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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 #2660 on: January 04, 2014, 08:24:37 PM »
Is a second driver covered for LDW from the primary drivers credit card?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2661 on: January 04, 2014, 08:33:22 PM »
Is a second driver covered for LDW from the primary drivers credit card?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2662 on: January 04, 2014, 08:35:47 PM »
When I return the car do I have to report any damage that happened to the car?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2663 on: January 04, 2014, 08:44:44 PM »
When I return the car do I have to report any damage that happened to the car?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2664 on: January 04, 2014, 08:46:22 PM »
How do I confirm that a rental is closed and if they didn't notice the damage they can't charge me?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2665 on: January 04, 2014, 08:54:23 PM »
How do I confirm that a rental is closed and if they didn't notice the damage they can't charge me?
Did you get a receipt or an ereturn?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2666 on: January 04, 2014, 09:00:14 PM »
Didn't return it yet. Wanted to know what the best option would be to avoid problems. I'm assuming if I return the car when the location is open they won't notice the damage(its really minimal) but wanted to know what I need to confirm that the rental has been closed and they can't post anymore charges...
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2667 on: January 04, 2014, 11:16:42 PM »
email will suffice

I dont have an email from them.... deleted that along time ago.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2668 on: January 04, 2014, 11:35:01 PM »
I dont have an email from them.... deleted that along time ago.
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When I return the car do I have to report any damage that happened to the car?
What exactly is the question? Can you deceive them into thinking that no damage was done to the car?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2669 on: January 05, 2014, 12:47:03 AM »
Perhaps try returning at night or to an indoor location where lighting isnt great.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2670 on: January 05, 2014, 12:54:47 AM »
The damage is minimal like I previously mentioned. I'm not scamming anyone as the car is insured, however, IME hertz is not pleased to deal with damaged cars and make it really difficult for you...fill out forms etc so if I return w/o them noticing and get a receipt etc I was wondering if they still can charge me once they do notice.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2671 on: January 05, 2014, 12:56:29 AM »
Anybody know if there's any way to switch a return fro lakewood to monsey without getting slammed with one way fees etc lakeowod branch is closed tomorrow and I'm in monsey.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2672 on: January 05, 2014, 01:38:34 AM »
The damage is minimal like I previously mentioned. I'm not scamming anyone as the car is insured, however, IME hertz is not pleased to deal with damaged cars and make it really difficult for you...fill out forms etc so if I return w/o them noticing and get a receipt etc I was wondering if they still can charge me once they do notice.
Well I hope you don't mean that its not a scam cuz they're insured. But that's a discussion for a different place.
 At the airports I've found the reps more easy going with damage, as they are not interested in bothering with the paperwork.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2673 on: January 05, 2014, 02:31:15 AM »
The damage is minimal like I previously mentioned. I'm not scamming anyone as the car is insured, however, IME hertz is not pleased to deal with damaged cars and make it really difficult for you...fill out forms etc so if I return w/o them noticing and get a receipt etc I was wondering if they still can charge me once they do notice.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2674 on: January 05, 2014, 09:47:22 AM »
Anybody know if there's any way to switch a return fro lakewood to monsey without getting slammed with one way fees etc lakeowod branch is closed tomorrow and I'm in monsey.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2675 on: January 05, 2014, 12:56:24 PM »
Just return it in an airport? That would still turn it into a one way rental.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2676 on: January 05, 2014, 02:18:01 PM »
Just return it in an airport? That would still turn it into a one way rental.
trade it in

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2677 on: January 05, 2014, 07:41:03 PM »
But u find that many hle don't carry premium, I'd that correct?
In general correct. but this works with SUVs, and other car models too.
As well a HLE near me recently started renting G's... So that's part of why I posted the tip...
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2678 on: January 06, 2014, 09:40:34 AM »
The old Hertz CV of 04vx0001 expired at the end of 2013.
The new one is 04vx0002.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #2679 on: January 06, 2014, 10:09:47 AM »
The old Hertz CV of 04vx0001 expired at the end of 2013.
The new one is 04vx0002.
what does it do?