Hertz - Luggage carts available at JFK return lot?

I'm taking a one-way rental from Pittsburgh to JFK on Christmas Eve with LOTS of baggage (think 5-6 bags and boxes packed close to 50lbs each) and nobody else to help me and I'm wondering if there would be a luggage cart available (either self or porter) on the return lot.

If not, what other options might there be? One option I can think of is to park the car at a short-term parking lot and drag all the luggages to check-in counter to take care of them and then return the car afterwards.

By the way, I will be flying out of Terminal 4 on Asiana airlines and the flight leaves around midnight.

Anybody have a couple cents to spare? :D

I'm taking a one-way rental from Pittsburgh to JFK on Christmas Eve with LOTS of baggage (think 5-6 bags and boxes packed close to 50lbs each) and nobody else to help me and I'm wondering if there would be a luggage cart available (either self or porter) on the return lot.

If not, what other options might there be? One option I can think of is to park the car at a short-term parking lot and drag all the luggages to check-in counter to take care of them and then return the car afterwards.

By the way, I will be flying out of Terminal 4 on Asiana airlines and the flight leaves around midnight.

Anybody have a couple cents to spare? :D

certainly used just standard luggage carts from the hertz drop-off via the monorail. this will obviously be unsuitable for the amount of luggage you are carrying.
with security the way it is i can't see anyway of doing more than one trip and leaving baggage while you go back to get more. possibly your best bet is to ring the airline and see if they will accept you bringing your luggage in two trips from the car park.

If you were a Hertz Platinum, they would drive you in your rental car to the terminal. But that would cost an extra $1000. Perhaps if you call ahead and ask the manager, they can arrange for you to have a terminal side drop off of the car. But I can imagine the JFK operation to be too big for that. So maybe try calling the closest HLE to JFK and asking the manager of that store for a drop off?

Thanks for your inputs. Looks like parking the car in the airport first to take care of my luggages and then returning the car would be best so far. I haven't asked the airline but I'm pretty sure they will have no problem receiving my additional luggages after check-in as long as I give the agent a heads-up while checking in.

Maybe I can try going into the return facility to see I can do the whole thing there and if not, go to the short-term parking lot?

Could anybody let me know if that would be possible, that is to go to the return lot and then come back out without actually returning the car if it becomes clear that I have to take multiple trips and they are not willing to hold my luggages?

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Have you priced what it would cost to ship your excess baggage ahead of time (from Pittsburgh), rather than pay the airline's excess baggage fee?

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Have you priced what it would cost to ship your excess baggage ahead of time (from Pittsburgh), rather than pay the airline's excess baggage fee?

You mean, to my final destination? I did, and it's much more expensive than what Asiana charges for excess baggage. FYI, I'm going to Korea and shipping would cost $250 with the cheapest USPS option (or whopping $480 with FedEx) per 50 lbs package. It's really too bad there is no surface shipping option available anymore... On the other hand, Asiana excess baggage fee is $130 per bag up to 50 lbs and about $10 more per bag for airport to home shipping once I arrive in Korea.

I have also considered shipping my luggages to JFK but it was getting too complicated for too little gain (vs. hauling them myself with a one-way rental of course)

I even considered using airline cargo service directly, which appears to be cheaper but unfortunately it looks like I have to become a "known shipper" before I can even use the service. Bummer...

I'd offer a generous tip to a Hertz employee to follow you on the airtrain with another cart. I'm betting you'll get a taker.