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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 #740 on: September 05, 2012, 12:34:05 AM »
i know someone that rented a mercedes e class (prestige) from them in albany. hit a pothole in brooklyn and blew the tire. he took it to tire shop and hertz paid over the phone. not sure if he took out the insurance but are you sure they wont pay for the tire?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #741 on: September 05, 2012, 12:37:34 AM »
had a rental and the tire blew hertz doesn't cover the tires so I had to put one on myself of course I got a cheap one does anybody know if amex covers?

Did you rent the car with a cc that has primary collision?  If yes, that should cover this.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #742 on: September 05, 2012, 12:42:49 AM »
Did you rent the car with a cc that has primary collision?  If yes, that should cover this.
i did

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #743 on: September 05, 2012, 12:46:51 AM »
i did

Great! Did you get a receipt from the tire shop? 


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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #744 on: September 05, 2012, 12:47:54 AM »
Great! Did you get a receipt from the tire shop?
yes I will open a claim tom will keep you posted

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #745 on: September 06, 2012, 12:58:30 AM »
Did you rent the car with a cc that has primary collision?  If yes, that should cover this.
What's the difference? Why would primary cover and secondary not cover?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #746 on: September 11, 2012, 01:26:53 AM »
@cbs
do you know which rate code would give me unlimted miles on a one way?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #747 on: September 11, 2012, 01:33:17 AM »
I found a car for a friend in Chicago for $267/week incl liability ins.
He ended up needing to return it after only 4 days, when he called up hertz they wanted to charge him over $300 so he decided to just return it and see what happened, they ended up charging him 135ish, so if you ever need to cut a rental short you might have a better chance paying a prorated weekly rate instead of the daily rate if you just return to location w/o calling their call center

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French / German Rates
« Reply #748 on: September 11, 2012, 04:39:06 PM »
I've heard and read on the forums about many people having issues reserving and prepaying rentals through Hertz's France, Germany and other countries websites. I have specifically heard of people having issues at the Park Slope HLE.
I just booked a car on Hertz Germany with a totally inclusive rate even including the first tank of gas, to be picked up at JFK and dropped off a Park Slope and surprisingly I saw this in the T&C:
"RATES NOW ALSO VALID FOR NY RESIDENTS"
Seems like they've caught on but still allow it! What I'm paying now is literally a fraction of the regular US rate!

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Re: French / German Rates
« Reply #749 on: September 11, 2012, 07:01:19 PM »
I've heard and read on the forums about many people having issues reserving and prepaying rentals through Hertz's France, Germany and other countries websites. I have specifically heard of people having issues at the Park Slope HLE.
I just booked a car on Hertz Germany with a totally inclusive rate even including the first tank of gas, to be picked up at JFK and dropped off a Park Slope and surprisingly I saw this in the T&C:
"RATES NOW ALSO VALID FOR NY RESIDENTS"
Seems like they've caught on but still allow it! What I'm paying now is literally a fraction of the regular US rate!
Wonder if they're legally allowed to discriminate
״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 #750 on: September 11, 2012, 08:29:14 PM »
they never said you had to be a resident of that place just that u had to be there when u booked. also many times deals dont apply to nyc so could be referring to that, or maybe not so make sure to have a backup plan

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #751 on: September 11, 2012, 09:39:13 PM »
As long as you have ID or proof of residency from that country, they will honor that rate

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #752 on: September 12, 2012, 03:27:21 PM »
I've heard and read on the forums about many people having issues reserving and prepaying rentals through Hertz's France, Germany and other countries websites. I have specifically heard of people having issues at the Park Slope HLE.
I just booked a car on Hertz Germany with a totally inclusive rate even including the first tank of gas, to be picked up at JFK and dropped off a Park Slope and surprisingly I saw this in the T&C:
"RATES NOW ALSO VALID FOR NY RESIDENTS"
Seems like they've caught on but still allow it! What I'm paying now is literally a fraction of the regular US rate!

how much are you paying?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #753 on: September 19, 2012, 03:42:20 PM »
if i buy the liability insurance supplement (lis) from hertz, does that cancel the amex plat card insurance benefit for the rental car being driven?

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Re: Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #754 on: September 19, 2012, 08:00:10 PM »
if i buy the liability insurance supplement (lis) from hertz, does that cancel the amex plat card insurance benefit for the rental car being driven?
how in the world? amex insurance has nothing to do with LI
I'm just say'in©®

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Re: Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #755 on: September 19, 2012, 08:51:51 PM »
how in the world? amex insurance has nothing to do with LI
depends what he meant. most cc will only cover if u decline the insurance from the rental company but amex also has an extra option that u pay for. not sure how that works

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Re: Re: Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #756 on: September 19, 2012, 08:53:51 PM »
depends what he meant. most cc will only cover if u decline the insurance from the rental company but amex also has an extra option that u pay for. not sure how that works
but he was,talking about LI which no CC covers
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #757 on: September 19, 2012, 10:14:18 PM »
Does anybody know if I can rent 2 cars under the same cc?
But I'm still proud to be from clev!

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #758 on: September 19, 2012, 10:17:34 PM »
Does anybody know if I can rent 2 cars under the same cc?
I've done it before.
Always use an Amex, you'll thank me one day.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #759 on: September 19, 2012, 10:30:00 PM »
Does anybody know if I can rent 2 cars under the same cc?
yes you can