Hertz Prestige: Which car to Choose

[eliteflyer]

 

I have multiple one-week reservations at PBI that I found at Hertz.com using the generic Delta discount code with the 200 mile coupon. Base rate on Prestige cars showed up significantly less than even a basic economy...

Mrs. Elite Flyer and I have boiled down our choices to either:

A) Infiniti G37 (4 door) base rate $80 per week: Total after taxes and concessions $110
B) Mercedes "C-Series" (nothing more specific in the description) base rate $86: Total after taxes and concessions $118

There was also a hard top corvette convertible (not sure if its a V8) for $152 AI, and a Volvo C70 convertible for $110.

Max mileage is 1400 per week; .35 for each additional mile.

Which car do you recommend for cruising south Florida in for a week.

[elikay]

I'm assuming your taking insurance. (Its not always included in CC.)

[eliteflyer]

I'm assuming your taking insurance. (Its not usually included in CC.)

Amex wont cover it? Both of these cars have an MSRP well under 50K.

[elikay]

Not in front of PC but I'm not sure that MC would cover it, although AMEX probably would.

[aussiebochur]

Luxury cars are included in insurance, exotic cars arent.

I don't think either of the above would be considered exotic. But a quick call to confirm would probably be best.

[eliteflyer]

Luxury cars are included in insurance, exotic cars arent.

I don't think either of the above would be considered exotic. But a quick call to confirm would probably be best.

Called Amex. Both of these cars are covered, although the agent advised that the Mercedes C class could potentially have an MSRP of 58,000 if its well equipped, in which case, it would not be covered.

[eliteflyer]

Called Amex. Both of these cars are covered, although the agent advised that the Mercedes C class could potentially have an MSRP of 58,000 if its well equipped, in which case, it would not be covered.

Just spoke to a manager at Hertz at PBI who was happy to give me the information for insurance purposes. Their C series is $40,000.

Amex SPG should be fine.

[yare]

how the heck did you get these rates?? care to expound on teh delta discount code and the 200 mile coupon?

[deals]

how the heck did you get these rates?? care to expound on teh delta discount code and the 200 mile coupon?

+1

[Bh101]

how the heck did you get these rates?? care to expound on teh delta discount code and the 200 mile coupon?

+1

[eliteflyer]

I suspect that there was some sort of glitch in the Hertz booking system. I went to Delta.com, and followed their link for rental cars (https://offer.hertz.com/offers/index.jsp?targetPage=DLMS01.jsp&id=21182) which plugged in some generic discount code for Hertz. At that point I grabbed the rate as soon as I saw it. Coincidentally, I checked back today and the rates on luxury cars were back up to their normal $600-$1000 range.....and yesterday, the weekly rate was just $87. Incidentally, the guy at the counter today was pretty impressed with the rate.

Pretty funny, this is the first time that I A) rented a car without a corporate account and B) didn't ask for an upgrade. (nor did the rep try to sell me an upgrade:-)

We ended up taking the Mercedes for the week at $117 all in.

[Bh101]

next time please post the deal right away so we can take advantage of it.....thanks

[hocker]

can u pls post a copy of your rental reciept? I would like to see how they did it.

[eliteflyer]

can u pls post a copy of your rental reciept? I would like to see how they did it.

Will do once I return the car.

next time please post the deal right away so we can take advantage of it.....thanks

That's pretty much what I did. Sorry for not being more instantaneous.

[elikay]

u didn't explain right away.

[eliteflyer]

u didn't explain right away.

A similar rate was available even w/o using the DL coupon when I posted it.