Massive difference between UK & USA website prices!
 

Not sure, I have ever seen such a big difference, even as a President's Circle and logged in.

In the past the rates have been similar with booking via the UK a bit cheaper.

However a one day (+ 4 hours for Amex Platinum) is a big difference,.

For a C class vehicle on Hertz.com it is $153.74, on the UK site it is $358.91 when converted.

There may well be. abit of insurance difference, which I do not need with my UK Amex Platinum - but even so

I have never seen such a difference.

Even an A is $349 compare to $113

All are pay now rates.

Can't see why I should book via the UK site?!

What am I missing?

Rates are often all over the map. We've seen it cut both ways. Sometimes the UK site is way lower (often even with insurance included), whereas other times, the US site is way lower. It just depends on how you hit it.

If you don't need insurance, then definitely go with the US site. You may also want to request a quote from AutoSlash. We may be able to do even better for you and you can apply your Hertz PC member number at checkout and get all your benefits.

Safe travels!

Thanks.

Tried your site - as soon as I select UK issued drivers licence the rates are shown in GBP and leap up on priceline.

The only difference I can see is that on the Hertz UK site I can change my booking twice and also cancel the prepaid rate without charge.

But over $350 for one day, even with returning to FLL instead of MIA is crazy.

Leaving your driver's license as the default of US is basically the same as booking at the Hertz US site. Just saying. :)

Thanks.

I assume your service just redirects to priceline - any risks in using that service?

Of course, not checked to see if it is any cheaper as PC or not with my Amex discounts.

Cautious about not booking direct in case things go wrong.

We book over a thousand reservations a day through Priceline and almost never have any issues. We also stand behind anything booked through us, so you have our support as well in the rare case there should ever be an issue.

Are you sure that Amex provides you with liability - third party - coverage? US credit cards provide only loss or collision damage waiver for the car that you are renting - it protects the car rental company - but they do not cover damage or injuries that you may inflict on other parties. I have no idea what type of coverage is offered by UK issued credit cards.

Non-US sites for car rentals have at times included (third party) liability coverage in the US. A lot of the car rental bookings I used to make via a British Airways-related link/site for US car rentals came with liability coverage included. Not only could the non-US sites' rates be cheaper at times, the included insurance coverages for the rental was a bonus for no additional cost.

Even today, I'm seeing this for an ATL to ATL car rental later this month:

That's for a two day rental with a total price of 1,580.00 SEK for a 12 passenger van from Avis.

Thanks guys - I have never added the additional liability insurance on any US car hire and it doesn't include it if I book via the US or UK

Adding the optional all singing all dancing liability is $33 a day.

In fact as I do not include any extra insurance and decline the following as standard on all US bookings.....

Loss Damage Waiver:
Liability Insurance Supplement:
Liability Insurance Supplement (Only applies to car hire commencing in California.):
Personal Accident Insurance/Personal Effects Cover:

The cover for both is identical AFAIK.

Maybe some basic liability insurance is covered anyway?

Have you considered seeing what comes up on britishairways.com>book>"hire a car" for your destination? Inclusion of "Third Party Liability (TPL)" and "Collision Damage Waiver" isn't unusual there. May be worth looking into for your situation.

While there are states where there is some state requirement for the rental car company to have some basic liability insurance coverage for its vehicles, that state-required liability insurance coverage on US rental vehicles is often so little as to be insufficient when the renter really need the coverage to deliver materially. And I wouldn't be surprised if the car rental companies may reserve the right to come after the renter for the liability costs incurred anyway, even when its liability incurred under the amount of coverage required by state law/regulations applicable to the rental car company and their vehicles (under any "basic" liability requirement under state law).

The UK Amex Platinum:

Thanks. I am hiring via BA for later in my trip - but wanted to put a hire through Hertz so I do not lose my points at the end of the year.

But it seems that in order for my AMex Platinum insurance to be valid, I must decline all these anway.

So might as well book via the USA.

Was just amazed at the difference in price. Heck if I do not add in my Amex discount the UK price is triple the US price!!

I guess some people will just pay these rates.

Declining to explicitly sign up for and pay a supplement for insurance coverage may be required for the Amex insurance coverage to be applicable, but IIRC it's not required that the car rental itself only be made to exclude all potential insurance coverage that may come as included with a car rental rate plan without a supplemental line item charge. But it's something you should ask UK Amex about.

I redeemed Hertz points to extend the validity of the account's points before, and then cancelled the points reservation later. Maybe something to consider if a useful objective is to buy time to keep the Hertz points/account alive.

The EU issued Amex Plat cards are all offering a much better insurance package on car rentals then the US cards. Amex is even advertising this fact in their ads "no additional insurance coverage needed when using the Plat card". You are fully insured + plus third party lilability, on personal cards only when you use the card for the reservation, on business cards even without using the card.

Thanks.

Actually I believe you do not need to even use the card for the insurance.

Booking a car on any USA car hire website as a UK citizen - if you select "Cover The Car (LDW)" and "Cover My Liability (SLI)", does this effectively cover you for all damage to the car and all 3rd party liability?