Does Hertz do a status or points challenge?
Sep 15, 2016, 8:25 am
#1
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Does Hertz do a status or points challenge?
I just moved and I had a budget rental less than a mile from my house. I probably rented 50 times a year from them. Now I live near a Hertz and I have no status with them. If I demonstrated my frequency of rental, would Hertz give me a higher rental status up front?
Sep 15, 2016, 11:19 am
#3
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Sep 15, 2016, 2:01 pm
#4
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Location: New York, NY, USA
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Third that. Hertz status is pretty useless. OTOH, Hertz gives our 5* and PC like candies. Check around your airlines frequent flyer programs or credit cards; some of them may come with free Hertz 5* or PC status.
Sep 20, 2016, 11:33 pm
#8
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Sep 21, 2016, 10:40 am
#9
Join Date: Feb 2014
Programs: Amex Plat, Hilton Diamond, SPG Gold, Carlson Gold, CM Presidential / *A Gold, Hertz 5*
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If its a guaranteed benefit (which I believe they say it is), then a complaint each time to Hertz may get you free points/rentals/etc. Seems like you are freerolling and if a bunch of people being to complain each time (twitter works great too) then Hertz will either make location give the upgrade without hassle, or remove the "guarantee" part of the benefit and word it like 5*
Sep 21, 2016, 12:22 pm
#10
Join Date: Mar 2015
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, SPG Plat, UA GS
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If its a guaranteed benefit (which I believe they say it is), then a complaint each time to Hertz may get you free points/rentals/etc. Seems like you are freerolling and if a bunch of people being to complain each time (twitter works great too) then Hertz will either make location give the upgrade without hassle, or remove the "guarantee" part of the benefit and word it like 5*
At this point, I feel lucky if I get a pre-assigned car as I've waited an average of 45 minutes at the gold desk the past 3 mondays to get my Yaris or Minivan while there are hundreds of cars sitting in the lot.
Maybe better luck at HLE's but the airport locations don't give a :-: about status.
Sep 24, 2016, 8:53 am
#11
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 371
Sixth. Been PC for as long as it's been around. Used to get really nice upgrades from Full Size to, well, just about anything they had. Jaguar, Mercedes, Volvo S80. Now it's the old sublcass upgrade, since when is a Ford Taurus an upgrade form Full Size. And I'm not sure if it's me but in all but two rentals in the last 3 months my stall has been as far away as possible. Twice it was literally the last possible stall there was. When they don't even have President Circle stalls anymore you know it isn't worth the effort because they're not differentiating. If there's too many of us then make it more difficult to attain and make it worth while.