I appreciate when companies get creative with their partnerships, and go beyond what you'd traditionally expect. This is something we've seen in general with travel brands, and it's great for consumers. For example, airlines realize that if you fly a lot you also probably stay in hotels a lot, and may also rent cars a…
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I'm interested to see how this shakes out as benefits for members - if I'm already Platinum/Diamond with Delta, I have PC on Hertz... so will there be any advantage for me through this partnership?
I have always been a Hertz Five Star Gold Member (or whatever they are calling it now a days) through being a Marriot Plat member. I haven't seen much benefits to being a preferred member with them so this just sounds like a gimmick to earn more customers.
This is an unexpected move.
Yea also curious if the United & Hertz promo will continue in the future.
Let me have a free stopover! Example, LAX-AMS by air the AMS-BRU by Hertz, stopping in Brugges or Antwerp for a short visit.
As fare as I can tell, rental car status is worthless. So skeptical that this will bring much in the way of benefits for consumers.
if only Hertz elites gets some benefit when flying skyteam, even free checked bag will do!...then it'd be a (mini) game changer.
Nothing but marketing...
If it's only about a specific booking code, then it's even worse because the benefits won't stack with other discounts or benefits. The car rental companies already play so many games with their rates based on the booking code...
Do you know if renting a car through Hertz might now extend the expiration of Flying Blue miles given that it is now a "SkyTeam member"?
Not a big fan of Hertz or their loyalty program. Very inconsistent service and their program is a joke. I'm supposed to "gold" or whatever level where you don't have to check in and just walk up to the board and find your parking # to drive off the lot. Sounds good on paper, but it doesn't work consistently that way in real life where I've had to go to the service desk and wait in slow lines. What is sad is that the excuses they use involve throwing their colleagues under the bus, from maintenance to IT they will blame whomever is convenient and never take ownership.
In most locations the staff is so indifferent that in one instance, I actually went back to the desk, cancelled my reservation and walked next door to Enterprise.
Don't even get me started on the bait and switch with cars, specifically Volvo S90, XC60, Cadillac XT5.
There's a "Frequent Flyer Surcharge" on the bill if you read the details, not sure if this is specific to United but it was $2.25 for me. Don't know if the same will apply with SkyTeam.
It would be nice if crediting to Skyteam airlines would no longer be subject to the points surcharge that Amr mentioned. We'll see.
Seriously, zero benefits for Hertz members? I am President's Circle. They could at least throw us a bone! That's not a partnership. That's a parasite.
I like Hertz. I've been a 5 Star forever, but they just raised me to PC based on my DL Platinum status.
I've had almost no problems with the Gold service, except recently, I've noticed a bug in the app, which will record duplicate reservations, which then does require a stop at the desk.