Press Archives
See our press releases issued in 2006 and earlier.
November 2006
Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental Join Best Western Gold Crown Club® International Program, Offer Points with Every Rental.2006-11-07Thrifty Car Rental offers double "Look to Book®" Points for car rental bookings made at any location worldwide between November 1, 2006 and November 30, 2006.2006-11-06September 2006
Thrifty Car Rental joins ATA Airlines Travel Awards Origram, offers "triple Points" thru Nov. 152006-09-11August 2006
Thrifty Car Rental rewards triple miles with seven airlines through Nov. 15.2006-08-16Thrifty Car Rental offers "double credits" for Blue Chip Rewards rentals through November 15, 2006.2006-08-14June 2006
Thrifty Car offers Double Miles on six airlines at Florida destinations.2006-06-30May 2006
Thrifty Car Rental joins HawaiianMiles Program, offers double miles through September 30, 2006.2006-05-15January 2006
Honeymoon goes up in flames for winners of Thrifty Car Rental's Honeymoon Disasters® contest.2006-01-30December 2005
Get a complimentary ski rack when you reserve a vehicle at the special “downhill” rate.2005-12-20October 2005
Thrifty to award daily prize of 75,000 Delta SkyMiles® on Thrifty.com thru Dec. 12005-10-25Thrifty Car Rental extends "double credits" for Blue Chip Rewards rentals through December 15, 2005.2005-10-24August 2005
Thrifty announces winners of "Hug Your Travel Agent" Contest2005-08-23Thrifty Car Rental offers triple miles on eight airlines for reservations made on Thrifty.com2005-08-15June 2005
High gas prices impacting Americans' travel plans, according to survey2005-06-09Thrifty Car Rental eases summer gas woes by awarding 61 daily prizes of a year's worth of free gas.2005-06-01May 2005
Thrifty Car Rental opens location at Orlando Sanford International Airport2005-05-25Thrifty Car Rental adds French, German, and Spanish to Thrifty.com website through partnership with Translations.com2005-05-03Thrifty car rental offers 5% discount in May during "National Military Appreciation Month"2005-05-01April 2005
Thrifty encourages consumers to "Hug Their Travel Agent" with story-telling contest2005-04-05Thrifty Car Rental will offer its customers quadruple frequent flyer miles with Delta Airlines, effective April 1, 2005 through May 31, 2005. Delta SkyMiles members who rent a compact car or larger vehicle with Thrifty for two days or longer during the promotional period will earn quadruple miles of 200 miles per rental day through May 31, 2005. 2005-04-04March 2005
Thrifty puts a spring in your step with sweepstakes to award 92 daily prizes of free week's rental2005-03-01February 2005
Thrifty Car Rental Wins IQPC's "Internet/Intranet Best-in-Class" Award with Percussion Software's Rhythmyx ECM.2005-02-07January 2005
"Booty and the Beasts" wins Thrifty Car Rental's "Honeymoon Disasters" contest. Entries Sought for 2006 Contest
2005-01-27September 2004
Thrifty Car Rental gives Thrifty.com visitors a chance to win "Football Giveaway or Getaway"2004-09-23Thrifty is the first company in the car rental industry to launch a "Best Rate Guarantee" for reservations made online.2004-09-16Thrifty Car Rental offers triple miles on eight airlines for reservations made on Thrifty.com2004-09-07Thrifty Car Rental kicks off new ad campaign with "Book Smart" theme2004-09-01August 2004
Dollar and Thrifty UK franchisee to open in-terminal in Gatwick2004-08-30July 2004
Thrifty Car Rental opens new Greenwood location 2004-07-13June 2004
Thrifty Kicks off carefree summer with Sweepstakes to award 85 daily prizes of free week's rental2004-06-14Thrifty Car Rental to be exclusive provider to Lake Express High Speed Ferry2004-06-02May 2004
Thrifty Car Rental launches SmartBiz program aimed at small business customers2004-05-24Thrifty Car Rental kicks off Blue Chip Rewards Program, offers "double credits" through Sept. 30, 2004.2004-05-18Thrifty Car Rental & CoolSavings survey reveals how popular the car remains for getaways.
