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Hertz is 100 and has launched a Centenary car rental sale

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Hertz has been running various promotions this year to celebrate its 100th birthday and has now launched the official ‘Centenary Sale’.

It runs until Monday 12th November, although logged-in Gold Plus Rewards members will be able to book until Monday 19th November.

It is valid for rentals picked up before 16th December across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. 

Both pre-paid and pay on collection rates are included.  All car groups are reduced but not vans or the ‘Dream Collection’ of performance cars.

The headline deal is ‘up to 25% off’, with a higher ‘up to 30% off’ for Gold Plus Rewards members.  As always with the murky world of car rental pricing you should treat such claims with a pinch of salt.

However, if you have any rentals booked between now and 16th December you might want to reprice them just in case the sale does throw up a bargain.

Details of the Centenary Sale are on the Hertz website here.

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How to get FREE car rental status and other benefits via UK credit cards

How to get FREE car rental status and other benefits via UK credit cards (April 2025)

If you hire a car in the UK, you can get special benefits (discounts, upgrades, free additional drivers etc) if you have elite status with a car rental programme. You can get elite status for free via certain American Express cards.

The Platinum Card and American Express Business Platinum

The Platinum Card from American Express and American Express Business Platinum come with two free car hire status cards. Your supplementary Platinum cardholder can also receive status in their own right.

From Avis, you receive President’s Club status in Avis Preferred. This gets you up to 25% off standard rates, a free additional driver and a guaranteed one class upgrade. For weekend rentals you will receive a two class upgrade, subject to availability.

From Hertz, you receive ‘Five Star’ status in Hertz Gold Plus Rewards. This gets you up to 15% off standard rates, a free additional driver and a one class upgrade, subject to availability.

Hertz also offers Platinum cardholders a 4 hour grace period on rentals. Your final day is treated as 28 hours, so a 1pm pick up with a 5pm return the following day is only charged as one day, not two days. We wrote about the Hertz / Platinum 4 hour grace period here.

The Platinum Card also comes with full car hire insurance with no obligation to pay for the rental via American Express. You can refuse any attempts to sell you additional insurance at pick up. This benefit has substantial value if you rent on a regular basis.

You can find more details on the two Platinum cards, and apply, in our full reviews linked below. You can apply here for the personal card and here for the business card.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

The Platinum Card from American Express

80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review

American Express Business Platinum

50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold is an excellent card in its own right. You receive 20,000 Membership Rewards points for signing up (convert to 20,000 Avios amongst other things), four airport lounge passes and £120 of Deliveroo credit. Even better, your first year is free.

There are two car rental benefits:

  • you receive Preferred Plus status in Avis Preferred
  • you receive a special package with Hertz – 10% off best available rates at participating locations, a one class upgrade for rentals of 5 days or more, subject to availability, and no additional driver fees

Find out more about the benefits of American Express Preferred Rewards Gold in our review. You can apply here.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

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Comments (129)

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  • Jon says:
    23 Oct23 October 10:41

    OT: Given it seemed everyone had got better a better amex deal than me on Starbucks spend, I checked my BA blue card and saw I had the 20% off offer on there! While I doubt I’ll be using that, I’ll definitely be using the “Spend £5 or more and get 500 avios”. Terrific deal.

    • Crafty says:
      23 Oct23 October 11:01

      Such giveaways seem worryingly commonplace at the moment. The devaluation must be imminent.

  • Adam says:
    23 Oct23 October 10:42

    OT as bits: If I use Creation IHG Platinum card to pay for an ihg property abroad in a foreign currency – do I get 4 points per pound because it is a foreign currency or do I get 8 points per pound becuase it is a foreign currency and an IHG hotel? Latter is probably to good to be true 🙂

  • Andy says:
    23 Oct23 October 10:42

    Looks like today is my lucky day, I won 10k points in the Marriott game!

  • Craig says:
    23 Oct23 October 12:03

    OT – Marriott Rewards Question – We are planning to stay at the St Regis NY next year. Our timetable only allows us to be in NY for a maximum of 4 nights. We will be using reward points for the booking, so the cost of booking 4 nights will be the same as 5. Is there anything we could do to avoid wasting a night?

