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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 #560 on: July 03, 2012, 05:27:32 PM »
I always used the Chabad CDP in Europe and TOLD them that part of corporate contract is no underage fee (although this is NOT true). They just manually removed. No guarantee, but has always worked for me.
Waiving a fee & allowing rentals <21 are two very different things.
״וזה כלל גדול: שישנא אדם כל דבר שקר. וכל מה שיוסיף שנאה לדרכי השקר – יוסיף אהבה לתורה.״ - אורחות צדיקים

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #561 on: July 03, 2012, 08:03:42 PM »
hertzsupercars.com for uk and usa. usa means florida and only ferrari and lambo. uk has much more stuff
Thats not the regular Hertz site as the Porsche is on...

And doubt youll get an upgrade to it.

Those type of cars, why would you rent from Hertz?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #562 on: July 03, 2012, 10:59:30 PM »
Waiving a fee & allowing rentals <21 are two very different things.
Correct, I was referring to renters 21-24. They wouldn't rent to anyone under 21 and there's no way around that as far as I know.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #563 on: July 03, 2012, 11:01:54 PM »
Correct, I was referring to renters 21-24. They wouldn't rent to anyone under 21 and there's no way around that as far as I know.
I was once able to add a friend (under 21) as second driver, simply because they didn't realize.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #564 on: July 03, 2012, 11:49:49 PM »
im am under 25 and i rented prestige 3 times

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #565 on: July 04, 2012, 12:01:47 AM »
im am under 25 and i rented prestige 3 times

+1
They seem to allow all PC to rent Prestige with no age restriction (21+).

P.S. Once I get through any "questionable" situation , I use that as proof for future situations (bringing a copy of the previous invoice). Has worked for me with Hertz, Delta and many others.
The idea is to get them to make an exception (or whatever) once for you and use it "against" them later. It's worked for me to get all types of fees waived and upgrades. Best to use a blend of courteous and rigid talk ;) !

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #566 on: July 04, 2012, 12:25:13 AM »
+1
They seem to allow all PC to rent Prestige with no age restriction (21+).

Usually but not always IME.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #567 on: July 04, 2012, 12:45:19 AM »
Usually but not always IME.

Hence my P.S.

Whenever renting prestige, I bring along a previous rental agreement for prestige and if they refuse to rent to me, I just show it them and explain that it's one of the PC benefits (although it's definitely not!).
Obviously there's no guarantee, but it's your best bet.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #568 on: July 04, 2012, 01:18:12 AM »
Hence my P.S.

Whenever renting prestige, I bring along a previous rental agreement for prestige and if they refuse to rent to me, I just show it them and explain that it's one of the PC benefits (although it's definitely not!).
Obviously there's no guarantee, but it's your best bet.
Gotta try that.

Do they match the price as well?

I have some real nice prices for prestige cars... ;)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #569 on: July 04, 2012, 01:22:05 AM »
RQ's or SA or something else as long as I get in I won't discriminate  ;D

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #570 on: July 04, 2012, 08:02:44 AM »
Since when did the Lincoln Towncar become a luxury?

#worstluxurycarever

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #571 on: July 04, 2012, 08:32:17 AM »
Since when did the Lincoln Towncar become a luxury?

#worstluxurycarever

+1. I'd rather drive a Prius...

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #572 on: July 04, 2012, 08:34:58 AM »
Gotta try that.

Do they match the price as well?

I have some real nice prices for prestige cars... ;)

They obviously wouldn't match prices, but you could get them to adjust the rate code - if you didn't understand that, then I can't explain ;)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #573 on: July 04, 2012, 08:37:11 AM »
They obviously wouldn't match prices, but you could get them to adjust the rate code - if you didn't understand that, then I can't explain ;)
Gotcha

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #574 on: July 04, 2012, 09:18:37 AM »
+1. I'd rather drive a Prius...
-1 the lincoln  may drive like a boat but its a very nice boat. id rather sail away in the lincoln than a prius. that said, i am not happy when they give it to me as  a luxury.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #575 on: July 04, 2012, 10:12:21 AM »
-1 the lincoln  may drive like a boat but its a very nice boat. id rather sail away in the lincoln than a prius. that said, i am not happy when they give it to me as  a luxury.

To each his own.

Now, I desperately need a decent rate for a 2 week SUV rental 8/7-8/21 JFK. Anyone?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #576 on: July 04, 2012, 10:36:21 AM »
To each his own.
+1
Now, I desperately need a decent rate for a 2 week SUV rental 8/7-8/21 JFK. Anyone?
has to be hertz?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #577 on: July 04, 2012, 11:01:21 AM »
Usually but not always IME.
i rented prestige once with just plain gold

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #578 on: July 04, 2012, 11:04:16 AM »
+1has to be hertz?

I would prefer, as I have Pres. Circle.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #579 on: July 04, 2012, 12:40:04 PM »
match the hertz presidents to national EE. when i checked out the ee aisle in ewr it was full of suburbans, jfk may be the same
then you can get it at an intermediate rate
(you can make a hertz reservation just in case)