Thrifty Car Rental Upgrades to Amadeus Complete Access Plus

TULSA, Okla., Nov. 24, 2003 -- Thrifty Car Rental, a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. , recently completed its upgrade on the Amadeus GDS to Complete Access Plus. The upgrade will allow travellers and travel agents to fully access Thrifty's complete inventory of vehicles directly from the company's own database. The change also provides users with estimated total pricing, including the base rate of the rental plus all taxes and mandatory charges.

"The implementation of Amadeus Complete Access Plus allows us to provide customers and travel agents with the most straightforward display of pricing and inventory available," said Bob DuPont, Vice President of Reservations for Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. "Not only will customers be able to make a completely informed purchasing decision, but they will get the best car rental value around."

Amadeus Global Travel Distribution (Madrid: AMS) is the leading global distribution system (GDS) and technology provider, serving the marketing, sales and distribution needs of the world's travel and tourism industries. Its comprehensive GDS data processing centre serves 64,500 travel agency locations and more than 10,000 airline sales offices, which together total more than 290,000 points of sale located in over 210 markets worldwide.

Thrifty Car Rental is a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. Together with its corporately owned locations and those of its franchise owners, the Thrifty brand operates more than 1,100 locations in 64 countries.