Originally Posted by
c1ue
The above deal is invitation only. I've been using it - I gave up having a full time car after my baby was vandalized last year to the point of being totaled by the insurance company.
To put the Hertz rental promo in perspective: 5500 miles is approximately what I earn with Mileage Plus on a round trip transcontinental flight these days as a Gold member. And while my home airport is a 1+ hour bus ride away and rentals are expensive to boot, the combination of lack of car and regular meetings 50+ miles away = a significant number of 1 day car rentals.
I've also only booked when I get $30ish rates = $50ish net cost - Hertz at this airport can be base $100/day or completely unavailable.
I posted in that thread about some Mexican Hertz rates for $1 a day. The truly ambitious could talk to the agency and do a ton of back-to-back bookings. I believe there was a trip report on FT somewhere about some guy who did something similar with Avis I believe.