Consolidated "Renting at MIA; What Kind of Cars to Expect?" Thread
Jan 15, 2019, 2:02 pm
#31
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 39
Thanks Joonydell,
Well I hadn't realized that I've just become President Circle, so the choice will be even greater
It turns out that the person I will be travelling with has National Executive Elite Status. We are planning on renting only one car.
Does anyone know how the MIA National Executive Elite aisle compares to Hertz President Circle Ultimate Choice ? Is one way better than the other ? Ideally we'd like a "good" SUV.
Should I cancel my reservation with Hertz and go with National? or should I just stick with Hertz who is cheaper in our case ?
Well I hadn't realized that I've just become President Circle, so the choice will be even greater
It turns out that the person I will be travelling with has National Executive Elite Status. We are planning on renting only one car.
Does anyone know how the MIA National Executive Elite aisle compares to Hertz President Circle Ultimate Choice ? Is one way better than the other ? Ideally we'd like a "good" SUV.
Should I cancel my reservation with Hertz and go with National? or should I just stick with Hertz who is cheaper in our case ?
Jan 17, 2019, 1:06 pm
#32
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Berlin
Programs: Sixt DIA, Hertz PC, Europcar Elite VIP
Posts: 47
depends on what you prefer?! reading through this forum it seems like national has the higher quality fleet where is hertz is a lot cheaper. so depending on the difference in price you could be also lucky with hertz.
Jan 17, 2019, 6:43 pm
#33
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: SFO/DTW
Programs: DL PM 0.5MM, Hyatt Globalist, HHonors Gold, SPG Plat, Marriott Gold, Avis PC, National EE, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,988
Thanks Joonydell,
Well I hadn't realized that I've just become President Circle, so the choice will be even greater
It turns out that the person I will be travelling with has National Executive Elite Status. We are planning on renting only one car.
Does anyone know how the MIA National Executive Elite aisle compares to Hertz President Circle Ultimate Choice ? Is one way better than the other ? Ideally we'd like a "good" SUV.
Should I cancel my reservation with Hertz and go with National? or should I just stick with Hertz who is cheaper in our case ?
Well I hadn't realized that I've just become President Circle, so the choice will be even greater
It turns out that the person I will be travelling with has National Executive Elite Status. We are planning on renting only one car.
Does anyone know how the MIA National Executive Elite aisle compares to Hertz President Circle Ultimate Choice ? Is one way better than the other ? Ideally we'd like a "good" SUV.
Should I cancel my reservation with Hertz and go with National? or should I just stick with Hertz who is cheaper in our case ?
"Good" SUV is dependent upon what you are looking for. I always aim for higher end trim vehicles (Ford = Titanium/Limited, Nissan = Platinum, Chevy = LTZ) - higher trim will mean more features.
Jan 22, 2019, 11:08 am
#37
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: SAN, MIA, GOT
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 349
There was one suv last time. Cant remember what it was as it's not my preference.
I've been tempted to book an off airport location but I usually fly in from Europe to MIA and wanna skip the extra stop.
I've been tempted to book an off airport location but I usually fly in from Europe to MIA and wanna skip the extra stop.
Jan 26, 2019, 1:10 pm
#38
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 157
So frustrating... when I rented from Five Star there were a bunch of Kias: Sportsge, Soul and a large sedan type.
This morning (1/26), dropping off, the Five Star area had Cherokees, Toyota 4Runners, an Impala, Chrysler 300s and a brand new Chevy pickup with a grand total of 3 miles on the clock.
This morning (1/26), dropping off, the Five Star area had Cherokees, Toyota 4Runners, an Impala, Chrysler 300s and a brand new Chevy pickup with a grand total of 3 miles on the clock.
Feb 10, 2019, 6:11 am
#40
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 13
PC with a convertible reservation coming up in about four weeks - has anybody ever seen a Corvette or the V8 variants of the Camaro and Mustang (SS, GT) in ANY section (PC, gold, 5 star, even premium upgrades) at this particular location?
Feb 10, 2019, 5:19 pm
#41
Join Date: Feb 2019
Programs: All of them
Posts: 2
I just did the Amex/National upgrade and got the Hertz match. Have never been 5* or PC before, and usually rent off-airport, but was in MIA and got to check out the selection. Not that much better than Gold.
5* had Tahoe, Edge, Soul, Rogue, Cruze, Corolla, Malibu, Ram 1500 4x4, Mustang hardtop, Impala, Suburban, Altima
PC: Impala, Tahoe, Rogue, Q50, 500, 300, Grand Caravan, Yukon (reg and XL), QX90, Highlander, Colorado, and a 4Runner that I took. Base model.
5* had Tahoe, Edge, Soul, Rogue, Cruze, Corolla, Malibu, Ram 1500 4x4, Mustang hardtop, Impala, Suburban, Altima
PC: Impala, Tahoe, Rogue, Q50, 500, 300, Grand Caravan, Yukon (reg and XL), QX90, Highlander, Colorado, and a 4Runner that I took. Base model.
Last edited by FlyinHawaiian; Feb 10, 2019 at 6:00 pm Reason: moved into consolidated MIA thread
Feb 11, 2019, 12:39 am
#42
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 13
I just did the Amex/National upgrade and got the Hertz match. Have never been 5* or PC before, and usually rent off-airport, but was in MIA and got to check out the selection. Not that much better than Gold.
