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Old Feb 6, 2010 | 12:52 am
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Originally Posted by AndDee
Originally Posted by Vitaforce
I plan to rent a car at MDW for a week in April with the USAA rate and was wondering if car rental prices with Hertz tend to increase or decrease as you get closer to the pickup date? If I reserve now and then re-check the rate every two weeks and it keep going decreasing will any red flags be raised by frequent cancellations and re-bookings?
No problem with that at all!

I make many booking, changes, cancellations and it's never been a problem.

I wouldn't change anything the day before the rental though or for 24 hours before the rental!
I make changes up until the moment I drive off the lot. All that hertz needs to do is reprint your contract at the gold booth.

To the op - some hertz stations employ sophisticated revenue management while others don't. Anectodaly, I hear mdw does adjust up or down up to the day of rental based on stories from chicago based folks loking to do wn rental runs.
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