Hickam Hertz

Author Message   Carole G Member Username: Greengal Post Number: 41 Registered: 01-2010 Posted From: 205.172.16.179 Posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 04:38 am:    Forgot to add: Hickam Hertz is sold out. Hertz at the airport is $220+. Hertz at the airport with drop-off at Hickam was $176/USAA rate. Hotwire was the better deal   Carole G Member Username: Greengal Post Number: 40 Registered: 01-2010 Posted From: 205.172.16.179 Posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 04:28 am:    Forgot to add: Hertz rentals for Hickam are sold out now. With pick-up at airport and drop-off at Hickam Hertz/ USAA rate was $125 plus taxes total $176. The better deal was Hotwire. We have to drop off at Alamo at the airport, but it is so easy and quick. Bus stop is right across from rental office.   Carole G Member Username: Greengal Post Number: 39 Registered: 01-2010 Posted From: 205.172.16.179 Posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 04:11 am:    Honolulu 3-30-2010 We arrived here at Hickam last night. I got on Hotwire in our lodging room and booked our car for pick-up today at Honolulu airport. We took the bus($1 w/medicare card) and got off at the airport(about 10 min ride). Rental car buses are on the lower level. We got Alamo for $142.65 for one week(that was 12.95/day plus airport taxes). That is correct you don't know what rental agency you get with hotwire until after you have paid. That wasn't a problem for us. I checked Hertz site and a one week rental was $220.   Richard Krakauer Intermediate Member Username: Rickrak Post Number: 130 Registered: 03-2005 Posted From: 67.169.133.43 Posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 - 06:01 pm:    We have been using USAA site for Hertz. Pick up at Honolulu airport and drop off at Hickam, $150 a week last October, and free second driver. This was for the next size up from the smallest car. We also used USAA site for a Hertz rental in Alaska, and beat every other source we tried by lots of $. Upgraded to an SUV and could drop off at the Elmendorf BX or Anchorage airport for no extra charge. We have successfully used Hotwire, but think in these two cases we wanted to be sure to be able to drop at Hickam & Elmendorf, and Hotwire doesn't let you know which company you'll have.   Paul B. Senior Member Username: Paseodelasdamas Post Number: 1122 Registered: 06-2003 Posted From: 216.57.69.84 Posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 - 05:41 pm:    That is correct Phil. What is there to stop you, after you land at Hickam, to go to the computers at the USO, your laptop, or any other computer that's available, make your reservation and pick up your car an hour or two later at the airport. Get on the Bus & for one/two bucks and you are there at the apt. to catch your shuttle to the rental agency. You asked if anyone could beat the $277.00 quote so here it is.   Phil Doubleman Senior Member Username: Phil Post Number: 1545 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 68.35.26.65 Posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 - 04:45 pm:    Yep,Hotwire has fantastic prices providing you are sure of picking the car up at the time stipulated. Space A is not that certain. The following scares me: "Your account will be charged at the time of booking for the full rental amount, including all tax recovery charges and fees. Bringing you rock-bottom priced rental cars means bookings are final (no refunds, no changes, non-transferable)."   Paul B. Senior Member Username: Paseodelasdamas Post Number: 1121 Registered: 06-2003 Posted From: 216.57.69.84 Posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 - 04:18 pm:    You do not go to a specific rental company. when you google rental cars, the web site guarantees that you will be getting your vehicle from a major rental company. Why dont you go to Hotwire.com and get all the info?   Bob Dart Senior Member Username: Bobdart Post Number: 1406 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 76.29.20.95 Posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 - 03:55 pm:    Paul, which rental company offered this rate? It certainly is a good one.   Paul B. Senior Member Username: Paseodelasdamas Post Number: 1120 Registered: 06-2003 Posted From: 216.57.69.84 Posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 - 02:16 pm:    Phil: Go to Hotwire.com, I just did. I typed in the date 4-5 to 4-12 for a economy car rental at the airport. This is what I got back: Daily rate $8.95 X 7 days = $62.65 Taxes $46.06 Grand Total for 7 days = $108.71   Phil Doubleman Senior Member Username: Phil Post Number: 1544 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 68.35.26.65 Posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 - 02:05 pm:    Thanks, JEB. So discount codes are the secret? That's good to know.   JEB Senior Member Username: Wingrider Post Number: 478 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 68.18.196.51 Posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 - 01:44 pm:    I do search the internet for codes but usually don't find much for Hertz. I used the AARP code for my last rental. I also booked out ahead about a month or so, not sure if booking early made the difference. Here's the details off my email reservation form for my last week's rental: ************************************************* Confirmation Number: E671228XXXX Thank you for your reservation, John Brxxxxx APPROXIMATE TOTAL: 178.69 USD Your Itinerary Pick-Up Date Return Date Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 07:00 PM Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 08:00 AM Pick-Up Location: Return Location: Hickam Airforce Base HLE 355 Mamiya Avenue Honolulu - Oahu (Honolulu), Hawaii 96818 Phone: 808-422-6915 Fax: 808-428-2282 Hours of Operation: 0800-1900 7 Days Location Type: Corporate Hickam Airforce Base HLE 355 Mamiya Avenue Honolulu - Oahu (Honolulu), Hawaii 96818 Phone: 808-422-6915 Fax: 808-428-2282 Hours of Operation: 0800-1900 7 Days Location Type: Corporate Arrival Information Discounts No arrival information CDP number:AMER ASSO RETIRED PERSON Your rate has been discounted by 10 %   Phil Doubleman Senior Member Username: Phil Post Number: 1543 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 68.35.26.65 Posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 - 01:27 pm:    JEB, Go to the Hertz site now and tell me what you see for a weeks car rental. If you can get a rental for less than the $277.23 that they quote, tell us how. The Honolulu airport is even higher at Hertz. Enterprise at Pearl is $211.08 A little lower at the airport. Airport Enterprise is $196.77   JEB Senior Member Username: Wingrider Post Number: 476 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 72.155.200.159 Posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 - 04:35 am:    I made a comment a couple of weeks ago about an upcoming Hertz rental in Hickam and my quoted price of $178 for a week. I just returned from Hickam where I had a Honda Civic for 1 FULL week and the price was $158, $20 less than I was quoted from my internet reservation. This may be a helpful hint....I handed the Hertz agent my email reservation form showing the $178 and asked him if he could help me out, I thought that was a little high. He immediately lowered it by $20 with no other authorization from anyone. It pays to ask! I'm not sure why some quoted rates for others are so high, I have NEVER even paid as much as $200 per week for a car there, either from Hertz now or Enterprise when they were there.