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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 #3920 on: January 15, 2015, 03:15:59 PM »
What are you complaining about? That he said a car is broken and it wasn't? He says he checked it out and rented it later to someone else.

Anyways I did hear that the basic chargers were on recall from hertz.
Read my post. We saw it out few hours later! The exact car that we asked for and he said "catches fire"!
We were in hertz Lakewood this morning and tryed to get a charger (we reserved a full size) and he said the carger was under matinence because of fires! At 2:30 we saw that exact car and pulled the guy over and he said that the guy said it was just checked out. We were also paying a reduced rate. What I think is he wanted full price (and knew he would get it). Is there anything I Can do?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3921 on: January 15, 2015, 03:16:38 PM »

Read my post. We saw it out few hours later! The exact car that we asked for and he said "catches fire"!
And maybe he brought it to the dealer and got it checked out.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3922 on: January 15, 2015, 03:17:49 PM »
And maybe he brought it to the dealer and got it checked out.
He will need records that he did in those five hours. And he wont hav them ...
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3923 on: January 15, 2015, 03:18:30 PM »

He will need records that he did in those five hours. And he wont hav them ...
I'm with you that he probably lied. I just don't see any reason why hertz owes you anything. 

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3924 on: January 15, 2015, 05:07:23 PM »
he can really do whatever he wants. Besides that he sees everyone that puts in complaints, so if you plan to rent again I would advise against that.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3925 on: January 15, 2015, 07:18:44 PM »
We were in hertz Lakewood this morning and tryed to get a charger (we reserved a full size) and he said the carger was under matinence because of fires! At 2:30 we saw that exact car and pulled the guy over and he said that the guy said it was just checked out. We were also paying a reduced rate. What I think is he wanted full price (and knew he would get it). Is there anything I Can do?
They have no need to give it to you unless they don't have anything in your category.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3926 on: January 15, 2015, 07:20:54 PM »
the guy in Lakewood is a fat lier, anytime he doesn't want to give you a car he just says it's broken. It's always a lie.
One of the prerequisites to be hired by Hertz is to be an expert mechanic and somehow make every car need an oil change etc. and magically ten min later everything can be fixed without anybody touching the car.
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« Reply #3927 on: January 15, 2015, 07:23:25 PM »
he can really do whatever he wants. Besides that he sees everyone that puts in complaints, so if you plan to rent again I would advise against that.
-1 He can't breach the confidentiality agreement and find out who put in a complaint. All he knows is that one was placed but he can make an assumption.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3928 on: January 15, 2015, 07:28:42 PM »
+1 I hate hle's
+1 Why do only shucks work there who can't get there hands on cars? But it can all very we'll come from the same white shirt black pants syndrome that goes on in airports from all the times they have been burned by bochurim that you won't get anything from them ever. But mostly in HLE locations they are backstabbers who act all nice and just get you where you can't do anything about it till u realize much later but there are very few exceptions where there are nice ones!
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3929 on: January 15, 2015, 08:00:09 PM »

Anyone have any experience with the hertz in la on la brea asking for id for usaa?
Yes. They wouldn't rent to me until I showed them a debit card. They refused to accept a printout from USAA's website

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3930 on: January 15, 2015, 08:14:25 PM »

Yes. They wouldn't rent to me until I showed them a debit card. They refused to accept a printout from USAA's website
Well my sister in law just rented from there with no problems. YMMV

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3931 on: January 15, 2015, 08:17:45 PM »

Well my sister in law just rented from there with no problems. YMMV
It def is YMMV, some people there are incredibly friendly, and some not. I would assume it also really depends on your age...

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« Reply #3932 on: January 15, 2015, 08:42:29 PM »
Yes. They wouldn't rent to me until I showed them a debit card. They refused to accept a printout from USAA's website
That location is really complicated. Some people don't give a hoot about anything and will let anything flow, whilst others are scared for their jobs and are scared to do anything other than give  you a vehicle in a class lower than what you reserved.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3933 on: January 15, 2015, 08:46:37 PM »

It def is YMMV, some people there are incredibly friendly, and some not. I would assume it also really depends on your age...
Shes 20. I rented there this past summer and they asked me for id (not usaa). I pulled out my "business card" and it worked!!

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3934 on: January 16, 2015, 01:48:52 AM »
It's there a max amount of days I can rent with points at a time?
Can I do a 3 week rental with points (taking it thay I have Anuf..)
What's your plan for yud shvat?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3935 on: January 16, 2015, 01:56:31 AM »
2 weeks
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3936 on: January 16, 2015, 03:03:15 AM »

Shes 20. I rented there this past summer and they asked me for id (not usaa). I pulled out my "business card" and it worked!!
What corporate did you use?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3937 on: January 17, 2015, 08:36:42 PM »
You think the la brea location would make problems for the yeshiva group code?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3938 on: January 17, 2015, 09:17:15 PM »
Shes 20. I rented there this past summer and they asked me for id (not usaa). I pulled out my "business card" and it worked!!
be careful.
You rent under a company that you aren't part of, and you may get in trouble with insurance if chas vesholom something happens
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« Reply #3939 on: January 17, 2015, 09:27:14 PM »
be careful.
You rent under a company that you aren't part of, and you may get in trouble with insurance if chas vesholom something happens
+1 tell me about it...
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