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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: Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #860 on: November 05, 2012, 06:49:50 PM »
Well i do have a car from hertz, but no gas ):
Did you at least prepay a tank of gas?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #861 on: November 05, 2012, 07:30:11 PM »
Well i do have a car from hertz, but no gas ):
If you return on empty they should only charge you regular price per gallon not the $9 per gallon, or so they claim.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #862 on: November 07, 2012, 10:17:34 AM »
Trying to book a one way rental from Lakewood to JFK on Dec 5th its coming out that there are no available rentals, does that make sense.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #863 on: November 07, 2012, 10:23:07 AM »
Trying to book a one way rental from Lakewood to JFK on Dec 5th its coming out that there are no available rentals, does that make sense.

Is it possible its not a "coporate" location so its not an available option?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #864 on: November 07, 2012, 10:27:09 AM »
I tried a few week ao and it worked.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #865 on: November 07, 2012, 11:03:08 AM »
Could be they are out of cars due to the storm
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #866 on: November 07, 2012, 11:30:24 AM »
Hertz says they r sold out of cars in the NY metro area incl. The whole NJ and even out of NJ in some places

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #867 on: November 07, 2012, 12:00:38 PM »
Hertz says they r sold out of cars in the NY metro area incl. The whole NJ and even out of NJ in some places
Think they'll give a free one way from anywhere outside on NY? :)
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #868 on: November 07, 2012, 02:33:30 PM »
Hertz says they r sold out of cars in the NY metro area incl. The whole NJ and even out of NJ in some places
I have lots of availability. PM me if you need anything specific.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #869 on: November 07, 2012, 02:45:41 PM »
Hertz says they r sold out of cars in the NY metro area incl. The whole NJ and even out of NJ in some places
what happens if your PC and you book a car. will they not give you one?

and what about regular reservations that are booked? i booked a res. earlier this week for tomorrow till tuesday from LGA . do they not have cars?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #870 on: November 07, 2012, 03:00:08 PM »
what happens if your PC and you book a car. will they not give you one?

and what about regular reservations that are booked? i booked a res. earlier this week for tomorrow till tuesday from LGA . do they not have cars?

I called JFK, (I'm PC and I pre-paid). They guaranteed me that a car would be there for me if I reserved prior to 2 weeks ago. They said it doesn't matter if I'm PC this week..

Why not call LGA?

BTW what are peoples' experience with PC at JFK? Good upgrades? Close parking spots?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #871 on: November 07, 2012, 03:07:15 PM »
I called JFK, (I'm PC and I pre-paid). They guaranteed me that a car would be there for me if I reserved prior to 2 weeks ago. They said it doesn't matter if I'm PC this week..

Why not call LGA?

BTW what are peoples' experience with PC at JFK? Good upgrades? Close parking spots?
They don't want people to come down but people I sent down haven't been sent home empty handed! (Without intervening)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #872 on: November 11, 2012, 11:57:52 PM »


BTW what are peoples' experience with PC at JFK? Good upgrades? Close parking spots?

I am PC rented twice from JFK when com,ing back from israel and London, and nothing special. reserved full size, got camery and was not in close location

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #873 on: November 14, 2012, 10:48:13 AM »
Im trying to get a reservation for this weekend in NJ and it says not avaliable.
Is there anyone that can help in this case?
thanks.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #874 on: November 14, 2012, 10:50:12 AM »
Im trying to get a reservation for this weekend in NJ and it says not avaliable.
Is there anyone that can help in this case?
thanks.
Call up 800 number and If ur PC you may have a chance

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #875 on: November 14, 2012, 10:54:08 AM »
Aha, other than that no other option?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #876 on: November 14, 2012, 11:05:11 AM »
I need to pick up a rental in LGA on Jan 3 in the am and return on Sun pm, I am over by about 5 hrs, any way to avoid paying for an extra day?
I want to use Hertz so I get points any good discounts or upgrades?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #877 on: November 14, 2012, 12:42:00 PM »
I need to pick up a rental in LGA on Jan 3 in the am and return on Sun pm, I am over by about 5 hrs, any way to avoid paying for an extra day?
Amex Platinum gives you a 4 hr grace period.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #878 on: November 14, 2012, 07:01:15 PM »
Call up 800 number and If ur PC you may have a chance
Very little chance. if they don't have cars then PC won't help, most locations have a line of people ahead.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #879 on: November 14, 2012, 07:11:40 PM »
Called the 800 number and no luck. I'm a presidential circle member.
Question is like this, I have a reservation but the place is kind of far from me, now to return it I asked the manager by me if I can return it by him and he said okay.
What kind of charges would appear for an unexpected 1 way rental?
Is there any reason they wouldnt be able to properly close my contract when i go return since im not suppose to be returning to that location?
Thanks.