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Avis preferred in Australia IMO is by far the best program
Overseas though I normally rent with Budget (owned by Avis) or Thrifty due to significant savings on rates (especially in the U.S.)
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Originally Posted by jasonja3
The rates are based on your corporate rate, nothing to do with preferred or No1 Gold, for instance under my number 1 Gold membership I have the choice to use Priority Club, Qantas or my corporate negotiated rate, and after a while I know which one suits which class of car, resulting in a Yaris being available for $20 a day, and with the guaranteed upgrade that means I get a corolla or a territory/camry for that rateI have actually never been given a Yaris despite booking 35 this year so far.
To summarise, if you use the benefits on offer with the frequent rental scheme as far as upgrades go coupled with your corporate rate codes you can do very well, and BTW make sure you check the availability of all cars and their costs, often the luxury or tarago type vechicles are going as cheap as the small cars, another + for Hertz as they show the rates for all cars on the one screen at one time!
Avis preferred in Australia IMO is by far the best program
Overseas though I normally rent with Budget (owned by Avis) or Thrifty due to significant savings on rates (especially in the U.S.)
Is the Qantas corp rate worthwhile?? Did not know you could do this! I am the only one in the company who travels, so no other big business rates for me..
They are not bad but vary by car type, for instance my corp rate for a Aurion Presara in Melbourne next month is $10 better than QFF, but the Corolla rate is $42.68 versus my corp of $50.73!
A good page is here for codes for various FF programs:
https://www.hertz.ca/rentacar/partne...on=globNav_7_1
The benefits mentioned may not be applicable for Aus though!
Cheers, I'll give it a go.
I should mention, I only rent vehicles in Oz, so I cannot speak for International rentals.
If you are a member of NRMA, you can also get similar pricing to QFF using Hertz, however the excess in the event of an accident is less with NRMA/RACV/RACQ rates compared to QFF (if you don't take insurance). You can ask them to quote both for a comparison.
I've recently taken out an annual travel insurance policy (Travel Insurance Direct) with no excess for $365 which covers up to $4,000 for hire car excess (plus all the other travel insurance benefits).
Just be careful in examining the car before you sign off the condition report. I've had a few times when they didn't highlight scratches and minor damage that I alerted them to and on other occassions when I haven't checked the car, they hit me for costs when I'm sure I didn't do it (that's my story and I'm sticking to it). Hertz outsource repairs to a company called Sureplan and negotiating with them is almost impossible.
They work in Australia. If you go through Hertz Australia site you find the Qantas CDP number is the same a going through the site you have highlighted "Quote CDP Number 297302 in the "Discount/CDP/Club Code" field when booking on-line to take advantage of special rates."
The CDPs work, by benefits I mean the upgrades for PPS memebers etc. CDPs generally are applicable on a worldwide basis.
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