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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 #5300 on: October 20, 2015, 12:14:37 AM »
Any cdp giving really good rates now? (Besides for usaa and chabad)
Waiving underage or not?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5301 on: October 20, 2015, 10:43:22 AM »

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5302 on: October 20, 2015, 06:19:36 PM »
can u earn ua miles on a hertz rental in israel?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5303 on: October 20, 2015, 07:04:40 PM »
Hi all,
I rented a car from Hertz in Israel (nes ziona) via Expedia.
the rental was from Sep/20 till Oct/2 when i got back last i noticed that i did got the Hertz gold point, i tried to request missing points online but got error email of the contract number and that i need to call.
i call and they told that the location i rented the car from not participate in the points program therefor i not going to get any :(
anyone heard about it? any advice?
thanks
Yes I has the same. Basically the Hertz in israel is not really Hertz is just the name so you don't get points for rentals there. But if you rent there long enough you do get status!

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5304 on: October 21, 2015, 11:49:45 AM »
Does it make sense it is ~3x more to get an automatic than manual (in Greece)?
Quaerite et Invenietis.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5305 on: October 22, 2015, 01:48:59 AM »
Does it make sense it is ~3x more to get an automatic than manual (in Greece)?
I do know that it was over double in Italy recently...if you can get your hands on a manual car I'll teach you how to drive  :)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5306 on: October 22, 2015, 08:14:21 PM »
Registering for hertz points don’t save the day.

I recently realized most of my hertz points missing, after having correspondence with them I was informed that even though I had registered for promotions and received those bonus points that “dans” post, it will not extend the lifetime of points!  here is their response.

Thank you for your response. Per the terms and conditions “Points do not expire as long as you have any Hertz Gold Plus Rewards program activity in the prior 24 months. Activity means a Gold Plus Rewards Point was either earned or redeemed.”

 

The Fall and Winter bonus registration is a registration where we credit points to note that members have registered.  You did not actually earn these points, you registered for them.

 

Erewards are not earned with Hertz, they are transferred over to Hertz but earned through other ways like surveys, etc.

 

Our records show that  your last activity date was 10/4/2013. Your points have expired and we are unable to credit them back.

 

Thank you for giving us this opportunity to help you. We appreciate your business and look to serving your future car rental needs.

 

Sincerely,

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5307 on: October 22, 2015, 08:17:48 PM »
Registering for hertz points don’t save the day.

I recently realized most of my hertz points missing, after having correspondence with them I was informed that even though I had registered for promotions and received those bonus points that “dans” post, it will not extend the lifetime of points!  here is their response.

Thank you for your response. Per the terms and conditions “Points do not expire as long as you have any Hertz Gold Plus Rewards program activity in the prior 24 months. Activity means a Gold Plus Rewards Point was either earned or redeemed.”

 

The Fall and Winter bonus registration is a registration where we credit points to note that members have registered.  You did not actually earn these points, you registered for them.

 

Erewards are not earned with Hertz, they are transferred over to Hertz but earned through other ways like surveys, etc.

 

Our records show that  your last activity date was 10/4/2013. Your points have expired and we are unable to credit them back.

 

Thank you for giving us this opportunity to help you. We appreciate your business and look to serving your future car rental needs.

 

Sincerely,
Contact a manager or something. Good luck.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5308 on: October 22, 2015, 08:46:55 PM »
Registering for hertz points don’t save the day.

I recently realized most of my hertz points missing, after having correspondence with them I was informed that even though I had registered for promotions and received those bonus points that “dans” post, it will not extend the lifetime of points!  here is their response.

Thank you for your response. Per the terms and conditions “Points do not expire as long as you have any Hertz Gold Plus Rewards program activity in the prior 24 months. Activity means a Gold Plus Rewards Point was either earned or redeemed.”

 

The Fall and Winter bonus registration is a registration where we credit points to note that members have registered.  You did not actually earn these points, you registered for them.

 

Erewards are not earned with Hertz, they are transferred over to Hertz but earned through other ways like surveys, etc.

 

Our records show that  your last activity date was 10/4/2013. Your points have expired and we are unable to credit them back.

 

Thank you for giving us this opportunity to help you. We appreciate your business and look to serving your future car rental needs.

 

Sincerely,
Should not be the case. HUCA Maybe
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5309 on: October 23, 2015, 02:51:39 AM »
Should not be the case. HUCA Maybe
Seems that's the way the system is coded.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5310 on: October 25, 2015, 11:47:59 AM »
1500 bonus United miles.
Seems to be a decent deal, depending on what your alternative cdp offers.
« Last Edit: October 25, 2015, 11:55:52 AM by David Smith »
Who do you think you are fooling? You think you are going to pull a quick one on your Creator? Good luck with that.
JTZ

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5311 on: October 25, 2015, 11:56:36 AM »
Anyone know if I got hertz points for a rental could I still somehow get ff points (to save a account retroactively...)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5312 on: November 03, 2015, 03:17:28 PM »
Anyone know if I got hertz points for a rental could I still somehow get ff points (to save a account retroactively...)
I think you could only get one type of points for a rental (either hertz or ff)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5313 on: November 05, 2015, 08:53:45 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.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5314 on: November 05, 2015, 09:02:56 AM »
If anyone knows a way to rent from airport locations 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.
Usaa?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5315 on: November 05, 2015, 09:05:40 AM »
Usaa?
See edit. Do you know that it still works at some locations (or perhaps even all non airport ones)?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5316 on: November 05, 2015, 09:06:32 AM »
See edit. Do you know that it still works at some locations (or perhaps even all non airport ones)?

I use USAA code all the time and never have any issues. Airports and non-airports.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5317 on: November 05, 2015, 09:07:12 AM »
I use USAA code all the time and never have any issues. Airports and non-airports.
Are you under 21 and have used it in the past 6 weeks?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5318 on: November 05, 2015, 09:07:19 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.
Do you know why the system didn't allow it?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #5319 on: November 05, 2015, 09:10:49 AM »
See edit. Do you know that it still works at some locations (or perhaps even all non airport ones)?
If u have proof?? Are u sure? Anyone else hear this? Were r u from? Did u look in to priceline name ur price? (I'm over 21 so don't know what going on anymore with under but u could look in to that) I think there is something with ibm also... Forgot with who and last, I remember something with California corporate on national if u live in Midwest I think. Do some research... Report back for others