Originally Posted by
Bobster
I started at the Hertz web site. I saw the link to the AAA membership signup that would give me 10% discount, so I became an AAA member. Then went back to Hertz and started over again. It turned out I couldn't use my new AAA membership with Hertz, because they gave me a temporary membership number and I had to wait weeks for a card in the mail. But then Hertz offered me a promotional weekly rate
identical to the AAA discount.
So, by following the advice that Hertz gave me, I ended up with a new AAA card that I couldn't use on my first rental. And I didn't even need it to get a discount. I wasted an hour looking up rates at Hertz and at AAA and finding they were the same.
It's not always the same. Sometimes the AAA rate is the same as the other discounts, but AAA can often give you a special AAA weekend or AAA weekly rate. Also, when the rates are high, and all of the discounts are only 5% (such as on a one way), AAA will always give you at least 10%. If you rent often, the AAA card is definitely worth it.