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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 #840 on: November 04, 2012, 01:24:04 AM »
So does president circle, but if they have no cars there's nothing you can do about it, they won't buy 1 car just for you
People are still returning cars.

If you absolutely need a car, as a Plat, make a res, go down and wait at JFK until some returns a car.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #841 on: November 04, 2012, 01:25:53 AM »
Still dosent seem to answer why they wouldn't have cars in another 6 days from now and even not availible for PC members.
I am PC as well but they can't create a car for you if they don't have!
If they have a major shortage of cars, it's understandable that they wouldn't accept reservations until things get back to normal.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #842 on: November 04, 2012, 01:27:17 AM »
If you absolutely need a car, as a Plat, make a res, go down and wait at JFK until some returns a car.
Based on what are you saying that? Only plat and not pc?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #843 on: November 04, 2012, 01:28:40 AM »
Based on what are you saying that? Only plat and not pc?
I'm assuming people rented cars and need to give them back.

Chance of getting a car will be higher with Plat, but for all I know you can get one without status as well
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #844 on: November 04, 2012, 01:30:08 AM »
Maybe they have contracts with all the crews and agencies coming in to the tri-state area. E.g. utility workers, FEMA, National guard, federal rescue teams, etc.

Also, its possible that alot of their cars got flooded.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #845 on: November 04, 2012, 01:34:09 AM »
People are still returning cars.

If you absolutely need a car, as a Plat, make a res, go down and wait at JFK until some returns a car.
They won't even let me reserve it.

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Re: Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #846 on: November 04, 2012, 01:36:11 AM »
I'm assuming people rented cars and need to give them back.
I spoke to hertz they said no one is returning bec if they lost their car they are renting for a while.
But I'm still proud to be from clev!

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Re: Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #847 on: November 04, 2012, 01:36:57 AM »
I spoke to hertz they said no one is returning bec if they lost their car they are renting for a while.
There gotta be people who rented when they came in and all return when leaving NY
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #848 on: November 04, 2012, 01:42:21 AM »
I think both plat and PC have a good chance of getting a car perhaps plat a bit more.
Usually if I log into my account and I'm PC it automatically will show me some cars even if its not available. In this case it dosent show at all

Have in mind that they guarantee a vehicle with a reservation more then 2 hours, but here since they don't let me reserve at all they can just say we never promised you anything.

I guess the best option is to go in and wait for someone to return,  but I would like to play with the rate online in order to get a good deal, if they are gonna charge me a arm and a leg I'll just go to a diff. Company.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #849 on: November 04, 2012, 01:50:18 AM »
if they are gonna charge me a arm and a leg I'll just go to a diff. Company.
I wouldn't be surprised if other companies are also sold out. Did you check any other companies yet? They have no availability issue?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #850 on: November 04, 2012, 09:39:20 AM »
I wouldn't be surprised if other companies are also sold out. Did you check any other companies yet? They have no availability issue?
Yup, I have a reservation with dollar

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Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #851 on: November 04, 2012, 09:55:27 AM »
Is there a way for me a reserve a car under my name, and have someone else (co-worker slash bro-in-law for example) actually pick it up.
If ye, how?

Tia.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #852 on: November 04, 2012, 10:13:27 AM »
still doesnt make sense...they are letting me reserve a car for a week but not for a couple of days.

Im pc btw

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Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #853 on: November 04, 2012, 12:24:02 PM »
still doesnt make sense...they are letting me reserve a car for a week but not for a couple of days.

Im pc btw
Could be they are prioritizing the cars for people who lost their cars and need the car long term (ie 1 week +) and not just regulars who need a car for a day. Although I doubt this is the reason, it's more likely a computer glitch.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #854 on: November 04, 2012, 12:25:11 PM »
Is there a way for me a reserve a car under my name, and have someone else (co-worker slash bro-in-law for example) actually pick it up.
If ye, how?

Tia.
If your a Platinum member yes, otherwise you got to have a  hookup.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #855 on: November 05, 2012, 09:45:27 AM »
Searched all over but couldnt find an answer.

I have a $100 " Hertz Customer Satisfaction Car Rental Certificate" that i would like to sell, but not sure if i can.

In the T&C it says "...may be used only by the person named above."

Anyone have any experiences with these? Will they check if names match?
Anyone?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #856 on: November 05, 2012, 02:56:39 PM »
I'm looking to pick up a car in Lakewood and dropping off at JFK (one day Dec 5th) is there any way to get the drop fee charge dropped

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #857 on: November 05, 2012, 03:01:26 PM »
I'm looking to pick up a car in Lakewood and dropping off at JFK (one day Dec 5th) is there any way to get the drop fee charge dropped
No, try to find a rate with no drop fee

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #858 on: November 05, 2012, 05:24:49 PM »
Hertz on Coney Island currently have a waitlist of 400 people, so they say...

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #859 on: November 05, 2012, 06:22:33 PM »
Well i do have a car from hertz, but no gas ):