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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 #5380 on: November 23, 2015, 09:46:48 AM »
my friend rented a car from hertz and is returning car to EWR this Sunday.  However they want to use another persons amex card so that they can use points to pay for travel purchase when the statement comes.  My friend will not have an authorized use card in time and hertz will not accept another person's cc? what can they do?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5381 on: November 23, 2015, 09:57:18 AM »
It's not a oneway it's also returnniing to ewr the next day
So then it shouldn't be a problem. Update wat happened?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5382 on: November 23, 2015, 11:12:45 AM »
Other than renting a car, any easy way to extend the life of hertz points?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5383 on: November 23, 2015, 11:30:17 AM »
if anybody has any ideas it would be much appreciated as they are trying to use a cc that can pay with points so there is basically $400 on the line

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5384 on: November 23, 2015, 11:46:26 AM »
if anybody has any ideas it would be much appreciated as they are trying to use a cc that can pay with points so there is basically $400 on the line
One penny a point is a horrible value. You can make more than that selling 40k points. And it's not $400 on the line, being as you're not losing anything if you pay cash. You're just restricted to a different currency.
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 #5385 on: November 23, 2015, 11:58:00 AM »
One penny a point is a horrible value. You can make more than that selling 40k points. And it's not $400 on the line, being as you're not losing anything if you pay cash. You're just restricted to a different currency.

this person is not selling
to them it is like loosing $400 as they banked on being able to use points from another persons Amex card

but back to my original question any helpful suggestions to the question at hand

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5386 on: November 23, 2015, 12:00:57 PM »
this person is not selling
to them it is like loosing $400 as they banked on being able to use points from another persons Amex card

but back to my original question any helpful suggestions to the question at hand
Why can't he apply the points to another charge and give the person cash?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5387 on: November 23, 2015, 12:09:15 PM »
Why can't he apply the points to another charge and give the person cash?

Not sure where you are heading

I believe this is the Blue Sky amex card in which the points can only be redeemed for travel purchases.  So again person A the renter wants to use person's B cc.  A does not have an authorized card so when A arrives at the airport in Newark what does he do? 

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5388 on: November 23, 2015, 12:12:24 PM »
Not sure where you are heading

I believe this is the Blue Sky amex card in which the points can only be redeemed for travel purchases.  So again person A the renter wants to use person's B cc.  A does not have an authorized card so when A arrives at the airport in Newark what does he do?
To answer your question, if there's no damage on the car, i can't see why you can't use someone else's card to pay, any differently than using someone else's card in the store.
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 #5389 on: November 23, 2015, 12:16:48 PM »


What's the cv code? Not gonna search through all the pages to find it... But don't mind putting it in. Also is there any codes for oneways from or to mia from nyc thanks!

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5390 on: November 23, 2015, 12:17:23 PM »
To answer your question, if there's no damage on the car, i can't see why you can't use someone else's card to pay, any differently than using someone else's card in the store.
In America Hertz will not allow such a thing. To gotta be under the primary renters cc
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« Reply #5391 on: November 23, 2015, 12:17:53 PM »

What's the cv code? Not gonna search through all the pages to find it... But don't mind putting it in. Also is there any codes for oneways from or to mia from nyc thanks!
2015 or 2016?
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« Reply #5392 on: November 23, 2015, 12:19:31 PM »
In America Hertz will not allow such a thing. To gotta be under the primary renters cc
Even when returning?
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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« Reply #5393 on: November 23, 2015, 12:20:08 PM »
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5394 on: November 23, 2015, 12:21:05 PM »
CV for 2015 is 022L4225
For 2016 Rentals it changes to 022L4585
PS it's in the Wiki too so no need to search lol
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5395 on: November 23, 2015, 12:24:32 PM »
CV for 2015 is 022L4225
For 2016 Rentals it changes to 022L4585
PS it's in the Wiki too so no need to search lol
Why did it change? is it the same rates?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5396 on: November 23, 2015, 12:25:16 PM »
CV for 2015 is 022L4225
For 2016 Rentals it changes to 022L4585
PS it's in the Wiki too so no need to search lol
Thanks!  Didn t know... 

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5397 on: November 23, 2015, 12:25:44 PM »
Now that I'm looking at wiki again... Yeshiva code still works??

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5398 on: November 23, 2015, 12:50:40 PM »
In America Hertz will not allow such a thing. To gotta be under the primary renters cc

Can the person who has the cc(she has no license) come with the renter in person and use their cc even tough they are not the renter nor an authorized driver?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5399 on: November 23, 2015, 01:16:56 PM »
Why did it change? is it the same rates?
I think the same rates and stuff. They change it bc they are officially meant for like a one week convention at a time etc, but I was able to get someone there to open it not based off a location or time, but she said she can do max a year at a time, so every year she has to renew and switch the code.
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