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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 #1180 on: March 18, 2013, 03:59:26 PM »
I hope you can fight it out with them, after all they should have given notice.
Yeah I sent an email to costumer relations.
This whole thing happened because guys (Bachurim of course) used to book with points and then cancel the res  after picking up the car and get refunded the points and would rent for free. I know personally a couple guys who kmat never paid for rentals. But as expected one location got suspicious and reported them and they all got blacklisted.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1181 on: March 18, 2013, 04:04:54 PM »
This whole thing happened because guys (Bachurim of course) used to book with points and then cancel the res  after picking up the car and get refunded the points and would rent for free. I know personally a couple guys who kmat never paid for rentals. But as expected one location got suspicious and reported them and they all got blacklisted.
Geneiva!

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1182 on: March 18, 2013, 04:06:49 PM »
Geneiva!
Its the old Shailah if using a loophole is taos akum or geneivah ;)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1183 on: March 18, 2013, 04:32:50 PM »
Its the old Shailah if using a loophole is taos akum or geneivah ;)
???
You consider this a loophole?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1184 on: March 18, 2013, 04:39:46 PM »
They prefer you switch in an airport, but technically you can switch at any location.
I know that. Airports in this area don't give you normal cars. Where in the city will they give me a nice car?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1185 on: March 18, 2013, 04:45:09 PM »
???
You consider this a loophole?
it's neglect in their operating system.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1186 on: March 18, 2013, 06:36:54 PM »
dos anyone know, if i had a car for a week and a day and i want to return it to LAG (instead of Mosey),
what fees am i looking at facing?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1187 on: March 18, 2013, 06:42:40 PM »
call up and ask sometimes there are no charges (rates from brooklyn to ewr is the same as returning to brooklyn)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1188 on: March 18, 2013, 07:03:30 PM »
 :o they wanted over $200 more

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1189 on: March 18, 2013, 07:17:12 PM »
:o they wanted over $200 more
I spoke to a manager at jfk last night he told me it depends on the renting location if they need the vehicle try calling the location to see if they could do it for you

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1190 on: March 18, 2013, 07:22:01 PM »
I spoke to a manager at jfk last night he told me it depends on the renting location if they need the vehicle try calling the location to see if they could do it for you
cool, do i ask strait out what i'm trying to do?

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« Reply #1191 on: March 18, 2013, 07:31:01 PM »
cool, do i ask strait out what i'm trying to do?
yeah y not

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1192 on: March 19, 2013, 12:16:30 PM »
I spoke to a manager at jfk last night he told me it depends on the renting location if they need the vehicle try calling the location to see if they could do it for you
no luck this time.

why did i get over 600 points!!? how do i do that agen

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1193 on: March 19, 2013, 12:20:42 PM »
no luck this time.

why did i get over 600 points!!? how do i do that agen
Do you have any status? How much was your rental? You can see the post and reason on your profile

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1194 on: March 19, 2013, 12:32:43 PM »
i was getting the 500 activation bonus

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1195 on: March 19, 2013, 12:39:36 PM »
i was getting the 500 activation bonus
what activation bonus?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1196 on: March 19, 2013, 12:47:32 PM »
what activation bonus?
from usaa on opening my free #1gold account :)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1197 on: March 19, 2013, 01:40:42 PM »
from usaa on opening my free #1gold account :)
oh back in the day. To this day I received a total of 2000 bonus pts for activation

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« Reply #1198 on: March 19, 2013, 01:51:46 PM »
oh back in the day. To this day I received a total of 2000 bonus pts for activation
how can you get more than one signup bonus?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1199 on: March 19, 2013, 01:56:30 PM »
how can you get more than one signup bonus?
Calling up. You have to get the right rep