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For Snow, Sand Or Sun, There's Nothing Like An SUV From Priceline.com; SUV rentals from $22 a day.


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 (SUVs), most major rental car companies have plenty on hand and priceline.com's (R) Name Your Own Price(R) car rental service has SUVs available in most cities at impressive savings.

Recent priceline.com Name Your Own Price rental car customers have rented SUVs for as little as $22 a day, depending on location, dates and length of rental. Don't need an SUV? Priceline.com also offers rentals in 10 different vehicle type categories, including economy, mid-size, full-size, luxury, convertibles and minivans.

Priceline.com's Name Your Own Price rental car service is unique and different from other online car rental services. With the Name Your Own Price service, the exact rental car company is shown only after purchase. Customers specify their dates, pickup/dropoff times and locations, the car type they want and the price they want to pay. Priceline.com then works to find a major rental car company willing to accept the customer's offer. By being flexible with the brand they get, priceline.com customers can save up to 25% over published prices shown on competing online travel reservation services.

For travelers who prefer a particular brand, or who need an off-airport or one-way rental, priceline.com's other rental car Web sites - RentalCars.com and BreezeNet.com - offer a full lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime.  of rental cars at specially negotiated published prices.

Here is a range of successful offers made by priceline.com customers for SUV rentals in cities around the U.S. Typical SUV types rented by priceline.com customers include Chevrolet Blazer The Chevrolet Blazer and GMC Jimmy names were used on two different early SUV models:
  • The full-size K5 Blazer and Jimmy were produced from 1969 on the C/K pickup truck chassis.
, Ford Explorer
See also Ford Explorer Sport Trac for the spinoff pickup truck version


The Ford Explorer is a mid-size sport utility vehicle sold in North America and built by the Ford Motor Company since 1990.
 or similar.

Offers shown were made between January 15 and 31, 2005 for pickup Pickup

A gain in yield made by selling one bond and buying another. Also referred to as "yield pickup."

Notes:
When the present yield is relatively low compared to the longer-term yields, pickups will be done by investors trying to increase the yield and duration of their
 between February 1 and April 30, 2005. Dollar amount, available inventories, dates, length of rental and selected cities all affect the likelihood of success of a Name Your Own Price offer. Offers shown are "per day" prices and do not include taxes or fees.

-0- *T CITYRANGE OF SUCCESSFUL OFFERS

Denver$22 - $40 Ft. Lauderdale$25 - $33 Miami$29 - $45 Orlando$29 - $45 Reno$30 - $40 Phoenix$32 - $45 Salt Lake City$38 - $47 *T

About Priceline.com

Priceline.com is a travel service that offers leisure airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages and cruises. Priceline.com also has a personal finance service that offers home mortgages, refinancing Refinancing

An extension and/or increase in amount of existing debt.
 and home equity loans through an independent licensee licensee n. a person given a license by government or under private agreement. (See: license, licensor)


LICENSEE. One to whom a license has been given. 1 M. Q. & S. 699 n.
. Priceline.com operates the retail travel Web sites Travelweb.com, Activereservations.com, Lowestfare.com, RentalCars.com and BreezeNet.com. Priceline.com licenses its business model to independent licensees, including pricelinemortgage and certain international licensees.
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