Join Hertz 24/7 for free and get £20 of driving credit

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If you live in London or another large metropolitan area, you are probably familiar with Zipcar or City Car Club. These schemes allow you to rent a car for £6-£7 per hour, from on-street car parking bays.

If you live in Central London, as we do, you probably have 10 Zipcar bays within a 10-15 minute walk of where you live.

Hertz 24

Zipcar was bought by Avis earlier in the year. Hertz has responded with its own, more limited version, called Hertz 24/7.

Hertz 24/7 has just launched in the UK. Unlike Zipcar, which has deals with local authorities to use converted on-street parking bays, Hertz 24/7 is generally restricted to basing cars at its own depots. It has also teamed up with B&Q and NCP to base a number of cars in their car parks.

(You can see the snag here, of course. If you can’t walk to your nearest Hertz depot or participating B&Q store or NCP car park, then this is hardly likely to be convenient for you. I would be faced with walking down to the Hertz at Victoria Station, passing about 10 Zipcar locations on the way.)

The good news is that Hertz is offering £20 of driving credit if you decide to give Hertz 24/7 a try before 31st July. Unlike Zipcar, membership of Hertz 24/7 is free, so you only pay for the driving time you need.

To claim your £20 of driving credit, you need to follow two steps:

Join Hertz Gold Plus Rewards for free, here

then

Join Hertz 24/7 here. Use Hertz 24/7 promotional code 1265 to ensure your £20 of free credit is applied. (You can also look at the map at this link to see if there is a suitable location near you.)

Intriguingly, you can also earn Hertz Gold Rewards points with Hertz 24/7. The rate is only 1 point per US$1 equivalent spent, but that would add up with regular usage. Points can be redeemed for standard Hertz rentals or converted into a number of airline (not BA, sadly) or hotel programmes.

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Adam says:

4 Jul4 July 07:15

Just looking through there FAQs, they say you need to pay the congestion charge.. but what happens if you pick up the car from Russel Square or Victoria, surely those cars are exempt?
- Rob says:
  
  4 Jul4 July 08:39
  
  Victoria is certainly exempt because we rent normal Hertz cars from there.
  
  I didn’t see that congestion charge bit. Not sure that can be right, as car clubs are usually exempt. Zipcar certainly don’t charge.
thesaver79 says:

4 Jul4 July 10:09

This is great… Unfortunately they claim you need to have held a car insurance for at least a year, and I’ve never been insured in this country!
- Rob says:
  
  4 Jul4 July 10:13
  
  Really?!
  
  How crazy is that? The whole point of this is for people who don’t own a car!
  - thesaver79 says:
    
    4 Jul4 July 10:14
    
    “Unless you are affiliated to Hertz through one of our partners, you must be 23 years of age with a valid driving licence, and a clean driving history (having held an insurance policy in your name) for at least one year.” 🙁
    - Nick Burch says:
      
      4 Jul4 July 10:47
      
      Are you sure you’re looking at the right T&Cs? I can’t find that anywhere in the UK one: http://www.hertzondemand.com/London/en-GB/Legal/TermsAndConditions
      - thesaver79 says:
        
        4 Jul4 July 11:02
        
        http://www.hertzondemand.com/London/en-GB/About/FAQ
      - Nick Burch says:
        
        4 Jul4 July 13:07
        
        Might be worth ringing them to clarify the inconsistency. The T&C would presumably win, and that seems to have more sane rules, but you’ll want to check!
Nick Burch says:

4 Jul4 July 10:38

Looks like Oxford is covered too. My ZipCar membership is up for renewal in a week, and unlike Raffles my nearest Hertz depot is only a couple of minutes further walk than where my nearest zipcars are. I think I’ll probably cancel the ZipCar, try Hertz 24/7 for a month or so, and at the worst case sign back up to ZipCar with a fresh signup bonus!
Sandgrounder says:

4 Jul4 July 17:21

Can you use this service for a one way rental? I can’t find a definitive answer on the website, not without registering anyway. If so, it would be an excellent option for LHR-LGW or LGW-LHR transfers.
- Rob says:
  
  4 Jul4 July 17:49
  
  Very unlikely, because the car will have been booked by another customer for the adjacent slot.
Sandgrounder says:

4 Jul4 July 19:55

I’m sure the system could be set up to manage the inventory correctly, in the US they actually advertise this product as a way to drive to the airport: http://www.hertzondemand.com/NewYork/en-US/About/Oneway

The UK Ts&Cs say:
‘Certain vehicles and locations may become available for one-way rentals. These will be identified on the Hertz 247 website.’

Might be rolled out in the future?
Max says:

4 Jul4 July 21:00

Do we have to use the £20 credit by a certain date?
- Nick Burch says:
  
  4 Jul4 July 22:17
  
  ZipCar normally only give you a month to use sign-up promotional credit, so I’d guess at something similar, but until they process the applications we won’t know! (I you can talk ZipCar into giving you a credit at renewal time, that’ll normally have a year’s validitity on it)