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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 #940 on: December 12, 2012, 07:58:05 PM »
I recently heard that $100 off promo code for any rental with hertz  is around anyone know details?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #941 on: December 12, 2012, 08:09:38 PM »
I recently heard that $100 off promo code for any rental with hertz  is around anyone know details?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #942 on: December 12, 2012, 09:07:52 PM »
Any good CDP for a one way  phx - smf? Thanks

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #943 on: December 12, 2012, 09:12:56 PM »
is there any way to get presidential circle status with hertz
for free and also for life

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #944 on: December 12, 2012, 10:59:42 PM »
Is there anyway to add a pc code when I am using RQ: XCT1? Any pc code I enter either doesnt work or gets me a higher rate.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #945 on: December 12, 2012, 11:12:00 PM »
Is there anyway to add a pc code when I am using RQ: XCT1? Any pc code I enter either doesnt work or gets me a higher rate.
nope. Its the lowest rate ull find

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #946 on: December 12, 2012, 11:15:52 PM »
nope. Its the lowest rate ull find
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Depends where, it worked for me many times.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #947 on: December 12, 2012, 11:42:25 PM »
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Depends where, it worked for me many times.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #948 on: December 13, 2012, 01:25:09 AM »
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What PC & CDP?
I just reserved for someone in southfield MI with XCT1 and a PC

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #949 on: December 13, 2012, 06:03:18 AM »
What PC & CDP?
I just reserved for someone in southfield MI with XCT1 and a PC
I don't check local but at DTW it wasn't working - even with the modify reservation trick

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #950 on: December 13, 2012, 10:16:14 AM »
I have national elite status and I know I can match it for
PC hertz but they say it's for 12 months only is there a
way to get matched for lifetime???

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #951 on: December 13, 2012, 11:59:45 AM »
What PC & CDP?
I just reserved for someone in southfield MI with XCT1 and a PC
Thanks but I think in dtw is different
Anyone have linky for weekend coupon?


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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #952 on: December 13, 2012, 02:02:40 PM »
A coupon I received! Enjoy!
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #953 on: December 13, 2012, 02:23:00 PM »
I have national elite status and I know I can match it for
PC hertz but they say it's for 12 months only is there a
way to get matched for lifetime???

anybody???

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #954 on: December 13, 2012, 09:35:02 PM »
anybody???
satisfy the requirements every year and you will get lifetime other than that nope

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #955 on: December 13, 2012, 09:42:57 PM »
satisfy the requirements every year and you will get lifetime other than that nope

if I use avis presidential circle reciept and send it to national and then get
matched and send it to hertz and in a year just change the date on reciept of avis and do it yearly will it work

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #956 on: December 15, 2012, 12:50:15 PM »
I have national elite status and I know I can match it for
PC hertz but they say it's for 12 months only is there a
way to get matched for lifetime???

How do you get hertz to match your national elite status?  I want to try it for 12 month.  Please PM thanks.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #957 on: December 15, 2012, 08:12:23 PM »
if I use avis presidential circle reciept and send it to national and then get
matched and send it to hertz and in a year just change the date on reciept of avis and do it yearly will it work
probably not. All those companies would have to keep matching and they can stop at any time. Also they will prob see that you matched once and if you don't have a lot of rentals they won't do it for you again

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #958 on: December 16, 2012, 07:31:30 AM »
I recently heard that $100 off promo code for any rental with hertz  is around anyone know details?

I just rented with this. I didn't make the reservations, nor did I pick it up or was it in my name. My friend got me the car and I used it and returned it. And there was this coupon applied for $100 off. Nice

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #959 on: December 16, 2012, 08:12:31 AM »
I just rented with this. I didn't make the reservations, nor did I pick it up or was it in my name. My friend got me the car and I used it and returned it. And there was this coupon applied for $100 off. Nice
Linky? Code?