    If we booked up for 5 nights, is there any way we could we cancel the 5th night and receive any points back?

    • Mark says:
      23 Oct23 October 12:29

      don’t think so, but might be worth having the extra night depending on the time you plan to leave. If you have a late flight connection you will have the room all day.

    • Rob says:
      23 Oct23 October 15:29

      No. What you can do is book 5 nights and so guarantee yourself a late check-out – book yourself the 10pm BA flight to Gatwick back and stay in the hotel until 6-7pm!

      You will pay another $50 resort fee though.

  • A270 says:
    23 Oct23 October 12:37

    OT: I signed up to Amex Platinum and have had it for 8 months. I have done maximum referrals. If i downgrade to Gold, will i need to pay the £140 annual fee? Also, will I be able to do more referrals. I know I will only get 9k as opposed to 18k.

    • Anna says:
      23 Oct23 October 12:45

      Have you paid any fee for the Platinum yet?

      • A270 says:
        23 Oct23 October 13:16

        Yes, was charged the full fees after a few months. I’ve had t since February.

        • Lee says:
          23 Oct23 October 13:19

          I thought gold charge card not exist any more. Not sure if you could downgrade from a charge card to credit card.

        • Anna says:
          23 Oct23 October 14:42

          I thought you just meant change over to Gold. If you cancel Platinum you will get your fee refunded pro-rata, then presumably you will get your first year free on the Gold credit card but no sign up bonus as you won’t have had the 6 month break.

    • Rob says:
      23 Oct23 October 15:27

      Yes, fee kicks in immediately. No more referrals until 1st January as they go by MR account.

      • A270 says:
        23 Oct23 October 20:23

        Thanks. I opened the card in Feb or March so if I keep the Platinum, I can start new referrals from 1st Jan? Right now I have maxed out the 5 referrals.

  • BlueHorizonuk says:
    23 Oct23 October 13:06

    OT: Does anyone know if Hyatt charge the cash portion of C+P upfront or at checkout?

    Thanks

    • Lyn says:
      23 Oct23 October 15:14

      Sorry, I don’t know the answer. Just in case you aren’t aware of it, there is a rumour that the number of points Hyatt charge for C+P could be changing for bookings made from November 1st to something more in line with actual cash prices.

      • Rob says:
        23 Oct23 October 15:20

        Seems to be confirmed now. Moving to 50% of the cash rate so no extra saving over using 100% points.

  • Stefan G says:
    23 Oct23 October 13:17

    Do we know if Lufthansa will still post 1 Mile for mile retention until June 2019, as they had originally said? I know there is a M&M credit card out but I am not very keen in paying the annual fee to have it.

    • Rob says:
      23 Oct23 October 15:27

      I think you’re safe, whether or not they post 1 mile. The position is very clear.

  • s879 says:
    23 Oct23 October 13:20

    OT: Help please, am trying to transfer the Groupon earned Avios from Iberia Plus to my BA Executive Club account. It’s only showing me the option to transfer from BA to Iberia Plus and I have tried doing it from both BA and Iberia’s website. It says on Google that I can choose direction but every time I click on the direction arrow, it just stays there and it says in bold on both websites that I can only move them from BA to Iberia. Am I missing something? My BA account is part of a household so maybe that’s an issue? My Avios account is not really valid anymore. What do i do? Call them?

    • pablo says:
      23 Oct23 October 13:32

      Try a different browser

    • Tilly71 says:
      23 Oct23 October 13:34

      OT:
      My Septembers missing Marriott points from the Amex SPG monthly transfer were credited into my Amex account today.
      Just in case others are still missing points.

    • Rob says:
      23 Oct23 October 15:26

      In what sense is your Avios account ‘not really valid’? If it is still open, you can use it to transfer. If it isn’t open, open a new one by using the Flybe website to open an Avios account – this one will survive the closure.

      • s879 says:
        25 Oct25 October 08:59

        Could it be because I didn’t even have 1 Avios in Iberia Plus? I’m still confused why it’s not letting me transfer out. I can try the Flybe route. Let’s see.

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