reply #5355 on: November 05, 2015, 05:00:40 PM »
It shows them that you are a usaa member

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« Reply #5356 on: November 05, 2015, 05:17:15 PM »
It shows them that you are a usaa member
I see you've been out of the game.
Who do you think you are fooling? You think you are going to pull a quick one on your Creator? Good luck with that.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5357 on: November 05, 2015, 05:21:25 PM »
What has changed? What did I miss?

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« Reply #5358 on: November 05, 2015, 05:22:16 PM »
What has changed? What did I miss?
That this
Try showing them your sign up email from usaa to prove that you are a member. It worked for me a few months ago
doesn't work anymore.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5359 on: November 05, 2015, 05:23:33 PM »
Is there any way of renting under 21