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Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental Open in New Consolidated Facility in Ft. Lauderdale

TULSA, Okla., Feb. 3, 2005 -- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. today announced its two brands, Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental are celebrating their grand opening in Fort Lauderdale- Hollywood International Airport's (FLL) new Rental Car Center. Each brand previously served customers at separate on-airport locations.

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Customers can find the Dollar rental counter on Level Four and the Thrifty counter on Level Two of the Center, located at 600 Terminal Drive in Fort Lauderdale. Both locations are open seven days a week, twenty four hours a day.

"We're pleased to continue to serve both Dollar and Thrifty customers traveling for business or pleasure in the fantastic new FLL Rental Car facility, located in the heart of Broward County," Ken Wiley, South Florida Area Manager, said. "We look forward to continuing to serve the value-seeking car rental customer expeditiously, with great service, rates, and quality DaimlerChrysler vehicles."

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. is a Fortune 1000 Company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Driven by the mission "Value Every Time," the Company's brands, Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental, serve value- conscious travelers in approximately 70 countries. Dollar and Thrifty have approximately 800 corporate and franchised locations in the United States and Canada, and they have operations at most major airports. The Company's more than 8,000 employees are located mainly in North America, but global service capabilities exist through an expanding international franchise network. For additional information, visit http://www.dtag.com/ .

Some of the statements contained in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. believes such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and certain factors could cause results to differ materially from current expectations. These factors include: price and product competition; economic and competitive conditions in markets and countries where the companies' customers reside and where the companies and their franchisees operate; natural hazards or catastrophes; incidents of terrorism; airline travel patterns; changes in capital availability or cost; costs and other terms related to the acquisition and disposition of automobiles; systems or communications failures; costs of conducting business and changes in structure or operations; and certain regulatory and environmental matters and litigation risks. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties, among others, materialize, actual results could vary from those estimated, anticipated or projected. Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time.

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