CarsDirect.com Offers New-Car Buying Services to Frequent Fliers At Nation's Top Two Airlines.Automotive Writers LOS ANGELES--(AutomotiveWire)--April 13, 2000 In Exclusive Agreement With MSI MSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (MicroSoft Installer) See Windows Installer. (2) (Medium Scale Integration) Between 100 and 3,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, LSI, VLSI and ULSI. , United and American Frequent Fliers Can Earn 10,000 Miles When Purchasing Cars Via Airline Web Sites CarsDirect.com, the leading automotive e-tailer, today announced that it has been selected as the exclusive online new vehicle e-tailer for the auto referral Web sites created by Member Services Inc. (MSI) for United Airlines(R) (www.odometermiles.com) and American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the (R) (www.aabuy2fly.com) frequent fliers. The alliance with CarsDirect.com enables United Airlines Mileage Plus(R) and American Airlines AAdvantage(R) members an additional way to earn 10,000 miles when buying or leasing a new car or truck via their respective frequent-flier Web sites. United Airlines and American Airlines are the nation's two largest air carriers. "Bonus frequent flier miles are a powerful way of reaching a loyal, highly motivated group of consumers," said Bob Brisco, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , CarsDirect.com. "This program stands as one more way that CarsDirect.com is making car buying for virtually any make and model simple, convenient and quick." "By partnering with CarsDirect.com, we are helping frequent fliers enjoy automotive travel as much as they do air travel," said Bill Nicholson Bill Nicholson can refer to different people:
About Member Services Inc. Member Services Inc. (MSI) is a privately held Arkansas Corporation specializing in marketing and promotion. MSI's core business is creating marketing programs for automotive dealers and related businesses aimed at major affinity groups such as airline frequent flyer frequent flyer Hospital practice A popular term for a Pt who is regularly admitted to a particular ER or health care facility, for various reasons programs, credit unions and wholesale club members. MSI maintains relationships with franchised new car dealers who represent more than 3,300 new car and truck franchises. MSI also provides to major retailers, and their vendors, merchandising and fulfillment services such as: product development, package design, development of point-of-sale materials, call center support, electronic purchase order/invoicing and assistance in sales and marketing of products to specific trade channels. MSI is a partner in the Whistler Corporation, a major manufacturer of automotive electronics. MSI is a full service advertising agency with an in-house graphics arts and creative department that develops promotional pieces for local and national campaigns. MSI operates a bilingual call center and currently has more than 40 field associates and managers actively supporting the various programs. About CarsDirect.com CarsDirect.com (www.carsdirect.com), the leading automotive e-tailer, is the first nationwide online service that puts consumers in control of the total car buying experience -- from research, pricing and customization to financing and delivery. With CarsDirect.com, car buyers can see and compare real, upfront prices on virtually every vehicle sold in the U.S, obtain a loan or lease, place their orders directly online and arrange for home or office delivery. More than 2,000 franchised dealers are a part of CarsDirect.com's Priority Dealer Network. Based in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , CarsDirect.com is an idealab! company. The company is also funded by idealab! Capital Partners, Primedia Ventures, Foundation Capital, MSD (MicroSoft Diagnostics) A utility that accompanied Windows 3.1 and DOS 6 that reported on the internal configuration of the PC. A variety of information on disks, video, drivers, IRQs and port addresses was provided. Capital LP, Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., or simply Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is one of the world's largest global investment banks. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street. , Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Hambrecht & Quist, E*O Investors, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , Oracle Corp., Liberty Digital, TMCT TMCT Trailer Mounted Communications Tower Ventures, L.P, Hikari Tsushin and Soros Private Equity Partners LLC. |
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