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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 #1400 on: May 17, 2013, 04:56:54 AM »
Some new codes out! 2x upgrade: PC 182442
$10 off a day up to $30 on week end or weekly rates

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1401 on: May 17, 2013, 05:04:03 AM »
Some new codes out! 2x upgrade: PC 182442
$10 off a day up to $30 on week end or weekly rates
2x upgrade only if booked up until standard size   ::)
and the $10 off doesnt work with the $14.99 rate.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1402 on: May 17, 2013, 05:13:51 AM »
2x upgrade only if booked up until standard size   ::)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1403 on: May 17, 2013, 06:30:31 AM »

and the $10 off doesnt work with the $14.99 rate.
but the 2x upgrade does

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1404 on: May 19, 2013, 10:15:51 AM »
If I make a reservation through priceline or Chase UR, can I add the USAA code to waive the underage fee?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1405 on: May 19, 2013, 10:20:23 AM »
If I make a reservation through priceline or Chase UR, can I add the USAA code to waive the underage fee?
Priceline probably Chase doubt it (never tried either one)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1406 on: May 19, 2013, 11:24:13 AM »
If I make a reservation through priceline or Chase UR, can I add the USAA code to waive the underage fee?
You should be able to add it at the rental location.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1407 on: May 19, 2013, 12:28:23 PM »
You should be able to add it at the rental location.
If you can't add it online you can't add it at location

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1408 on: May 19, 2013, 12:32:22 PM »
U should be able to add it at the location , however the rate may change ... And if u are using chase Ur prob for the better . Dunno abt priceline

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1409 on: May 19, 2013, 12:35:48 PM »
U should be able to add it at the location , however the rate may change ... And if u are using chase Ur prob for the better . Dunno abt priceline
Again why would location be different from your gold acc at Hertz.com

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1410 on: May 19, 2013, 12:40:59 PM »
Again why would location be different from your gold acc at Hertz.com
at any time at an Hle u can add or swap cdps on your Rez , add pcs et.. Which in this case would be the same

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1411 on: May 19, 2013, 01:08:06 PM »
Rent 40 cars a year or match from Avis PC or National EE, read this
what happened to this http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/19066 post

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1412 on: May 19, 2013, 01:14:36 PM »
at any time at an Hle u can add or swap cdps on your Rez , add pcs et.. Which in this case would be the same
you didn't answer the question

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1413 on: May 19, 2013, 01:19:20 PM »
you didn't answer the question
Can only talk from experience, which it has worked for me

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1414 on: May 19, 2013, 02:12:13 PM »
Can only talk from experience, which it has worked for me
The fact is that there is no difference changing the CDP online or at location the different rate will apply the reason I posted before that UR won't work is because they have their own CDP and if you are using UR points for the res or they have a deal it is only while using their CDP (its part of a promotion to get more people to use their CDP) as apposed to pricelin that is just an agent except I don't know how priceline reservations works I'm assuming they work with a rate code or something and not a CDP but I'm not sure
@Mesh does that answer your question?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1415 on: May 19, 2013, 02:14:59 PM »
The fact is that there is no difference changing the CDP online or at location the different rate will apply the reason I posted before that UR won't work is because they have their own CDP and if you are using UR points for the res or they have a deal it is only while using their CDP (its part of a promotion to get more people to use their CDP) as apposed to pricelin that is just an agent except I don't know how priceline reservations works I'm assuming they work with a rate code or something and not a CDP but I'm not sure
@Mesh does that answer your question?
-1 u will always be able to waive the underage fee as a usaa member as long as u are willing to use their cdp at time of rental

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« Reply #1416 on: May 19, 2013, 02:23:14 PM »

@Mesh does that answer your question?
Almost...
Would still like to hear first hand experience.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1417 on: May 19, 2013, 02:28:44 PM »
-1 u will always be able to waive the underage fee as a usaa member as long as u are willing to use their cdp at time of rental
please highlight where I said otherwise

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1418 on: May 19, 2013, 06:56:05 PM »
The new USAA PCs: 168851 $35 off weekly midsize and higher
179701 $5 a day(ANY CAR CLASS!)
159530 2x upgrade

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #1419 on: May 21, 2013, 11:59:29 AM »
I'm looking to rent a car for the 2 summer months. What's the cheapest location up to 3 hrs from Brooklyn? So far, Delaware was the cheapest I found. Any suggestions?