hertz rental car observation...free tank of fuel
Discussion
Are you sure about this?
Is this not a case of pre-paying the fuel, meaning you take the car back empty?
I'd be stunned if Hertz was generous to the point of giving away $80 worth of gasoline to anyone.
I'm Hertz #1 Club and they've never given me so much as an egg-cup full of free gas.
Is this not a case of pre-paying the fuel, meaning you take the car back empty?
I'd be stunned if Hertz was generous to the point of giving away $80 worth of gasoline to anyone.
I'm Hertz #1 Club and they've never given me so much as an egg-cup full of free gas.
Yes, it means you pick it up full and return it as close to empty as possible. I have frequently had this included with Hertz (and others).
It irritates me slightly that if you book for 2 or 3 weeks you still only get one free tank, have come up with various masterplans for booking multiple weeks separately but in the end it seems like a lot of hassle to keep swapping cars over
Have to start estimating how many miles still required and how much fuel needed towards the end of the trip if you need to add fuel again
My record is zero KM left showing on the fuel meter when I hand it back
It irritates me slightly that if you book for 2 or 3 weeks you still only get one free tank, have come up with various masterplans for booking multiple weeks separately but in the end it seems like a lot of hassle to keep swapping cars over
Have to start estimating how many miles still required and how much fuel needed towards the end of the trip if you need to add fuel again
My record is zero KM left showing on the fuel meter when I hand it back
Thunderace said:
Yes, it means you pick it up full and return it as close to empty as possible. I have frequently had this included with Hertz (and others).
It irritates me slightly that if you book for 2 or 3 weeks you still only get one free tank, have come up with various masterplans for booking multiple weeks separately but in the end it seems like a lot of hassle to keep swapping cars over
Have to start estimating how many miles still required and how much fuel needed towards the end of the trip if you need to add fuel again
My record is zero KM left showing on the fuel meter when I hand it back
any idea how you trigger this free tank to appear when making quotes? as i said i got this only on a few cars and with safari , would be handy if theres way to always get it It irritates me slightly that if you book for 2 or 3 weeks you still only get one free tank, have come up with various masterplans for booking multiple weeks separately but in the end it seems like a lot of hassle to keep swapping cars over
Have to start estimating how many miles still required and how much fuel needed towards the end of the trip if you need to add fuel again
My record is zero KM left showing on the fuel meter when I hand it back
GCH said:
Matt Harper said:
I'm Hertz #1 Club and they've never given me so much as an egg-cup full of free gas.
+1Quite the opposite- I routinely get rinsed for returning it with anything less than a full tank
Matt Harper said:
You are pre-paying for the fuel. It's not free.
I know it's not really 'free', but it can still be worthwhile. The most recent Hertz deal I used was in Canada for a 4x4. The 'super-enhanced' deal cost an extra £20 a week but include the 'free' tank and additional drivers versus the bog standard version. Even at Canadian fuel prices the tank of fuel was worth £50 or so. I can comfortably get down to single figure KMs left with a bit of mental arithmetic and sufficient fingers and toes.Thunderace said:
Yes, it means you pick it up full and return it as close to empty as possible. I have frequently had this included with Hertz (and others).
It irritates me slightly that if you book for 2 or 3 weeks you still only get one free tank, have come up with various masterplans for booking multiple weeks separately but in the end it seems like a lot of hassle to keep swapping cars over
In your situation it does seem like a lot of hassle for a free tank of fuel. I once found out from Avis that if you rented a car for the weekend on 3 occasion you got some incentive. I rented a car from them for 3 months straight and inquired if my 12 weekends counted for anything and was told that because it was a single rental I did not qualify. It irritates me slightly that if you book for 2 or 3 weeks you still only get one free tank, have come up with various masterplans for booking multiple weeks separately but in the end it seems like a lot of hassle to keep swapping cars over
In the example in this thread - the renter is paying circa $100 per day for an R/T Challenger - I have a 2 SS Camaro (same class) right now on a 4 day rental from Hertz at Indianapolis Airport. Granted, it's a fairly aggressive corporate rate, secured by my client and I have a supposedly preferential status, but mine works out at a little less than $70 per day. That's a $30 per day difference, which may go some way to accounting for the "free tank of gas" in the example above.
I suspect that very, very few renters return their cars 'on fumes', so the rental companies make some additional bunce on every pre-paid fuel rental. Even if it's only 10 bucks a time, if you multiply that by several hundred per day, it's easy to see why the rental companies get so creative withe their varied fuel rip-offs.
I suspect that very, very few renters return their cars 'on fumes', so the rental companies make some additional bunce on every pre-paid fuel rental. Even if it's only 10 bucks a time, if you multiply that by several hundred per day, it's easy to see why the rental companies get so creative withe their varied fuel rip-offs.
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