Except for the 1 class car upgrade, I do not see any real benefit - but it's some status to keep

Since I have got Gold thru a Corporate code, will I be charged for this in the next year?

Also, my YTD rental count is showing 3 ( Number of Rentals after I got my CC & DL verified in a Gold Counter), but I had few rentals before that in HLE where there is No separate Gold Counter. So while asking for 5*, is the actual rentals (the ones for which the Receipt is showing in Hertz.com) or the ones in YTD counter - which is considered