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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 #8120 on: June 12, 2022, 06:04:48 PM »
Shouldn't be too late to dispute
Okay thank you I will give it a shot but the question is regarding the chase benefits claim do I just upload the receipt showing 2000 nis bumper or 1400 nis stain too?

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« Reply #8121 on: June 12, 2022, 06:05:48 PM »
How do you see that I can dispute a charge after 6 months it's actually longer than 6 months I've been waiting for them for a breakdown of the charges and they just sent it to me I don't know I never know anything about this stains until now

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« Reply #8122 on: June 13, 2022, 11:28:03 AM »
Anyone?

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« Reply #8123 on: June 13, 2022, 12:48:28 PM »

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« Reply #8124 on: June 13, 2022, 04:47:43 PM »
Ok and in terms of the chase benefits claim, do I upload both receipts or only the one that reflects the bumper damage

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #8125 on: June 16, 2022, 03:47:52 PM »
anyone have best-latest CDP, PC, RQ, CV, IT, for Hertz rental car? And how to mitigate risk in case cv something happens and credit card wont honor insurance.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #8126 on: June 17, 2022, 01:13:48 AM »
No experience, have you tried?

No, that's why I'm inquiring. It's the AT&T corporate code and saved me over $400 when I applied it. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with using the code, ie. was asked for identification, etc.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #8127 on: June 17, 2022, 02:33:01 PM »
anyone have best-latest CDP, PC, RQ, CV, IT, for Hertz rental car? And how to mitigate risk in case cv something happens and credit card wont honor insurance.
Does your personal car insurance, if you have, help?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #8128 on: June 19, 2022, 12:16:15 AM »
Is there any good way to search multiple dates and locations in a specific city, I have very flexible dates and would like to price it out but I dont want to search each location and date. I would prefer to book thru hertz direct, but an OTA (or even reg TA) would be fine. TIA

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« Reply #8129 on: June 19, 2022, 01:51:21 AM »
Is there any good way to search multiple dates and locations in a specific city, I have very flexible dates and would like to price it out but I dont want to search each location and date. I would prefer to book thru hertz direct, but an OTA (or even reg TA) would be fine. TIA
priceline map view is a great way to search multiple locations

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #8130 on: June 20, 2022, 04:54:43 PM »
No, that's why I'm inquiring. It's the AT&T corporate code and saved me over $400 when I applied it. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with using the code, ie. was asked for identification, etc.
anyone with experience using this code?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #8131 on: June 28, 2022, 03:29:54 PM »
Any recent experience booking a rental within the US using the Hertz website from a different country to get a cheaper rate?
If yes, which country?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #8132 on: June 29, 2022, 09:35:42 AM »
Whats the best CDP to use in europe. In the US there are some with locked in rates but i cant find any that work in europe.

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« Reply #8133 on: June 29, 2022, 12:24:53 PM »
Whats the best CDP to use in europe. In the US there are some with locked in rates but i cant find any that work in europe.
Can't imagine a European not asking to see ID.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #8134 on: June 30, 2022, 09:40:54 AM »
Can't imagine a European not asking to see ID.
Thats fine, i can work that out.

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« Reply #8135 on: June 30, 2022, 10:25:17 AM »
Thats fine, i can work that out.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #8136 on: June 30, 2022, 01:47:16 PM »
Okay thank you I will give it a shot but the question is regarding the chase benefits claim do I just upload the receipt showing 2000 nis bumper or 1400 nis stain too?

The bumper damage was 2000 nis which is $582, they say they are sending $376? I replied asking what's up...

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #8137 on: July 01, 2022, 11:32:04 AM »
I'm looking to rent a vehicle long term (10 months) with Hertz, prepaid. My cc only covers rentals for 30 days, so I'd like to roll over the contract every 30 days. I can go down to a physical location if they can't do it over the phone, but customer service is telling me that there's no way they can roll over a contract if I sign for 10 months. Is that true? Or are they just saying it because they don't like doing it?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #8138 on: July 01, 2022, 12:18:12 PM »
Anyone look into the Hertz car subscription?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #8139 on: July 01, 2022, 01:40:50 PM »
I'm looking to rent a vehicle long term (10 months) with Hertz, prepaid. My cc only covers rentals for 30 days, so I'd like to roll over the contract every 30 days. I can go down to a physical location if they can't do it over the phone, but customer service is telling me that there's no way they can roll over a contract if I sign for 10 months. Is that true? Or are they just saying it because they don't like doing it?
depending on location. one time they allowed it and the next they didn't. you just have to feel out if the manager is flexible