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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 #1340 on: April 23, 2013, 08:56:26 PM »

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1341 on: April 23, 2013, 08:57:18 PM »
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=10597.msg460928#msg460928 read the answer

So if I read correctly, they will not ask for ID if I add my Gold Reward #
Correct ?
Tx for your help

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1342 on: April 23, 2013, 08:59:06 PM »
So if I read correctly, they will not ask for ID if I add my Gold Reward #
Correct ?
Tx for your help
no one can tell you for sure, this is all based on ppls past experiences. best of luck

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1343 on: April 24, 2013, 06:02:36 AM »
So if I read correctly, they will not ask for ID if I add my Gold Reward #
Correct ?
Tx for your help
if you have previously rented with your gold acc which confirms your gold service they wont ask

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1344 on: April 25, 2013, 02:04:49 PM »
I'm trying to get a Hertz five star status. PM'd jj1000, but no response. Anybody else, please??!!

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1345 on: April 25, 2013, 04:41:08 PM »
I'm trying to get a Hertz five star status. PM'd jj1000, but no response. Anybody else, please??!!
http://www.hertz.com/rentacar/emember/join/overview.do?learnMore=fiveStar

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1346 on: April 25, 2013, 05:15:31 PM »
I'm trying to get a Hertz five star status. PM'd jj1000, but no response. Anybody else, please??!!
have you rented before?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1347 on: April 25, 2013, 07:54:24 PM »
what's hertz rental website link for: virgin islands
                                             Argentina
                                             Germany

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1348 on: April 25, 2013, 08:40:55 PM »
have you rented before?
Once. For 2 months

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1349 on: April 25, 2013, 10:19:32 PM »
what's hertz rental website link for: virgin islands
                                             Argentina
                                             Germany
Go to hertz.com and on the top right you can change the country

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1350 on: April 29, 2013, 10:08:42 PM »
Hi.

My plan is iy"h to come in for a wedding, with ba CVG to JFK, and  for the way there i was able to find direct from CVG to NYC,
but the way back i am only able to find as of now to CMH which flies out of LGA, the issue is i would like to rent a car with hertz points and if
i return to LGA it wants to 1200 points like a one way, any suggestions?


Thanks in advanced!
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Hertz President Circle!
And awesome!

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1351 on: April 29, 2013, 10:19:20 PM »
Hi.

My plan is iy"h to come in for ziny wedding, with ba CVG to JFK, and  for the way there i was able to find direct from CVG to NYC,
but the way back i am only able to find as of now to CMH which flies out of LGA, the issue is i would like to rent a car with hertz points and if
i return to LGA it wants to 1200 points like a one way, any suggestions?


Thanks in advanced!
There's no way around the "one way", you have many options to do, you can change your ticket to both go out of LGA if available, or take a cab between airports, or pay for rental.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1352 on: April 29, 2013, 11:49:30 PM »
Go to hertz.com and on the top right you can change the country

thanks. I did it but prices don't turn out cheaper / free one way/ free tank of gas am I missing something? Also does anyone have a Hertz PC or Avis PC welcome letter so I can email it to natinoal for them to match it

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1353 on: April 30, 2013, 02:30:47 PM »
thanks. I did it but prices don't turn out cheaper / free one way/ free tank of gas am I missing something? Also does anyone have a Hertz PC or Avis PC welcome letter so I can email it to natinoal for them to match it
you can send them a copy of your card

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1354 on: April 30, 2013, 05:02:17 PM »
you can send them a copy of your card
He prob doesn't have one;-)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1355 on: April 30, 2013, 11:27:44 PM »
He prob doesn't have one;-)

you got it so do you or does anyone have it? Also what about the foregin websites being cheap?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1356 on: April 30, 2013, 11:34:48 PM »
you got it so do you or does anyone have it? Also what about the foregin websites being cheap?
thanks. I did it but prices don't turn out cheaper / free one way/ free tank of gas am I missing something? Also does anyone have a Hertz PC or Avis PC welcome letter so I can email it to natinoal for them to match it
not always is everything free, sometimes its cheaper sometimes not. but as always YMMV

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1357 on: May 01, 2013, 04:42:14 PM »
Are there any locations in NYC besides for the airports that have gold service ?

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« Reply #1358 on: May 01, 2013, 07:09:32 PM »
Are there any locations in NYC besides for the airports that have gold service ?
Not sure what you are referring to, gold service as in just walk in to your car and drive off - no, but many places will have your contract printed out for you upon request and just hand it over to you when you get there, some places might even have a special counter for gold members

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1359 on: May 02, 2013, 01:51:19 AM »
lax june3-6

posted under usa rentals- but now i'm Gold Plus Rewards President's Circle
worth anything or other corp's still doing a better job?
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