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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 #360 on: April 16, 2012, 10:54:56 PM »
does the Yeshiva Student corp give free add driver??

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #361 on: April 16, 2012, 11:08:59 PM »
Officialy "No additional charge for qualified authorized drivers"!

Some locations might try to charge you but if you insist it should be free - they usually give it free. you can always call billing afterwards.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #362 on: April 17, 2012, 12:45:17 AM »

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #363 on: April 17, 2012, 04:34:02 AM »
I used usaa code
thats not good news. that means if im under 25 and i reserve an adrenaline, prestige or special, they wont give it to me?!

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #364 on: April 17, 2012, 11:38:31 AM »
what's a "qualified authorized driver" with the Yeshiva Student Assosiation?
Also if I'm using Yeshiva Student corp & the coupon to waive underage, can a second (& 3rd) driver be underage (22) also with no add charge?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #365 on: April 17, 2012, 02:48:50 PM »
what's a "qualified authorized driver" with the Yeshiva Student Assosiation?
Also if I'm using Yeshiva Student corp & the coupon to waive underage, can a second (& 3rd) driver be underage (22) also with no add charge?
Another Yeshiva bochur/yungerman! Lol!

Yes, but in Brooklyn they might make an issue about it but billing always refunds it.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #366 on: April 17, 2012, 06:41:10 PM »
thanks. I'm just arranging this rental for an unsavvy friend so I want to tell him what to expect.....

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #367 on: April 17, 2012, 07:19:36 PM »
thats not good news. that means if im under 25 and i reserve an adrenaline, prestige or special, they wont give it to me?!
basically. although as always YMMV if the agent forgets to check your age etc.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #368 on: April 17, 2012, 07:45:22 PM »
basically. although as always YMMV if the agent forgets to check your age etc.
officially if you are under 25 and just using the underage cupon without any specific corporate they cant rent out to you anything over a fullsize its just not enforced and some places rather get rid of SUV's so usually they dont care, but using CDP of USAA gives you all the rights as if you would be over 25 i know this for a fact and i discussed it more then once with hertz and USAA represenatives but not everyone knows this and since every rental place has the right to disqualify you from letting you rent they can disqualify you from anything over fullsize as well so YMMV

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #369 on: April 17, 2012, 08:18:20 PM »
officially if you are under 25 and just using the underage cupon without any specific corporate they cant rent out to you anything over a fullsize its just not enforced and some places rather get rid of SUV's so usually they dont care, but using CDP of USAA gives you all the rights as if you would be over 25 i know this for a fact and i discussed it more then once with hertz and USAA represenatives but not everyone knows this and since every rental place has the right to disqualify you from letting you rent they can disqualify you from anything over fullsize as well so YMMV
Even adrenaline/prestige? I know u can get other things bigger than full size and it even says that straight on the website. But I have also spoken to many hertz agents and none of them said can have adrenaline/prestige

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #370 on: April 17, 2012, 09:07:16 PM »
Even adrenaline/prestige? I know u can get other things bigger than full size and it even says that straight on the website. But I have also spoken to many hertz agents and none of them said can have adrenaline/prestige
not sure about that but i do know that many underage renters got prestige,  i guess YMMV

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #371 on: April 18, 2012, 02:09:58 PM »
I rented this morning from Hertz Coney Island and they told me that they can't honor my SA rate.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #372 on: April 18, 2012, 02:33:57 PM »
I rented this morning from Hertz Coney Island and they told me that they can't honor my SA rate.
are u gold?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #373 on: April 18, 2012, 03:22:08 PM »
Yes. But this was my first time.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #374 on: April 18, 2012, 08:09:13 PM »
are u gold?
whats the difference?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #375 on: April 18, 2012, 09:26:13 PM »
whats the difference?
Human eyes won't see the rate as bypassing desk
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #376 on: April 18, 2012, 10:07:35 PM »
Human eyes won't see the rate as bypassing desk
of course they see the rates, how else do you expect them to print out the contract?
Once when i rented from park slope and called up for them to pick me up they asked me on the phone to bring proof that i came from latin america.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #377 on: April 19, 2012, 10:33:19 PM »
is there a limit of how many additional free drivers i can get for family members with USAA?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #378 on: April 23, 2012, 08:55:42 AM »
Human eyes won't see the rate as bypassing desk
Just noticed a promo with Hertz...$50 off weekly for AAA members... I happen not to be an AAA member just wondering if anybody had an experience which they demanded proof of membership......

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #379 on: April 24, 2012, 08:04:28 AM »
Is there any way of transferring miles/rewards to Hertz gold points (to get a free rentals)?

(I need some extra gold points for a free weekly rental and Hertz charges $0.20 per point to buy extra gold points. Really not worth it.)