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Get Free Gas With A Priceline.com Car Rental; Just In Time for Spring Vacation - Rent a Minivan, SUV or Premium Car and Get a $10 Gas Credit.


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, Conn. -- On top of the great prices, now there's another reason to rent a car from priceline.com (priceline.com Incorporated, Norwalk, CT, www.priceline.com) A Web-based travel shopping site launched in 1998 where buyers submit the price they are willing to pay for airline tickets, hotel rooms, vacation packages and rental cars. (R) (Nasdaq: PCLN PCLN Priceline.com (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) -- free gas. Make a 3-day-or-longer Name-Your-Own-Price(R) rental of any minivan, SUV or premium-size car and priceline.com will throw in a free $10 gas credit. To qualify for the credit, rentals must be purchased by March 13 and picked up by May 15, 2005. The special offer applies to rentals made in the U.S. and Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of .

Priceline.com's Name Your Own Price service is a great way to save on a rental car. Customers choose their vehicle type, rental days, pickup Pickup

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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
 and dropoff locations and times, and specify the per-day price they want to pay for the rental. Priceline.com then works with its major rental car partners to find one willing to rent the vehicle at the customer's price. By being flexible with their rental, priceline.com customers can save over published prices found on other major travel reservation Web sites. In addition to minivans, SUVs and premium cars, priceline.com also rents economy, compact, mid-size, standard, full-size full-size
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, luxury and convertibles. Customers who prefer a specific rental brand, or who need an off-airport or one-way one-way
adj.
1. Moving or permitting movement in one direction only: a one-way street.

2. Providing for travel in one direction only: a one-way ticket.
 rental can take advantage of priceline.com's specially negotiated published prices for rental cars.

Here are some examples of successful Name Your Own Price rental car offers made by priceline.com customers between January 1 and 31, 2005 for pickup between February 13 and 21, 2005. Examples do not include taxes and fees. Prices and availability are always subject to change.
Minivans
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Vehicles in this category would include Chevrolet Venture,
Ford Winstar or similar.

--  San Diego                  $30
--  San Francisco              $32
--  Orlando                    $37
--  Los Angeles                $42
--  Phoenix                    $43

SUVs
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Vehicles in this category would include Chevrolet Blazer,
Ford Explorer or similar.

--  Reno                       $35
--  San Francisco              $35
--  Miami                      $37
--  Salt Lake City             $38

Premium Cars
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Vehicles in this category would include Pontiac Bonneville,
Ford Crown Victoria, Buick LeSabre 4-door or similar.

--  Phoenix                    $30
--  Orlando                    $30
--  Miami                      $34
--  San Diego                  $38


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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