Hertz - Best way to rent a Car for person under 25 and avoid the expensive surcharge

I need to rent a car for my niece. She is 21. The surcharge for a 6 week rental adds up. Any suggestions to lower my cost?
Thank you all.

Enterprise has had lower underage fees historically.

There are some CDP that reduce/remove the underage fee, such as ABA and other corporations, but people have mixed opinions about using them when you are not elegible.

If you are not currently #1 Gold, this would be a good reason to join (you can search for free or discount membership too). I know you said niece, but maybe their parents could join and get her membership.

Have a son or daughter age 21 or older? Let them start enjoying the benefits of Hertz #1 Club Gold with a complimentary membership. Don’t wait too long -- this offer has been extended through June 30, 2009, after that it will be gone!

In addition to waiving the $60 membership fee, they’ll also enjoy:
Savings on Standard and Leisure Rates
No additional fees related to their age*
And all the other benefits of #1 Club Gold every time they rent.

Just send this URL to the family member who you want to enroll: www.hertz.com/goldfamily

The $60 membership fee will be waived for each additional driver in your family who enrolls at this special web address.

Hurry, this offer has been extended through June 30, 2009!

*Waiver of age differential fee and reduced rental rates are only available on rentals using the Gold Family CDP number. This CDP will automatically be included for new enrollees.

If you are not currently #1 Gold, this would be a good reason to join (you can search for free or discount membership too). I know you said niece, but maybe their parents could join and get her membership.

Have a son or daughter age 21 or older? Let them start enjoying the benefits of Hertz #1 Club Gold with a complimentary membership. Don’t wait too long -- this offer has been extended through June 30, 2009, after that it will be gone!

In addition to waiving the $60 membership fee, they’ll also enjoy:
Savings on Standard and Leisure Rates
No additional fees related to their age*
And all the other benefits of #1 Club Gold every time they rent.

Just send this URL to the family member who you want to enroll: www.hertz.com/goldfamily

The $60 membership fee will be waived for each additional driver in your family who enrolls at this special web address.

Hurry, this offer has been extended through June 30, 2009!

*Waiver of age differential fee and reduced rental rates are only available on rentals using the Gold Family CDP number. This CDP will automatically be included for new enrollees.


I can attest to this. I signed up for this over the weekend and just picked up my car Sunday night from EWR. They might try to give you some song and dance about not being able to apply the CDP since it is your first Gold rental, but don't buy any of that nonsense. Speak to a manager if they give her the run-around. $290.66 for Sunday - Friday in midsized car; without the underage waiver it would have been $490~.

I know that someone who was 18 and not yet 21 was able to
rent a Uhaul pickup truck. It looks like $20 per day plus $1 per mile,
so depending on where she is going...
http://www.uhaul.com/

There's a link to a coupon in this thread

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hertz/953426-problem-coupon-code.html

to waive the fee for 21 to 24 year olds

They are calling it Give a Rental Car a Life

I need to rent a car for my niece. She is 21. The surcharge for a 6 week rental adds up. Any suggestions to lower my cost?
Thank you all.

Note that if you are using your credit card and counting on your credit card for insurance coverage, most have a 30-day rental limit for such coverage. You might need to rent a car for 4 weeks, return it, and rent another for two weeks if you want that coverage. Check your credit card rental car terms, and also your individual auto policy terms to see if she'll be covered. In many cases immediate family members are covered, like children and spouses, but coverage might not extend to your niece.

I saw the offer 2 weeks ago. I already have #1 Club Gold as I was able to sign up through some US Airways elite promotion back in the day when I was 20. However, I wanted this Gold Family CDP code so I could avoid the charges for the next year or so. I called Hertz and they said I would need to sign up for Club Gold again through this promotion in order to get access to this CDP. Since I didn't want to create an entirely new account I signed up my younger brother and nabbed the CDP code at the time of sign up.
CDP 1826991

I haven't used it yet but when I was searching for a rate it appeared to work. It appears that it can be combined with other promotion codes too.
For weekend rental from MKE this saturday and returning monday morning with regular AAA CDP and PC 104182 (50% off weekend airport) I was quoted $112.39, of which $54 was age differential charge.
When I used this Gold Family CDP and the same PC I was quoted $46.30.