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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 #6800 on: October 25, 2018, 05:38:31 AM »
How long does hertz take to match national ee status?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6801 on: October 26, 2018, 04:07:07 PM »
Is it worth it to transfer 600 Hertz points for 650 United miles? I have 1200 Hertz points and 150k United. Not sure i will be using the hertz points before they expire in August

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6802 on: October 26, 2018, 05:35:44 PM »
Is it worth it to transfer 600 Hertz points for 650 United miles? I have 1200 Hertz points and 150k United. Not sure i will be using the hertz points before they expire in August
probs not - that could get u like a free rental even on a day that codes at $120 a day at a airport - rent a car for fun for two days - or rent a car on a day drip to dampen excess mileage if u think ur gona go over ur lease.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6803 on: October 30, 2018, 05:59:54 PM »
How long does hertz take to match national ee status?
could take up to two weeks

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6804 on: October 30, 2018, 06:02:35 PM »
Anyway to reinstate Hertz points that expired 2 months ago?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6805 on: October 30, 2018, 06:03:56 PM »
im looking to rent thanksgiving weekend out of NYC and hertz wants about $600 for 3 days or 3300 hertz points? makes sense? anyway to get around this?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6806 on: October 30, 2018, 06:04:33 PM »
Anyway to reinstate Hertz points that expired 2 months ago?
try calling...

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6807 on: October 30, 2018, 06:38:07 PM »
im looking to rent thanksgiving weekend out of NYC and hertz wants about $600 for 3 days or 3300 hertz points? makes sense? anyway to get around this?
Makes sense. Double points for premium dates.

Did you try other rental companies or corporate codes?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6808 on: October 31, 2018, 01:12:21 PM »
Makes sense. Double points for premium dates.

Did you try other rental companies or corporate codes?
im under 25 and dont really know where else to go

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6809 on: November 04, 2018, 11:49:55 PM »
im under 25 and dont really know where else to go
enterprise Chabad code
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6810 on: November 05, 2018, 12:37:07 AM »
Im looking to make a reservation and take advantage of the Hertz $50 hotel gift card promotion.
The issue im having is that im trying to pay the rental partially with 600 points which takes off $30 for me. When i choose that option it no longer allows me to use the Gift card PC because paying the rental with points creates its own PC automatically.. Anyone have a way to get around this..?  Would love to take advantage of both..Was thinking to put in Hotel PC and try to add the "pay with points" option after....not sure it would work... TIA

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6811 on: November 05, 2018, 04:03:14 AM »
Im looking to make a reservation and take advantage of the Hertz $50 hotel gift card promotion.
The issue im having is that im trying to pay the rental partially with 600 points which takes off $30 for me. When i choose that option it no longer allows me to use the Gift card PC because paying the rental with points creates its own PC automatically.. Anyone have a way to get around this..?  Would love to take advantage of both..Was thinking to put in Hotel PC and try to add the "pay with points" option after....not sure it would work... TIA
Don't use points at those horrible rates.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6812 on: November 05, 2018, 07:02:56 AM »
Im looking to make a reservation and take advantage of the Hertz $50 hotel gift card promotion.
The issue im having is that im trying to pay the rental partially with 600 points which takes off $30 for me. When i choose that option it no longer allows me to use the Gift card PC because paying the rental with points creates its own PC automatically.. Anyone have a way to get around this..?  Would love to take advantage of both..Was thinking to put in Hotel PC and try to add the "pay with points" option after....not sure it would work... TIA
call hertz, 550 points for a free weekend day or 650 for a free weekday, don't use 600 for $30 off

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6813 on: November 05, 2018, 01:01:35 PM »
How do I keep my miles from expiring without using them.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6814 on: November 05, 2018, 04:47:54 PM »
How do I keep my miles from expiring without using them.
you mean your hertz points?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6815 on: November 05, 2018, 04:53:44 PM »
How do I keep my miles from expiring without using them.
Credit a rental. Can likely reserve in branch for much cheaper then online. See below:

Get a 1 day rental today for $56.xx using Chabad corporate.

Call Hertz, you can purchase points which might extend the expiration. Ask them specifically about this. If they say it won't extend them, just do the 1 day rental.
If you go into the branch and explain what you're trying to do (just open and close a rental for the points, don't even need to physically take the car), they may be able to get you a better price then available online.
Just an update: I went to Hertz In Park Slope, Brooklyn and the guy gave me a car for $32 since I explained to him I don't need to take the car out of the garage I just need to keep my points active.

Thank you all for the help

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6816 on: November 08, 2018, 12:07:27 AM »
If I use PC 204609 and put in the return date I want, which is 5 days plus a few hours after pickup, the code does not work. But if I put in a return date of a full 7 days later, it does work. What happens if I reserve for the later return date and then return it earlier? Will they really void the PC and charge me more?
Often times rentals will charge you more for an early return.
One of the reasons I have seen, is because they need to deal with parking your car, and/or less ability to re-rent on the day you return.
The long story short is, yes you will almost always pay the had rate you saw when you were reserving if you return early.
I believe hertz changed their policy, that if returning earlier will cost more, they charge the original quoted price.
I returned it 1.8 days early. They did not charge an early return "fee", but the PC 204609 vanished, causing me to be charged $40 more than the original quote. Ouch.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6817 on: November 08, 2018, 06:47:19 AM »
I returned it 1.8 days early. They did not charge an early return "fee", but the PC 204609 vanished, causing me to be charged $40 more than the original quote. Ouch.
if it was a weekly rental, and PC was for a weekly quote , it makes sense....

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6818 on: November 14, 2018, 09:02:06 AM »
Just saw this

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #6819 on: November 14, 2018, 09:05:20 AM »
Has anyone seen a month rental for under $630 in NJ/NY? That’s the lowest I’ve been doing and I need to rent again so I would appreciate leads. Thanx!