[spoonjim]

Be careful using illegitimate car rental codes. Sometimes they look so cheap because they cancel a lot of your insurances, because your employer carries those insurances itself. So if you crash or the car is damaged, the clerk says, “Don’t worry Hertz Corporate will pick that up” but of course when they discover you are not an employee they will not.

[capableweb]

I'm sorry, did you reply to the wrong comment? I'm trying to understand where "illegitimate car rental codes" comes from here, as I never mentioned that or anything related to it.

I agree with you, just trying to understand how it's connected to what I wrote initially.

[prostanac]

They are talking about this line:

> Me: sure, can you remind me of the employee discount again?

Which suggests that you would/did ask for (an employee) discount code when renting from that company.

[spoonjim]

If you use a discount code, say the Boeing discount code when you rent at Seattle Airport, Hertz will cancel any insurance off the price because Boeing covers those risks itself for its employees. But, if you’re not a Boeing employee and you crash, you’re not insured by Boeing and you’re not insured by Hertz.

[AnIdiotOnTheNet]

They are referencing the line about the employee discount.

[lupire]

No one wants car rental insurance anyway.

Especially not Hertz, who doesn't honor claims anyway and is thankfully bankrupt.

[spoonjim]

I fucked up a truck and they covered it without questions, I guess their customer experience was highly variable.