Dollar Rent A Car Goes Wireless; dollar.com Now Available to Palm Pilot(TM) or Similar Handheld Device Users

    TULSA, Okla., March 7 Dollar Rent A Car today announced
customers can now book a vehicle directly through dollar.com from popular
Personal Data Assistants (PDAs) like the Palm VIIx, Handspring, or any Palm
OS(R) device that has access to the Internet.
    Dollar.com's Palm Query Application (PQA) offers a simple interface,
allowing customers to check rates, make or cancel reservations in minutes.
The application includes online help and e-mail support options.
    Once a reservation has been made, customers have the option to save the
information to the Memo Pad on their devices.  This allows customers to view
their reservations using handheld devices, without having to access the
Internet.
    Customers can log onto the dollar.com home page to download and install
the Palm DOLLAR(R) Reservations application, free of charge.
    "We're excited to bring this new service to our customers," Charlie
Coniglio, Staff Vice President, e-Commerce, says.  "Customers now have the
additional convenience to book DOLLAR cars anytime, anywhere using these
handheld devices."
    Palm is a trademark of Palm Computing, Inc., 3Com Corporation or its
subsidiaries.  Other product and brand names may be trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective owners.

    About Dollar Rent A Car
    Dollar Rent A Car, a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc.,
, has approximately 430 worldwide locations in 26 countries, with a
significant presence in Australia, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America,
including 260 locations in the United States.  The company and its licensees
have locations at most major airports across the nation, and a fleet of
78,000 vehicles.  Through its alliance with Sixt rent a car, Dollar offers
service in more than 25 additional countries covering Europe, the Middle East
and Africa. DOLLAR worldwide headquarters is located in Tulsa, Okla.  For
additional information, the DOLLAR Web address is http://www.dollar.com.