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Tips when renting with Hertz:

Hertz #1 Club Gold Plus Rewards Program
The Hertz Gold Plus Rewards® 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 #3000 on: April 27, 2014, 02:54:15 AM »
They are working together, no competition. (Sort of a satellite office of Pauls location) This one is gonna be for lakewood and theother one is gonna focus on getting insurance rentals from Brick area... (No hertz in brick)

Highly doubt it

who in da world will go to Paul after this opens? everyone would rather go to the one in lkwd.... dunno how paul is gonna be in biz much longer.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3001 on: April 27, 2014, 03:26:24 AM »

who in da world will go to Paul after this opens? everyone would rather go to the one in lkwd.... dunno how paul is gonna be in biz much longer.
its only a satellite location for Paul hertz use the same location ID 

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3002 on: April 27, 2014, 03:40:48 AM »
its only a satellite location for Paul hertz use the same location ID

your kidding!!  :o

so whats the point exactly?? (meaning whats paul gaining from this)

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3003 on: April 27, 2014, 04:35:44 AM »

your kidding!!  :o

so whats the point exactly?? (meaning whats paul gaining from this)
focus more on insurance rentals

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3004 on: April 28, 2014, 12:39:09 PM »
your kidding!!  :o

so whats the point exactly?? (meaning whats paul gaining from this)
He wants to target lakewood, they are a very large percentage of the business there.
Cool! :) Will it be better for us or worse? I would assume worse because he has to answer up to higher ups why he's giving free upgrades all the time.
An upgrade for Hertz is basically free for them, and its a big way to make customers happy for cheap. I'm sure Hertz doesn't mind.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3005 on: April 28, 2014, 04:41:17 PM »
An upgrade for Hertz is basically free for them, and its a big way to make customers happy for cheap. I'm sure Hertz doesn't mind.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3006 on: April 29, 2014, 03:18:00 PM »
Is it true that hertz will sometimes let you return to the airport with no charge even if the rental came from an hle ?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3007 on: April 29, 2014, 05:19:16 PM »
Is it true that hertz will sometimes let you return to the airport with no charge even if the rental came from an hle ?
ask the pickup location.
I've done it once
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3008 on: April 29, 2014, 05:23:02 PM »
ask the pickup location.
I've done it once
+1 I've done it as well.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3009 on: April 29, 2014, 08:34:44 PM »
Hertz is flexible but entirely systematized.

between different locations depending on distance and location type sometimes there is a drop fee and many times there isnt, generally within the same city there is no fee.

call the rental extension line or pick up location and they will let you know if there is a fee based on your contract, they can switch return location for you in their system.

bear in mind some promo codes may have restrictions.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3010 on: May 01, 2014, 06:20:29 PM »
Seems you now have to choose between business and leisure if you use a CDP.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3011 on: May 06, 2014, 04:56:09 PM »
Anyone with experience of returning the car early? Fri-Mon rental, and I want to return on Sun. I found posts about this working on weekends w/o extra fees. Anyone know for sure or is it YMMV?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3012 on: May 06, 2014, 05:34:28 PM »

Anyone with experience of returning the car early? Fri-Mon rental, and I want to return on Sun. I found posts about this working on weekends w/o extra fees. Anyone know for sure or is it YMMV?
airport?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3013 on: May 06, 2014, 05:46:29 PM »
airport?
Returning to an airport location, yes.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3014 on: May 07, 2014, 05:00:04 PM »
Anyone with experience of returning the car early? Fri-Mon rental, and I want to return on Sun. I found posts about this working on weekends w/o extra fees. Anyone know for sure or is it YMMV?
If you have a pc code it will pop out

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3015 on: May 07, 2014, 05:36:07 PM »
If you have a pc code it will pop out
Pop out?

Just confirmed 2 Hertz rentals with SamKey (Chaikel Travel).
3 days in Seville (underage, automatic) for $145
3 days Rome-Venice (underage, one way drop off, automatic) for $230
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3016 on: May 07, 2014, 05:55:28 PM »
Pop out?

Just confirmed 2 Hertz rentals with SamKey (Chaikel Travel).
3 days in Seville (underage, automatic) for $145
3 days Rome-Venice (underage, one way drop off, automatic) for $230
What's the problem? There is no pc code anyway. Or did he put one in?
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3017 on: May 07, 2014, 07:02:07 PM »
What's the problem? There is no pc code anyway. Or did he put one in?
Is PC President's Circle? I don't see any code about that in the reservation.
Seville reservation was made for 3 days bc that was a cheaper rate than 2 days, but I only need it for 2.

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3018 on: May 07, 2014, 07:03:52 PM »
Is PC President's Circle? I don't see any code about that in the reservation.
Seville reservation was made for 3 days bc that was a cheaper rate than 2 days, but I only need it for 2.
No, PC is promo code
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3019 on: May 07, 2014, 07:06:55 PM »
No, PC is promo code
Oh, yeah. Well there's a bunch of codes/coupons attached to the reservation. Not sure if any of them waive the early return fee.