Hertz - Upgrade PC making the rate TRIPLE?! Is this normal?

Title says it all. Standard is $13.50/day without upgrade PC, $45 when I put the upgrade PC in. Is that serious? Full size I'd receive with the upgrade PC is $14.40 without the PC entered.

Title says it all. Standard is $13.50/day without upgrade PC, $45 when I put the upgrade PC in. Is that serious? Full size I'd receive with the upgrade PC is $14.40 without the PC entered.

PCs will often nullify the discount the CDP gives, so I'm assuming you are using a CDP with it.

Title says it all. Standard is $13.50/day without upgrade PC, $45 when I put the upgrade PC in. Is that serious? Full size I'd receive with the upgrade PC is $14.40 without the PC entered.

So, you are concerned with getting the $.90/day upgrade for free?

PCs will often nullify the discount the CDP gives, so I'm assuming you are using a CDP with it.

Nope. Rate without cdp or pc is $16/day. Rate with class upgrade pc only now showing $60/day!

So, you are concerned with getting the $.90/day upgrade for free?

+1. The OP is overthinking this.

+1. The OP is overthinking this.

Overthinking? I'm just wondering if this is normal, as it's the first time I've ever noticed. I usually use the upgrade to book a full-size and get into a premium. The rate pop this PC produces seems deceptive to me.

At those rates bothering with upgrade PCs does not make sense. If the upgrade PC works for Premium, and the Premium rate is significantly higher (unlike the very small difference between Standard and Full), then that can explain why it negates the rate you're otherwise getting.

The PCs are subject to various terms and it is not deceptive for them to not be valid on the very cheap rates you're getting. $14.40/day for Full? That's insanely low. Just book it and go.

At those rates bothering with upgrade PCs does not make sense. If the upgrade PC works for Premium, and the Premium rate is significantly higher (unlike the very small difference between Standard and Full), then that can explain why it negates the rate you're otherwise getting.

The PCs are subject to various terms and it is not deceptive for them to not be valid on the very cheap rates you're getting. $14.40/day for Full? That's insanely low. Just book it and go.

Code works up to premium class upgrade, if available at time of pick up. In my experience it's usually 50/50 shot. Sometimes I'll pay extra for the full in hopes of getting a premium, otherwise I'll book a standard and get the full.

If there is a rate code like "frdm", I think that is the lowest and will not accept any promotional code. It's happening right now for frdm but if you are at an airport and put in the $10 per day discount code, pretty nice rate.

darkom, the answer to your question is YES, it is completely common for a PC to jack up the rates, sometimes seemingly absurdly so.

In your example I wonder if you had a weekend rate, and the PC called for daily rates. Daily = Weekday, and is commonly 2 to 4 times as high as weekend rates. The PC will modify the rate to apply it. So, as you learned, "renter beware."

And the other posters are trying to get you to look at the big picture. There are many PCs to get significant cash off, and we've learned that upgrades are common without PCs. I, for one, have never given an upgrade PC a second thought.

I usually use the upgrade to book a full-size and get into a premium.

Just remember that YF is also technically an upgrade from F... and that the Grand Marquis is still in the fleet :eek:

-J.