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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 #7380 on: February 04, 2020, 03:44:19 PM »
Anyone got a response from hertz statues match team past 2 weeks ? looks like they went on strike from the overload of work
I sent in at least three weeks ago and have gotten nothing.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7381 on: February 04, 2020, 04:12:47 PM »
i emailed them and got a full refund

What did you say?
If it's not free shipping it's not worth it.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7382 on: February 04, 2020, 10:28:11 PM »
Anyone got a response from hertz statues match team past 2 weeks ? looks like they went on strike from the overload of work
I emailed them over a week ago and they haven’t responded. However I checked and they indeed bumped me back up. So double check your current status...

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7383 on: February 04, 2020, 11:46:46 PM »
I emailed them over a week ago and they haven’t responded. However I checked and they indeed bumped me back up. So double check your current status...
I am still at 5 star. I emailed them almost 2 weeks ago.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7384 on: February 04, 2020, 11:59:09 PM »
I am still at 5 star. I emailed them almost 2 weeks ago.
To which you email did you address it to?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7385 on: February 05, 2020, 01:37:50 AM »
What did you say?
im pc member, this is crazy im with you for 12 years...

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7386 on: February 05, 2020, 01:45:42 PM »
To which you email did you address it to?
hertzstatusmatch@hertz.com
Anyone know of another email address that Hertz may respond to quicker?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7387 on: February 06, 2020, 02:10:25 PM »
Resent a request yesterday and just got matched back to pc

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7388 on: February 06, 2020, 05:24:34 PM »
hertzstatusmatch@hertz.com
Anyone know of another email address that Hertz may respond to quicker?
try pm on f Rd Twitter works really fast
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7389 on: February 07, 2020, 01:24:58 AM »
Sent in a request about a month ago and only got a response yesterday matching me back to PC so don't lose hope.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7390 on: February 07, 2020, 05:15:14 AM »
Anyone with experience renting from hertz without a international license (in Krakow airport where officially on the website it states that a intl license is needed).
Do they check/care

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7391 on: February 07, 2020, 08:27:30 AM »
IME Hertz does require an IDL. There are other ls that don't like Sixt and Budget IME.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7392 on: February 07, 2020, 08:59:54 AM »
Anyone with experience renting from hertz without a international license (in Krakow airport where officially on the website it states that a intl license is needed).
Do they check/care
i would call them to confirm so u avoid any issues at the airport

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7393 on: February 07, 2020, 02:05:03 PM »
hertzstatusmatch@hertz.com
Anyone know of another email address that Hertz may respond to quicker?
Finally got matched today!

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7394 on: February 09, 2020, 07:41:55 PM »
I got PC status from having the United Club Card. I only had the card for a few months then decided to change it to the Explorer as I did not think the AF was worth it. I still have PC status and asked a Hertz Rep when it expires and she said she doesn't see an expiration date. Does anyone know if that makes sense?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7395 on: February 09, 2020, 07:52:45 PM »
I got PC status from having the United Club Card. I only had the card for a few months then decided to change it to the Explorer as I did not think the AF was worth it. I still have PC status and asked a Hertz Rep when it expires and she said she doesn't see an expiration date. Does anyone know if that makes sense?
why would you call?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7396 on: February 09, 2020, 07:55:02 PM »
why would you call?

I happen to have been on the phone with them so I just asked...

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7397 on: February 10, 2020, 05:18:12 PM »
Is there a "best place" to credit 2 paid Hertz rentals?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7398 on: February 12, 2020, 03:12:33 PM »
Just a DP if you applied for the statues match and didn't receive it yet you can make a dommy booking for next week and call-in and ask your request should
get expedited as you would like to be PC at time of rental

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #7399 on: February 12, 2020, 03:20:17 PM »
"Your status match inquiry has been received.   All emails are worked in the order received to be fair to all customers.  Unfortunately, there will be a delay in processing due to the substantial influx of status match requests.  Please allow at least 25 business days for a response.  I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this causes.

 

Thank you for your continued patience."