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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 #280 on: February 14, 2012, 09:19:05 PM »
i would'nt say only hertz USAA because in NY and MI its possible to rent with other companies but in NY its not worth it cuz its usually $40 underage fee so its defenitly worth Hertz over others.   

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #281 on: February 14, 2012, 10:27:35 PM »
correct.
in NY only you can be under 21
what do u mean?
i was correcting both of us. you can use priceline if your under 21 but only in ny (not MI or any others)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #282 on: February 15, 2012, 02:34:20 PM »
what do u mean?
+1. if someone is underage then his only option is hertz USAA - AFAIK. so by you checking and me checking will result to the same price.
Hertz allows 20 year olds to rent without using USAA, i.e. Yeshiva Student Assiciation CDP# 1876837 with PC# 144314 Will also waive the underage fees.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #283 on: February 15, 2012, 03:13:54 PM »
Hertz allows 20 year olds to rent without using USAA, i.e. Yeshiva Student Assiciation CDP# 1876837 with PC# 144314 Will also waive the underage fees.
You are correct theres no real need to use a corporate because with that PC you can wave the underage fee but USAA is the cheapest corporate for hertz and besides, with USAA you can add a different PC # to take off a few more $ and this deal dosent work with any other CDP. so that is why the suggestion is to search yourself as there arent too many options of websites to search.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #284 on: February 15, 2012, 09:40:49 PM »
It's true the PC# is what's removing the underage but the CDP# does take off an additional 10%.

I wouldn't say USAA is the cheapest Hertz corporate, while they do offer 11% while all other's offer 10%, many times their base rate is more expensive than other cdp's. I know this being that I book at least 2 cars a day for other people.

While your point that using this cdp and pc won't allow you to use another PC is true, if you're over 25 there's no difference. Also many people renting once or twice don't want to go thru the hassle of signing up for USAA, and depositing $25.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #285 on: February 15, 2012, 09:44:35 PM »
It's true the PC# is what's removing the underage but the CDP# does take off an additional 10%.

I wouldn't say USAA is the cheapest Hertz corporate, while they do offer 11% while all other's offer 10%, many times their base rate is more expensive than other cdp's. I know this being that I book at least 2 cars a day for other people.

While your point that using this cdp and pc won't allow you to use another PC is true, if you're over 25 there's no difference. Also many people renting once or twice don't want to go thru the hassle of signing up for USAA, and depositing $25.
i rent often from hertz with usaa and i can tell you that their base rate is usually never higher than other cdp (maybe "hertz global sale" which gives 20% from SA) but otherwise if ur under 20 thats the best route to go if u want to add other discounts as well, and its worth the few min, not really a hastle, to open usaa

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #286 on: February 15, 2012, 10:08:32 PM »
i rent often from hertz with usaa and i can tell you that their base rate is usually never higher than other cdp (maybe "hertz global sale" which gives 20% from SA) but otherwise if ur under 20 thats the best route to go if u want to add other discounts as well, and its worth the few min, not really a hastle, to open usaa
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It's true the PC# is what's removing the underage but the CDP# does take off an additional 10%.

I wouldn't say USAA is the cheapest Hertz corporate, while they do offer 11% while all other's offer 10%, many times their base rate is more expensive than other cdp's. I know this being that I book at least 2 cars a day for other people.

While your point that using this cdp and pc won't allow you to use another PC is true, if you're over 25 there's no difference. Also many people renting once or twice don't want to go thru the hassle of signing up for USAA, and depositing $25.
let me clarify, i was talking about this specific case of someone that is 20 years old, USAA would be the only and cheapest deal, therefor he can look it up himself, it was not a general statment for everyone.
there is another thread for anyone above 21 looking for a cheap rental

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #287 on: February 24, 2012, 10:39:10 AM »
When renting with Hertz do you take the Hertz points or ff miles (such as CO)?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #288 on: February 24, 2012, 03:35:32 PM »
When renting with Hertz do you take the Hertz points or ff miles (such as CO)?
Points unless there is a promotion with a mileage program (hertz points are worth about 10 cpp as you can redeem 500 for a premium car, which is usually worth more then $50. And for one way rentals points can be worth alot more then that)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #289 on: February 25, 2012, 06:30:37 PM »
Points unless there is a promotion with a mileage program (hertz points are worth about 10 cpp as you can redeem 500 for a premium car, which is usually worth more then $50. And for one way rentals points can be worth alot more then that)
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unless you are not planing on renting with hertz in the near future

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #290 on: February 27, 2012, 07:23:53 AM »
I know it has been discussed, if I rent in Israel from hertz (through an agent) can I at least get credit for year to date rentals toward status?

Surprisingly, I did get 1300 points last year for a 2 week rental when they had the 100 point per day bonus going on even though it was through an agent.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #291 on: February 27, 2012, 12:36:03 PM »
Points unless there is a promotion with a mileage program (hertz points are worth about 10 cpp as you can redeem 500 for a premium car, which is usually worth more then $50. And for one way rentals points can be worth alot more then that)
Currently Hertz has a promo for 2X miles on partners, so if I give my CO ff# then I will receive 150 miles per day (they usually give 75), which totals 900 miles.  I am paying $125 plus taxes and fees for the rental so I would receive 125 Hertz points total for the rental if I go that route. 900 CO miles is worth slightly more to me then 125 Hertz points and since I dont rent often it seems even more valuable to me.
However, I have to look into it but its possible that Hertz will charge me $0.75 a day to be earning on CO for a total of $4.50.  So if its 900 CO miles plus a fee of $4.50 vs 125 Hertz points then I think I would just go with Hertz.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #292 on: February 28, 2012, 12:28:18 PM »
Spoke with a CSR at Hertz USA and asked if I can earn points on Israel rentals using an agent and they said sure. Only thing is that they couldn't locate my rental. Is this perhaps because it was only returned yesterday and may take a few days for it to close and enter the Hertz system?

I did get points last year when they had the double promo.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #293 on: February 28, 2012, 01:26:24 PM »
Spoke with a CSR at Hertz USA and asked if I can earn points on Israel rentals using an agent and they said sure. Only thing is that they couldn't locate my rental. Is this perhaps because it was only returned yesterday and may take a few days for it to close and enter the Hertz system?

I did get points last year when they had the double promo.

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not sure why they couldn't locate your rental but regarding points it says on the website it takes a few days to post

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #294 on: February 28, 2012, 01:36:45 PM »
perhaps since it's international it only gets sent to the main system once the rental is closed

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #295 on: February 28, 2012, 01:40:06 PM »
perhaps since it's international it only gets sent to the main system once the rental is closed
give it a week.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #296 on: February 29, 2012, 07:38:59 AM »
From my experience rentals in israel are tracked via your license number so it will take longer to come up.
( last year i also got 100 point a day bonus through travel agent) its not clear how it works because i was told more than once that you cant earn through israel.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #297 on: March 04, 2012, 05:48:37 PM »
hi want to rent from melbourne australia airport: 3/13-3/20( morning). what is a good corporate to use..am over 25 have usaa, gold plus and am both an australian and u.s. resident..?
thx

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #298 on: March 04, 2012, 07:54:30 PM »
hi want to rent from melbourne australia airport: 3/13-3/20( morning). what is a good corporate to use..am over 25 have usaa, gold plus and am both an australian and u.s. resident..?
thx
looking to rent specifically from hertz or avis?
in general your post belongs here

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #299 on: March 06, 2012, 06:52:22 PM »
preferably hertz..sorry bout that didnt see it