<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by sockboy:
I went to the Hertz site, but relly found it very uninformative. I rent cars a lot, and would like to get something out of it. I am looking for benefits such as upgrades, free rentals, FF points etc. Does Hertz offer any of these things with their program? And on the site I only see mention of regular and Gold membership, where people here are talking about other levels. Can someone please give me the run down, or a good link!!
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There are 2 programmes. Hertz #1 and #1 Gold. In the US ( and possibly Canada I expect ) there is a $50 for #1 Gold, elsewhere it is free to join.
I don't know anything about the former scheme since it isnt marketed here in the Uk.
With the Gold scheme there are 3 tiers, regular, 5 star and Presidents Circle.
With all gold memberships you should, theoretically, have a nice easy pick up of ya car, just show a driving licence and go. If you make 10 rentals in a year, then you will get upgraded to 5* membership. This will give you a 1 class upgrade if available when you pick the car up. Complete the requisite number for Presidents Circle ( varies , 40 in US, 30 in Europe and Australia for example ) and you will get upgraded to this level. This gives a guaranteed 1 class upgrade at time of booking plus guaranteed car availability ( Groups a-d ) even if a location is sold out.
You can get FF miles with certain airlines just by giving your FF number at time of booking regardless of membership og #1 Gold.
Hope this helps
Dave