2004-05-05April 2004
Thrifty Car Rental to pay 5% commissions to corporate rentals when booked on Thrifty.com2004-04-22Thrifty Car Rental Opens New Suburban location near Mobile, Alabama2004-04-19March 2004
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. breaks $100,000 barrier in contributions to Oklahoma schools. 2004-03-29February 2004
Outrageous camping trip wins Thrifty Car Rental's "Honeymoon Disasters" contest. Entries Sought for 2005 Contest.
2004-02-11Thrifty Car Rental opens new franchised locations in Syracuse, NY & San Luis Obispo, CA2004-02-09Thrifty Expands in Germany. Location serving Munich is most recent addition.2004-02-02June 2003
Didn't win one the first time? Thrifty Car Rental repeats chance to win Segway Human Transport (HT).2003-06-09Thrifty opens location in St. Thomas, USVI.2003-06-04Thrifty Car Rental opens Tucson location.2003-06-02May 2003
Thrifty Car Rental offers great deals and discounts during Salute to the Military Month.2003-05-01April 2003
Thrifty Car Rental opens new facility serving Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport.2003-04-23March 2003
Thrifty.com launches a new sweepstakes with a chance to win a Segway Human Transporter.2003-03-03February 2003
Thrifty Car Rental announced today that it is making its popular www.THRIFTY.com website more accessible to Spanish-speaking customers.2003-02-04January 2003
Canadians who rent a vehicle from Thrifty will receive free QuickTax software, Canada's #1 selling tax software.2003-01-20Their honeymoon was "the stuff of nightmares." That's why an Oregon couple won Thrifty Car Rental's 9th Annual Honeymoon Disasters Contest.2003-01-16November 2002
Thrifty.com now offers web users the ability to place airline and hotel reservations on its site. "Customers appreciate the convenience of one-stop shopping."2002-11-21Thrifty Car Rental now servers Memphis International Airport.2002-11-07Thrifty gives 10,000 "Look To Book" bonus points to agents for every five rentals.2002-11-04Customers who book a car rental with Thrifty.com and stay at any Hilton HHonors hotel now can get trip HHonors bonus points.2002-11-01October 2002
Thrifty Car Rental opens locations in Brazil and Curacao as "South America and the Caribbean is emerging as a major market for Thrifty."2002-10-15Thrifty's Blue Chip members can update profiles; on-line prospective members enjoy speedier sign-up.2002-10-14September 2002
Thrifty Car Rental opens in-terminal counter location at Palm Beach International Airport.2002-09-25Thrifty Car Rental has recently expanded its Metro Detroit operations with the opening of a new suburban location in Troy, Michigan.2002-09-09July 2002
Walmart.com features exclusive rental car offer; flat rate pricing available nationwide.2002-07-22Thrifty Car Rental opens a new car rental location in downtown Nashville, TN.2002-07-01June 2002
Thrifty Car Rental has opened a new car rental location in Memphis, TN.2002-06-17Thrifty Car Rental repeats chance to win a week's rental.2002-06-06May 2002
Thrifty Car Rental moves in-terminal at Chicago O'Hare.2002-05-08Thrifty Car Rental offers double points to Gold Points members.2002-05-06April 2002
Thrifty eliminates travel agency commissions on certain rentals.2002-04-19March 2002
Thrifty adds locations in Chile, Nicaragua and Indonesia.2002-03-27Thrifty enhances Thrifty.com website, celebrates with "92 free weeks of car rental.”2002-03-04February 2002
Thrifty Car Rental offers 500 bonus miles to Us Airways Dividend Miles members.2002-02-27Get free QuickTax™ software from Thrifty Car Rental.2002-02-07Couple's misfortune leads to chance at second honeymoon.2002-02-07January 2002
Thrifty and America West offer 300 bonus miles with two-day car rental.2002-01-02November 2001
Thrifty Car Rental’s government program goes global.2001-11-01October 2001
Thrifty Car Rental adds stores in Venezuela and Uruguay.2001-10-25Thrifty Car Rental named a “Wireless Innovator” by ComputerworldROI.2001-10-02April 2001
Thrifty Car Rental enhances features of Thrifty.com website.2001-04-16IMRglobal awarded application development contract by Thrifty Rent-A-Car System, Inc.2001-04-03February 2001
Thrifty launches Honeymoondisasters.com website in conjunction with new contest.2001-02-06January 2001
Thrifty joins Air Canada's frequent flyer program and celebrates by offering double miles to members.2001-01-17 