5* had Tahoe, Edge, Soul, Rogue, Cruze, Corolla, Malibu, Ram 1500 4x4, Mustang hardtop, Impala, Suburban, Altima
PC: Impala, Tahoe, Rogue, Q50, 500, 300, Grand Caravan, Yukon (reg and XL), QX90, Highlander, Colorado, and a 4Runner that I took. Base model.
5* had Tahoe, Edge, Soul, Rogue, Cruze, Corolla, Malibu, Ram 1500 4x4, Mustang hardtop, Impala, Suburban, Altima
PC: Impala, Tahoe, Rogue, Q50, 500, 300, Grand Caravan, Yukon (reg and XL), QX90, Highlander, Colorado, and a 4Runner that I took. Base model.
Not a bad selection of SUVs, but as far as cars go, there only being one hardtop Mustang (and probably an ecoboost at that) amongst the other usual suspects isn't all that exciting.
Although I'm PC, this is actually the first time that I'm renting through Hertz for leisure purposes -- but, unless MIA is an outlier and there are better selections of cars elsewhere, I can already tell that it'll probably be the last.
Mar 19, 2019, 3:40 am
#43
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 13
Excellent news to report out of Miami.
As previously stated - I had a standard convertible (U) reservation from 3/12 to 3/18. Got the carfirmation as soon as I landed, and saw that I had been upgraded to a white Mustang GT convertible (U4).
I've never been a fan of white cars (unless it's a Rolls-Royce), but I went over to the lot thinking that I should just take the white 5.0 Mustang since I had already been given an upgrade. Boy, was I wrong.
While the white 5.0 Mustang convertible would've been an excellent choice for my trip... Hertz at MIA also had numerous other convertible Camaros/Mustangs available, and, from what I saw, all of them except for one in the garage were V8 variants.
It was literally all 5.0 Mustangs and SS Camaros in convertible form.
No crazy colors, but as long as you were okay with a V8 convertible in white, silver, grey, or black, they had what you were looking for. I ended up swapping out of my aforementioned white 5.0 Mustang convertible and drove off the lot with a fully loaded black 2019 Camaro 2SS convertible with a little over 5400 miles on the clock. All the bells and whistles, including leather, navigation, blind spot monitoring, the upgraded Bose sound system (which was insane)... it was incredible, and the car was so fast, so much fun to drive, and turned so many heads driving through Miami and Miami Beach.
Couldn't be happier and look forward to renting with Hertz (especially the MIA location) again.
As previously stated - I had a standard convertible (U) reservation from 3/12 to 3/18. Got the carfirmation as soon as I landed, and saw that I had been upgraded to a white Mustang GT convertible (U4).
I've never been a fan of white cars (unless it's a Rolls-Royce), but I went over to the lot thinking that I should just take the white 5.0 Mustang since I had already been given an upgrade. Boy, was I wrong.
While the white 5.0 Mustang convertible would've been an excellent choice for my trip... Hertz at MIA also had numerous other convertible Camaros/Mustangs available, and, from what I saw, all of them except for one in the garage were V8 variants.
It was literally all 5.0 Mustangs and SS Camaros in convertible form.
No crazy colors, but as long as you were okay with a V8 convertible in white, silver, grey, or black, they had what you were looking for. I ended up swapping out of my aforementioned white 5.0 Mustang convertible and drove off the lot with a fully loaded black 2019 Camaro 2SS convertible with a little over 5400 miles on the clock. All the bells and whistles, including leather, navigation, blind spot monitoring, the upgraded Bose sound system (which was insane)... it was incredible, and the car was so fast, so much fun to drive, and turned so many heads driving through Miami and Miami Beach.
Couldn't be happier and look forward to renting with Hertz (especially the MIA location) again.
May 10, 2019, 8:25 am
#44
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 3,703
I was surprised at how small the Ultimate Choice section is. Hertz's part of the garage is very big but there's only about 20 spaces in PC.
Selection was pretty lackluster midmorning on a Friday. A couple Chrysler 300 S with >10k miles in PC, a couple Ford Taurus Limited, GMC Acadia. Base F-150, and Impalas. Surprisingly, there was a Honda Civic in base trim on the lot too - first I've seen on a UC or National aisle, and probably a fluke.
Five Star had a Dodge Charger GT with garish yellow accents but cloth seats. Other than that, Five Star and Gold were run-of-the-mill Hertz stuff.
Upgrades were exclusively Cadillacs and Infinitis.
Selection was pretty lackluster midmorning on a Friday. A couple Chrysler 300 S with >10k miles in PC, a couple Ford Taurus Limited, GMC Acadia. Base F-150, and Impalas. Surprisingly, there was a Honda Civic in base trim on the lot too - first I've seen on a UC or National aisle, and probably a fluke.
Five Star had a Dodge Charger GT with garish yellow accents but cloth seats. Other than that, Five Star and Gold were run-of-the-mill Hertz stuff.
Upgrades were exclusively Cadillacs and Infinitis.
Jul 7, 2019, 10:10 am
#45
Join Date: Jun 2018
Programs: Hertz , Delta, SPG
Posts: 5
Hey anyone been to MIA recently?
Doing a trip from MIA then heading down to Key west for a week. Ideally I'd like a Mustang GT or something similar (I'm PC), could I get away ordering a Luxury 2/4 or a Intermediate and hoping to take whats there? Mustang or Camero etc.
Thanks
Doing a trip from MIA then heading down to Key west for a week. Ideally I'd like a Mustang GT or something similar (I'm PC), could I get away ordering a Luxury 2/4 or a Intermediate and hoping to take whats there? Mustang or Camero etc.
Thanks