AAA's 100th Year Prompts Hundreds of Deals for Club's 45 Million Members

    ORLANDO, Fla.--Feb. 28, 2002--AAA's celebration of its centennial year -- which kicks off in Chicago on March 5 with a nationwide public service campaign -- also will mean hundreds of opportunities for AAA members to enhance their savings on automotive, travel, retail and entertainment values from AAA partners.
    More than 35 partners in AAA's Show Your Card & Save(R) membership benefit program and AAA Travel have teamed up to bring "Hundreds of Deals" to more than 45 million AAA members throughout North America from March 1 through May 31.
    News of the AAA Centennial Hundreds of Deals offer will be communicated in membership publications, advertisements placed by AAA clubs in local media and in a cooperative national advertisement in USA Today. AAA club Web sites -- accessible from http://www.aaa.com -- also will feature Web pages with information on the Hundreds of Deals.
    AAA partners joining in this special thank you promotion for members of North America's largest automobile and leisure travel organization, include Aloha Airlines, Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks: Sea World, Busch Gardens, Adventure Island and Water Country, Best Western, Brennan Tours, Carnival Cruise Lines, Casual Corner Group, Celebrity Cruises, Choice Hotels, Cruise West, Crystal Cruises, Days Inn, DER Travel Services, Disney Cruise Line, Disneyland, General Tours, Gray Line Worldwide, Hertz, Hilton Garden Inns, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, LaQuinta Inns & Suites, LensCrafters, Marriott, NAPA Auto Parts, Penske Truck Rental, Pleasant Holidays, Princess Cruises, Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, Royal Caribbean International, Six Flags, Tauck World Discovery, Trafalgar Tours, Travel Bound, Travel Impressions, Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Orlando, Universal Studios Vacations, and Walt Disney World.
    "AAA is very appreciative that our preferred partners are joining us in celebrating 100 years of outstanding service to millions of the most loyal and frequently-traveled consumers in North America," said Lee Granger, managing director, AAA Marketing.
    Last year, AAA members saved more than 12 million times at participating AAA Show Your Card & Save(R) businesses. They received a total of $315 million in discounts on everything from hotel rooms, airplane and train tickets, restaurants, rental cars, theaters, theme parks, vision care, outlet shopping, online shopping, car washes, oil changes, auto parts and flowers.
    As North America's largest motoring and leisure travel organization, AAA provides travel, insurance, financial and automotive-related services. Since its founding in 1902, the not-for-profit, fully tax-paying AAA has been a leader and advocate for the safety and security of all travelers.