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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 #3340 on: July 29, 2014, 03:32:01 PM »
What is the points pc
it depends on how long the rental is for, there's a different PC for a week or for a weekend
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3341 on: July 30, 2014, 08:48:02 AM »
Anybody with recent experience in Albany airport?

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3342 on: July 30, 2014, 02:22:13 PM »
they work for me, which location are you checking?
did you manage to get a reservation that location those dates with points?
b.c using the book with points link i dont get offered the weekly points rate
and the pc comes up with  the "not valid screen" though it works on other dates

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« Reply #3343 on: July 30, 2014, 02:26:29 PM »
did you manage to get a reservation that location those dates with points?
b.c using the book with points link i dont get offered the weekly points rate
and the pc comes up with  the "not valid screen" though it works on other dates
I was not able to use points at LAX for those dates
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3344 on: July 31, 2014, 12:46:54 PM »
If you need a CDP also to go along with it you can use 2044624
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3345 on: July 31, 2014, 12:54:06 PM »
I tried for an upcoming trip to Florida in January and I got an error message stating "Dates outside of convention dates"
As of now it is only applicable through 12/31 but hopefully sometime soon it will be extended for throughout 2015. Will keep posted and will try to work on getting it extended now
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3346 on: July 31, 2014, 04:32:38 PM »
As of now it is only applicable through 12/31 but hopefully sometime soon it will be extended for throughout 2015. Will keep posted and will try to work on getting it extended now
Thanks!
What kind of offers have you received using this code?

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« Reply #3347 on: July 31, 2014, 10:28:00 PM »
Thanks!
What kind of offers have you received using this code?
every location varies depending on the schedule of rent so you just gotta Rey it out every time. I know somebody who just saved 500 dollars on a 3 week rental with it
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3348 on: July 31, 2014, 10:34:58 PM »
Just got a brand new charger in Albany airport tons of brand new cars there that's were hertz is hiding new cars!

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« Reply #3349 on: July 31, 2014, 10:47:29 PM »
Just got a brand new charger in Albany airport tons of brand new cars there that's were hertz is hiding new cars!
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3350 on: July 31, 2014, 11:58:22 PM »
Just got a brand new charger in Albany airport tons of brand new cars there that's were hertz is hiding new cars!
Excellent customer service in Albany very friendly

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« Reply #3351 on: August 01, 2014, 12:08:09 AM »
Excellent customer service in Albany very friendly
That still doesn't answer the question. Plus Albany is far away.
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« Reply #3352 on: August 01, 2014, 12:09:11 AM »
That still doesn't answer the question. Plus Albany is far away.
I didn't comment on your question

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3353 on: August 01, 2014, 12:30:29 AM »

That still doesn't answer the question. Plus Albany is far away.
far away is relative
I paid $700 a month (not in Albany I was just trading in) don't think you can beat that

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« Reply #3354 on: August 01, 2014, 01:15:53 AM »
Not too hard to beat 700 for the month. Try it with the code and let me know what happens.
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3355 on: August 01, 2014, 02:10:54 AM »
Hertz new policy. Reservations using ur gold points must be made min 24hrs b4 u pick up

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« Reply #3356 on: August 01, 2014, 02:16:43 AM »
Hertz new policy. Reservations using ur gold points must be made min 24hrs b4 u pick up
I think it's been that way for a while already
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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3357 on: August 01, 2014, 04:00:35 AM »
I think it's been that way for a while already
yes. Since July 1
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« Reply #3358 on: August 01, 2014, 07:57:37 AM »
yes. Since July 1
I changed my points reservation to same day and it did work maybe changing a reservation is different

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Re: Hertz Master Thread
« Reply #3359 on: August 03, 2014, 12:19:51 AM »
I rented a car in FL via Hotwire for later this month. The rental company turned out to be Hertz. When I pick up the car and want to add an additional authorized driver are they going to charge me for it? If yes, is there away to avoid that?
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