highlanderfil

What did you end up getting? I'm picking up a similar car in December, curious what awaits.

spanishflea

Reserved: C Vauxhall Astra or equivalent
Received: B Vauxhall Corsa

I’ve never experienced the guaranteed Presidents Circle downgrade before!

I had to wait 30 minutes in the office behind the ‘customer from hell’ who seemed to have shown up with a reservation submitted by carrier pigeon and no working credit cards.

Eventually I was assigned a Toyota CHR hybrid which did the job nicely.

This week I paid a little extra for a Tesla Model 3 as they seem to have a load of them now, plus the Polestars. Much better experience with that, although the mileage capped at 150 miles plus a £1.50 per kWh fee seemed a little grabby.

TribalistMeathead

That's good to hear - I have an upcoming reservation for a compact automatic and I'd happily pay a little extra for an electric car.

150 miles per day? And the policy I just read said £0.73 per kWh.

mrpadre

What other cars do they have in the intermediate crossover range? I may be too tall for a Toyota chr

YYZC2

I’ve got hundreds (thousands?) of Hertz PC rentals under my belt but precious few outside the Americas… I may have to rent at LHR next week.

Hertz website is offering me 2 days in a Tesla 3 for about 75 GBP all-in with 600 miles included.

I’m hesitant for two reasons… one, even as a PC I don’t trust Hertz to be honest with their customers, and two, that seems like a ridiculously good value in a country where a sandwich can cost 5 GBP.

Am I missing something?

Also, will I have issues using my Canadian DL without an IDP? What about deposit amounts? Some Googling seems to show me Hertz will authorize rental cost plus 200 GBP. Is that accurate? I have a CAD-denominated credit card and while I have ~10K CAD available credit, I will need headroom for hotels and work purchases.

Speaking of cost paranoia, do I need to be incredibly vigilant about damage like one seems to be in Europe? I have heard nightmares about damage invoices arriving in the mail weeks or months after rental returns.

Any insight appreciated…

clubman

Are you sure that isn't per day? Doesn't make sense for 2 days, and playing around with dates including next week, I don't see anything like that.

YYZC2

This is what it's giving me on the Canadian version of the Hertz website using my Auto Club CDP...

clubman

Wow, that's crazy cheap and I would grab it.

I booked the same for a 2 day rental tomorrow and prepaid £119, and it's now quoting £164 for the same 2 day period or, £195 for "pay later".

Wiggums

I'm in the same boat, got a luxury SUV (J6, Volvo XC90) for £390 (three-day weekend rate) which is a bargain and that car apparently doesn't exist in LHR (checked various days from now to December).

There's an intermediate Vauxhall Mokka SUV for £500 though.. I think £390 was a mistake rate.. will Hertz honor it?

I looked at the pictures, there's Porsche Macan, Bentley SUV, etc... and I'm PC.. hmm, the possibility of an upgrade.. LOL

E14 26C

That car certainly exists in the Hertz Fleet as there is one currently at London City Airport

Wiggums

I realise that now, it shows under the Hertz Dream Collection. When I booked it, it was under the regular section which was very limited, no full-size, no luxury, etc.

Now, it is no longer under the Hertz regular section. And Hertz cut the prices for electric cars, but not the real cars.

sunpass

I have a reservation in a few months at LHR. I will be coming in off the London Heathrow Express train (only paying £5.50 or so for the ride from The City by booking more than 90 days in advance).

Where do I need to go at LHR to claim my reservation? Do I go to the Hertz counter in Terminal 3 in all instances? Or do I go out to the Hertz lot on the exterior perimeter of the airport?

E14 26C

Whilst there are in terminal counters they are unmanned and say please proceed to the shuttle, locations are as follows (I think the T2 is closer to the tube/Hex/Liz than T3);

PICK-UP: Our location is off airport. Please jump in our shuttle bus to go to the location. T2: Bus Stop 7 & 8 T3: Bus Stop 17 & 18 T4: Bus Stop 2 T5: Bus Stop 26 & 27. Once at the location. Due to a new European Payment Service Directive, you may need to present your payment card in-person at the location.

SBYGUY

Hertz at LHR seems to be having some better then normal pricing in a few weeks 6 day rental on a Polestar for 306$ cdn

SBYGUY

never ever been asked for IDP at LHR. Frankly it’s a useless piece of paper