American Express Platinum cardmember benefits
Exclusive benefits for Amex Platinum cardmembers
American Express Platinum cardmembers: Enjoy exclusive benefits with Hertz. You can now save up to 15% off worldwide rentals including our electric range of vehicles. Whether you’re planning a scenic drive over an upcoming holiday or mapping out an exciting road trip, go wherever the road may lead in a Hertz rental car.
- Up to 15% off standard cars
- Get a one free car-class upgrade (to a maximum of a full-size car, subject to availability)
- A free four-hour grace period when you return the vehicle before the extra day charge is applied
- Free additional driver (spouse or civil partner only).
The above benefits vary by car category and rental location. Please see terms and conditions for details. To enjoy all these Hertz benefits as a Platinum cardmember, you must include your Hertz Gold Plus Rewards membership number every time you book a rental car.
Terms and conditions
- You must be an American Express Platinum cardmember to benefit from this offer.
- To gain your Hertz Five Star status, you must enrol into Hertz Gold Plus Rewards via: www.hertz.com/amexplatinum/lac
- To receive the benefits associated with Five Star status, your Hertz Gold membership number must be quoted at the time of reservation.
- All of the benefits described are available across all Hertz Corporate locations across Europe, plus participating franchisee locations across the rest of EMEA. Exceptions apply. When renting outside of EMEA, Amex Platinum cardmember benefits will differ in other countries/regions.
- All rentals are subject to Hertz’s Rental Terms and Rental Qualifications and Requirements. Visit the Hertz website at www.hertz.com for full details.
- Hertz reserves the right to modify and/or cancel these Amex Platinum card member benefits, including changing the participating countries and locations at any time without prior notice.
- Should you cancel your American Express Platinum Card membership, your Hertz Gold Plus Rewards membership will not be cancelled, however you will not receive American Express Platinum Card member benefits described herein. American Express will notify Hertz of such cancellations.
- To benefit from this offer, reservations must be made at least 24 hours prior to vehicle pick-up.
- Minimum rental period is 1 day.
- Hertz 24/7 locations and vehicles are not available for this offer.
- The driver must present a valid American Express Platinum credit card and driver's license at pick up.
- Offer cannot be combined with any other offer, discount or promotion.
- Hertz reserves the right to change or remove this promotion at any time without notice.
Discount savings:
Up to 15% off best publicly available rate, or best rate available to any American Express consumer Cardmembers at participating Hertz locations worldwide. Some market exceptions apply. * Exceptions to 15% discount: Australia - 10% off best domestic published rate and 15% off affordable inbound rate. In China, discount is off chauffer drive unless a mainland Chinese driver's licence is held.
Discount is off Hertz publicly available retail rates (excluding Special Offers) at time of booking at participating Hertz locations worldwide.
The discount applies to base rate quoted. It does not apply to affiliated rates or rates that are already discounted. Discount does not apply to Collision Damage Waiver (CDW) and Theft protection (TP) (unless included in the base rate), Vehicle Licensing Fee (VLF), any surcharges (including but not limited to location surcharge or Young Driver Surcharge), taxes or any additional charges and optional extras such as excess waivers (SuperCover), Personal Insurance, snow/chains/tyres, child seats, GPS and fuel which are charged at normal rates.
Vans and commercial vehicles are not eligible for the discount.
A 4-hour no charge grace period before an extra day charge is applied when returning the vehicle in Corporate Europe, the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Middle East (with exception of UAE and Bahrain who offer a 2-hour grace period) and selected European Franchise countries: Balearics, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Macedonia, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Romania, and Turkey . Asia, with the exception of China, offers a 2-hour no-charge grace period.
Free additional driver (limited to spouse or civil partner) is available in Corporate locations in Europe, US, and selected locations in Franchise Europe, Middle East, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Asia with the exception of China.
One-Car Class Upgrade
One-car class upgrade is available with a minimum 48-hour advanced reservation and is subject to availability. One- car-class upgrade is offered at participating Hertz locations in the U.S., Canada, Namibia, South Africa and participating airport locations in Europe (Brussels, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Helsinki, Oslo, Rovaniemi, Turku, Paris Orly, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Marseille, Nice, Toulouse, Lyon, Bordeaux, Athens, London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Dublin, Milan Linate, Milan Malpensa, Rome Fiumicino, Amsterdam, Vienna, Lisbon, Madrid, Barcelona, Stockholm, Goteborg, Geneva and Zurich). One-car class upgrade is not available in UAE, Oman and Egypt. In Australia and New Zealand category and location restrictions apply. In Asia a one-car class upgrade will go up to full size only and is not available in China. Maximum upgrade is to a full- size car with a minimum reserved Compact vehicle. This excludes Special Equipment such as Minivans and SUVs. Upgrades do not apply to rentals longer than 30 days.