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Auto Enthusiast
There is no "transparent" way to dissect or predict one-way pricing. It's proprietary, and depends on relative demand as well as depreciation due to mileage.
To elaborate a little, renting between two specific cities could result in different one-way rates depending which direction you're going. There are areas where Hertz (and the other companies too) need more cars for certain times of the year, and less for others, so they give discounts to move cars away from areas that don't need them, and higher rates for customers taking cars where they have an excess.