I've been renting from Thrifty for the last 5 years mainly because their rental price is usually cheaper than the other guys. I rent an average of a week a month which equates to about 60 days a year.

Until my recent experience with customer service in PDX I plan on leaving them to venture to a new company.

Based on a few reviews national programs appears to be top pick but looking at the activity on this forum and hertz has the most activity which means more people probably rent from Hertz than the other guys. There's a free Gold upgrade so i joined just now.

Is it an annual charge or is it a one time charge?

Was just wondering why you guys rent Hertz and not other guys like Avis or National (price seems high).