Release Date:  2002-10-14

For Immediate Release

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Contact: Chris Payne or Jason Logan

chris.payne@dtag.com

jason.logan@dtag.com

Phone: (918) 669-2379

Thrifty's Blue Chip members can update profiles; on-line prospective members enjoy speedier sign-up

Tulsa, Okla. – Thrifty Car Rental, a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTG), has made improvements to THRIFTY.com that will make life simpler for members of its Blue Chip Express Rental Program.

Now Blue Chip members have the ability to access their personal profile on THRIFTY.com to review and change their product selections, password and other personal information.  To view or change their profile information on-line, members can visit www.THRIFTY.com/bluechip when they supply their Blue Chip number and password.

"Blue Chip members now have round-the-clock access to their personal profiles to ensure that we always have their latest preferences and information," said Rainey Talbot, Director of Customer Retention for Thrifty. "It's just one more way Thrifty can ensure the best service to our Blue Chip customers."

Prospective Blue Chip members will also enjoy a speedier sign-up with a revised on-line application. Once the application is submitted, new Blue Chip members will immediately receive their Blue Chip number so they can begin making reservations. To sign-up for the program, visit www.THRIFTY.com/bluechip or call 1-888-400-8877 and select "option 2" to request an application.

With the Blue Chip Express Rental Program, customers speed through the check-in process in 60 seconds or less, with no-hassle pick-up and return. Available at 125 airport locations in the US and Canada, Blue Chip is a service that is free of charge.

To make a reservation with Thrifty, customers may log on to www.THRIFTY.com, call 1-800-THRIFTY in the US or Canada or contact their professional travel consultant.

Thrifty Car Rental, with its affiliate Thrifty Car Sales, is a subsidiary of Thrifty, Inc. Thrifty Car Rental is one of the world?s largest car rental franchise networks, consisting of more than 1,200 locations in 62 countries around the world. Thrifty operates 87 in-terminal rental counters and provides service to 67 other US airports in addition to operating at all major Canadian airports. Thrifty Car Sales is a franchised retail used car sales network of nearly 60 dealers.

 
The pressroom of Thrifty Car Rental