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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 #6700 on: June 18, 2018, 09:10:49 AM »
Anyone have issues booking a hertz rental on Hertz.com? I get to the page where you select a car and click on pay Later, I get a spinner and then just land on the same page. Same thing happens on the mobile app
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6701 on: June 18, 2018, 01:43:04 PM »
no, all cool
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6702 on: June 18, 2018, 08:04:53 PM »
around 40 min from Monticello - this place has a monthly rate of 630 and tax isn't so much (my total is big b/c i added 12 days).

i also used AAA for underage fee being waived and the $50 off month coupon (only coded for one month)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6703 on: June 18, 2018, 08:05:32 PM »
around 40 min from Monticello - this place has a monthly rate of 630 and tax isn't so much (my total is big b/c i added 12 days).

i also used AAA for underage fee being waived and the $50 off month coupon (only coded for one month)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6704 on: June 18, 2018, 08:06:15 PM »
around 40 min from Monticello - this place has a monthly rate of 630 and tax isn't so much (my total is big b/c i added 12 days).

i also used AAA for underage fee being waived and the $50 off month coupon (only coded for one month)
Nice! Did you try adding a CV code too?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6705 on: June 22, 2018, 10:34:10 AM »
around 40 min from Monticello - this place has a monthly rate of 630 and tax isn't so much (my total is big b/c i added 12 days).

i also used AAA for underage fee being waived and the $50 off month coupon (only coded for one month)

Sounds great! will have to ry
What is the current AAA code?
Also was this $630 before codes?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6706 on: June 22, 2018, 10:46:20 AM »
Anyone have issues booking a hertz rental on Hertz.com? I get to the page where you select a car and click on pay Later, I get a spinner and then just land on the same page. Same thing happens on the mobile app

Im having the same issue. From laptop and phone Dont know what the story is

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6707 on: June 24, 2018, 06:33:29 PM »
Trying to rent a car for 3 weeks or so in Spain.  Any good CDP codes or coupons?  The best I have found is Visa Infinite so far.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6708 on: June 25, 2018, 09:06:55 AM »
called to make a res today ford me  BOS for next week i told the rep to add PC 196066 she told me the code does not work any more...
any one here that?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6709 on: June 25, 2018, 10:18:19 AM »
called to make a res today ford me  BOS for next week i told the rep to add PC 196066 she told me the code does not work any more...
any one here that?
They've been saying that for a while. You can't tell them to put in that code, you have to ask them if they have a code to put in
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6710 on: June 25, 2018, 12:37:02 PM »
called to make a res today ford me  BOS for next week i told the rep to add PC 196066 she told me the code does not work any more...
any one here that?

What does that code do

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6711 on: June 27, 2018, 02:26:26 PM »
Hertz President Circle!
And awesome!

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6712 on: June 27, 2018, 03:38:53 PM »
??
gives a discount
The reason you have to have them offer it rather than ask them to put it in is because it's an employee code and some agents don't like sharing it
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6713 on: June 27, 2018, 08:09:36 PM »
gives a discount
The reason you have to have them offer it rather than ask them to put it in is because it's an employee code and some agents don't like sharing it
why cant it be put in on the hertz website?

what does the code give?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6714 on: June 29, 2018, 02:03:31 PM »
??

Yes that was in reference to PC 196066
I am trying to figure out what discount this offers?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6715 on: July 01, 2018, 04:31:29 PM »
Yes that was in reference to PC 196066
I am trying to figure out what discount this offers?
i was told by rep 10 percent


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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6716 on: July 04, 2018, 07:52:49 AM »
Any codes for South Africa
Or to waive one way fees
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6717 on: July 04, 2018, 02:09:29 PM »
Anyone know the details of Hertz Platepass program?
I rented in the pass from hertz and used the platepass and was charged for each toll i went through using platepass and on top of that a $5 convenience fee per day for every day that passed after having used plate pass once, and the convenience fee capped out at around $30

But now looking at Platepass website it says that there is no limit on the convenience fee
Anyone have any recent experience?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6718 on: July 04, 2018, 02:10:41 PM »
Anyone know the details of Hertz Platepass program?
I rented in the pass from hertz and used the platepass and was charged for each toll i went through using platepass and on top of that a $5 convenience fee per day for every day that passed after having used plate pass once, and the convenience fee capped out at around $30

But now looking at Platepass website it says that there is no limit on the convenience fee
Anyone have any recent experience?
It's now $4.95 a day that you use it only. With no cap.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6719 on: July 04, 2018, 03:00:36 PM »
It's now $4.95 a day that you use it only. With no cap.

Wow thats unbelievable.