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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 #6540 on: January 06, 2018, 11:27:35 PM »
In order to be able to pick up a car at the gold lane they say you have to rent one time on order to verify your license etc. Can you just stop by any hertz to have them verify it or do you need to actually rent a car?

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« Reply #6541 on: January 06, 2018, 11:29:57 PM »


In order to be able to pick up a car at the gold lane they say you have to rent one time on order to verify your license etc.

Usually you don't have to actually do it.
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« Reply #6542 on: January 07, 2018, 12:15:43 AM »

Usually you don't have to actually do it.
I made a reservation at a location that has the gold pickup but its says I'll have to pickup at the "standard counter". Is there anything I can do to change that?

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« Reply #6543 on: January 07, 2018, 12:23:36 AM »
I made a reservation at a location that has the gold pickup but its says I'll have to pickup at the "standard counter". Is there anything I can do to change that?
Try to use gold.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6544 on: January 11, 2018, 04:24:50 AM »
EUROPEAN SAVINGS
Take up to 25% off the base rate* of your Hertz rentals in Europe. Simply provide PC# 204151 on reservations booked by 1/22/18 for pick-ups through 3/23/18.
*Applies to base rental rate only. Taxes, fees and options are excluded. See terms and conditions for additional information.

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Make the most of your weekend by saving $5 per day, up to $15, on the base rate* of Weekend Rentals of two days or more booked with PC# 204152. Offer valid for vehicle pick-up through 2/28/18.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6545 on: January 11, 2018, 08:54:14 AM »
In order to be able to pick up a car at the gold lane they say you have to rent one time on order to verify your license etc. Can you just stop by any hertz to have them verify it or do you need to actually rent a car?

Usually you don't have to actually do it.
I believe that you do need to verify the first time using with any car rental.

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« Reply #6546 on: January 11, 2018, 08:55:29 AM »
I believe that you do need to verify the first time using with any car rental.

Let us know
I've with plenty of people who've done it without verification, hertz' system isn't the best.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6547 on: January 11, 2018, 09:47:01 AM »
I've with plenty of people who've done it without verification, hertz' system isn't the best.
I want the name to be on the board with the gold pickup, right now on the reservation it says "standard counter" is there anyway to change that without verifying? if you need to verify can you just stop by any Hertz or do you need to actually rent?

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« Reply #6548 on: January 11, 2018, 10:10:05 AM »
I want the name to be on the board with the gold pickup, right now on the reservation it says "standard counter" is there anyway to change that without verifying? if you need to verify can you just stop by any Hertz or do you need to actually rent?
Yes in most places you can just pop into a Hertz and swipe your credit card to verify
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« Reply #6549 on: January 11, 2018, 10:20:42 AM »
Yes in most places you can just pop into a Hertz and swipe your credit card to verify
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6550 on: January 11, 2018, 10:30:06 AM »
I've with plenty of people who've done it without verification, hertz' system isn't the best.
Barely used Hertz, so I don't know.

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« Reply #6551 on: January 11, 2018, 02:24:12 PM »
Yes in most places you can just pop into a Hertz and swipe your credit card to verify
Tried at one location meanwhile, they said you need to actually rent :(

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6552 on: January 11, 2018, 02:42:04 PM »
New Hertz Convention Code (CV) for 2018: 052E0002
Put it on any reservation for the dates between 1/1/18-12/31/18. Most of the time it will reduce the rate sometimes dramatically and it can never hurt to just put it in. Can be used in conjunction with any CDP and PC.
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« Reply #6553 on: January 11, 2018, 02:54:28 PM »
New Hertz Convention Code (CV) for 2018: 052E0002
Put it on any reservation for the dates between 1/1/18-12/31/18. Most of the time it will reduce the rate sometimes dramatically and it can never hurt to just put it in. Can be used in conjunction with any CDP and PC.
Worked for me. Thanks!

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« Reply #6554 on: January 11, 2018, 02:56:16 PM »
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« Reply #6555 on: January 11, 2018, 03:29:13 PM »
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« Reply #6556 on: January 11, 2018, 03:35:49 PM »
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6557 on: January 18, 2018, 06:01:08 PM »
A points booking for a week from JFK is showing $130 in taxes. Does anyone know what the final amount they will end up charging is?


I seem to recall that the final charge is usually lower than the number at booking.

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« Reply #6558 on: January 18, 2018, 06:04:41 PM »
A points booking for a week from JFK is showing $130 in taxes. Does anyone know what the final amount they will end up charging is?


I seem to recall that the final charge is usually lower than the number at booking.
Yes, when booking, it includes taxes, but when you use points, you don't get charged tax, so deduct the tax listed from your total and the sum will be your actual total.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6559 on: January 18, 2018, 06:07:01 PM »
Yes, when booking, it includes taxes, but when you use points, you don't get charged tax, so deduct the tax listed from your total and the sum will be your actual total.
Thanks.


That would make it $31. Nice.