New mile limit?
Apr 10, 2014, 2:57 pm
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New mile limit?
I am Hertz gold member. Normally I travel around 1200 miles during 3 day period (weekend). Today I just quoted my neighbourhood Hertz online. I am surprised by that there is no unlimited free mile. Instead, it only includes 900 free mile. I have to pay $0.09 each extra mile. I didn't use any PC or RQ. I wonder if this is a permanent or temporary policy? Or even worse, just for me?
Last edited by bulletin2007; Apr 10, 2014 at 3:40 pm
Apr 10, 2014, 3:47 pm
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I am Hertz gold member. Normally I travel around 1200 miles during 3 day period (weekend). Today I just quoted my neighbourhood Hertz online. I am surprised by that there is no unlimited free mile. Instead, it only includes 900 free mile. I have to pay $0.09 each extra mile. I didn't use any PC or RQ. I wonder if this is a permanent or temporary policy? Or even worse, just for me?
Apr 10, 2014, 8:21 pm
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Which class of vehicles were you reserving? I've seen luxury and small SUV come with mileage limits in our area recently. Also any rate codes you might have used that ended with low numbers like LOCE2 will have mileage restrictions but a lower base rate.
Apr 11, 2014, 8:09 am
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That being said I have seen it appear when some promo codes and rate codes are used and only on the better vehicles mainly!
Apr 11, 2014, 6:32 pm
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I am pretty sure Hertz will not care they lose a customer who is putting 400 miles a day on a vehicle. Hertz want a car to last 12-18 months 100 miles per day is a sweet spot for them.
That being said I have seen it appear when some promo codes and rate codes are used and only on the better vehicles mainly!
That being said I have seen it appear when some promo codes and rate codes are used and only on the better vehicles mainly!
That may be, but some will put 40 miles on a car in one day, some will put 400 
They Most rentals seem to be getting 20-25k miles/year anyway, and if they don't value my loyalty, I'm sure Avis wouldn't mind having me 
Apr 14, 2014, 7:51 pm
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I checked it on priceline. It also showed that my local HLE enforced the 900 mile limit. It seems a regional policy.
Anyway, I rented from Enterprise. It has a 2500 mile limit and lower rental fee. I may switch to enterprise in the future.
Anyway, I rented from Enterprise. It has a 2500 mile limit and lower rental fee. I may switch to enterprise in the future.
If you are renting from a HLE, then the location may not want you putting 400+ miles per day on its vehicles. This thread from a couple of years ago might apply to you.
Apr 14, 2014, 9:09 pm
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AAA CDP 1 and USAA CDP 77694 both provide free unlimited mileage on "most" rentals. Do they work on this location?
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Apr 14, 2014, 9:24 pm
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I was curious so I just did a dummy booking for a Compact vehicle for a 3-day rental over a weekend. The daily rate was an amazingly low $12.xx on a Pay Later with the LDW at $22.99/day?!?! (I live in CA where it is $9/day... I can appreciate some of the local rental car regulations now looking at other states!). The vehicle did say 900 Free Miles with each additional mile being .09 (cents). The HLE locations were all listed as corporate. I used the AAA CDP.
Interesting regional policy that Hertz has there. Hopefully that doesn't spread around more.
Interesting regional policy that Hertz has there. Hopefully that doesn't spread around more.
Apr 16, 2014, 6:49 am
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I noticed that several companies had mileage caps in Montana when we went there 3 years ago. I think Avis was the only one that didn't.