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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 #680 on: August 13, 2012, 08:28:46 PM »
Wont allow me to rent any car for any price @ JFK for less than 2 days...
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #681 on: August 13, 2012, 09:58:24 PM »
i would like to rent a car tom aug14 to the 15th ONE way from lakewood to clev so far i found usaa for 148 for compact does anybody have any deals promo codes or a better rate for me? TIA
But I'm still proud to be from clev!

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #682 on: August 13, 2012, 10:04:42 PM »
has anyone seen the new layout of hertz website today?
it doesnt seem to come up anymore but it was for a few hours ..

this is the submit page...
I'm still getting the new site and I'm having trouble with PC#s too!

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #683 on: August 13, 2012, 10:45:59 PM »
Wont allow me to rent any car for any price @ JFK for less than 2 days...
not really sure where you are going wrong, i just reserved a car for the end of aug. From JFK for just 1 day with CDP AAdvantage 217692.

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Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #684 on: August 14, 2012, 02:24:18 AM »
I am in hertz this min here in romemea Jerusalem, I am a good member and so on.....they have no cars - I am waiting for someone to return a car! Nuts!!
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #685 on: August 14, 2012, 02:36:19 AM »
I am in hertz this min here in romemea Jerusalem, I am a good member and so on.....they have no cars - I am waiting for someone to return a car! Nuts!!
ask them for an upgrade!

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Re: Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #686 on: August 14, 2012, 02:39:41 AM »
ask them for an upgrade!
He could only get what is gonna come back.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #687 on: August 14, 2012, 04:52:17 AM »
ask them for an upgrade!

so it happens to be tali, and lina (i thkik there names and elad for the car checking) are nice ppl, much nicer than albar!! but the shirft manager said shed glad to give me an upgrade but she had nothing nesides vans and so on, plus i showed her my cir gold card she said u booked with an agent it doesnt help, if u book stright then it would but the prices are much higher, ended up being we waited 20 min got a tiny little car... wtvr it was (this was for a friend of mine, i got mine at albar)
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #688 on: August 14, 2012, 09:37:48 AM »
so it happens to be tali, and lina (i thkik there names and elad for the car checking) are nice ppl, much nicer than albar!! but the shirft manager said shed glad to give me an upgrade but she had nothing nesides vans and so on, plus i showed her my cir gold card she said u booked with an agent it doesnt help, if u book stright then it would but the prices are much higher, ended up being we waited 20 min got a tiny little car... wtvr it was (this was for a friend of mine, i got mine at albar)
They just messed around with me yesterday claiming i made a scratch when I didn't. Make sure they mark every scratch!

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #689 on: August 14, 2012, 10:49:54 AM »
They just messed around with me yesterday claiming i made a scratch when I didn't. Make sure they mark every scratch!

thanks for the heads up, took pics of the car on my phone too but will bne aware
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #690 on: August 14, 2012, 11:03:17 AM »
Hello.
I am 20 years old and need to rent a car in Fort Lauderdale from Thursday evening until Monday morning.

What is the best & cheapest way of doing so, avoiding the underage fee?
Is Hertz deffinately the best way to go?
Can you tell me what to do regarding all the codes to enter etc.?
(Would it be much cheaper doing it under my wifes name??.. She is 21.)

Thanks guys!!

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #691 on: August 14, 2012, 12:10:18 PM »
Hello.
I am 20 years old and need to rent a car in Fort Lauderdale from Thursday evening until Monday morning.

What is the best & cheapest way of doing so, avoiding the underage fee?
Is Hertz deffinately the best way to go?
Can you tell me what to do regarding all the codes to enter etc.?
(Would it be much cheaper doing it under my wifes name??.. She is 21.)

Thanks guys!!
welcome to fourms no need to double post

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #692 on: August 14, 2012, 05:09:36 PM »
They just messed around with me yesterday claiming i made a scratch when I didn't. Make sure they mark every scratch!
there is one guy there who checks cars (alot of times he is the only one there, hes there for years already) not so easy when he tries to find scratches. He once made me trouble for something that was there before on the wheel, but know it was visible as the wheel was turned more, I just said goodbye and returned in King david.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #693 on: August 14, 2012, 08:34:47 PM »
Having trouble with hertz sa webite its not loading. anyone else? help?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #694 on: August 15, 2012, 06:30:28 AM »
Having trouble with hertz sa webite its not loading. anyone else? help?
Was working for me same time you posted. Be aware Hertz is currently upgrading their site and it may take a few days till everything works 100%.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #695 on: August 15, 2012, 07:37:27 AM »
Hello.
I am 20 years old and need to rent a car in Fort Lauderdale from Thursday evening until Monday morning.

What is the best & cheapest way of doing so, avoiding the underage fee?
Is Hertz deffinately the best way to go?
Can you tell me what to do regarding all the codes to enter etc.?
(Would it be much cheaper doing it under my wifes name??.. She is 21.)

Thanks guys!!



Enterprise. National. Are you not over 21 as well?
"Not all who wander are lost"

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Re: Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #696 on: August 15, 2012, 08:17:13 AM »


Enterprise. National. Are you not over 21 as well?


Hello.
I am 20 years old and need to rent a car in Fort Lauderdale from Thursday evening until Monday morning.

What is the best & cheapest way of doing so, avoiding the underage fee?
Is Hertz deffinately the best way to go?
Can you tell me what to do regarding all the codes to enter etc.?
(Would it be much cheaper doing it under my wifes name??.. She is 21.)

Thanks guys!!

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #697 on: August 15, 2012, 09:07:59 AM »
Hello.
I am 20 years old and need to rent a car in Fort Lauderdale from Thursday evening until Monday morning.

What is the best & cheapest way of doing so, avoiding the underage fee?
Is Hertz deffinately the best way to go?
Can you tell me what to do regarding all the codes to enter etc.?
(Would it be much cheaper doing it under my wifes name??.. She is 21.)

Thanks guys!!


I remember using EZ Rent  A Car when I was 18.
There are def corporate codes that will waive underage fee for over 21 but you'd have to look into if they work for 20 year olds.
"Not all who wander are lost"

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #698 on: August 15, 2012, 10:38:21 AM »

I remember using EZ Rent  A Car when I was 18.
There are def corporate codes that will waive underage fee for over 21 but you'd have to look into if they work for 20 year olds.

For Hertz?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #699 on: August 16, 2012, 01:20:19 PM »
"Not all who wander are lost"