Avis Announces a Million Miles Sweepstakes for Travel Agents

6 November 1998
Avis Announces a Million Miles Sweepstakes for Travel Agents
    GARDEN CITY, N.Y., Nov. 5 -- What would you do with 1 million
Frequent Flyer Miles?  Some lucky travel agent who enters a new sweepstakes
sponsored by Avis Rent A Car, Inc. is going to have the
opportunity to make that exciting decision.  Avis today announced a "Win a
Million Miles" travel agent Sweepstakes that runs from November 1 through
December 31, 1998.
    Second prize is a five-day vacation for four to Universal Studios Escape
in Orlando or to Universal Studios Hollywood, the world's biggest and busiest
working movie studio.  It's winner's choice.  The prize includes airfare,
hotel, theme park passes, an Avis car and more.
    For every Avis reservation travel agents book November 1 to December 31,
1998 that includes a Saturday night, the agent will earn one entry.  All the
agent has to do is input their first initial and last name (no space between)
into the booking format of every Avis reservation they book.  For example in
APOLLO and WORLDSPAN /SI-BA-JDOE; In AMADEUS and SABRE: /BA-JDOE.  For
complete details, agents should access Keyword "TACT" in Avis DRS/GRS.
    After December 31, one agent will be randomly drawn to win the Grand Prize
of 1-million Frequent Flyer Miles on one of eight Avis partner airlines --
winner's choice.  A second drawing will determine the winner of the five-day
Universal Studios vacation.
    "We at Avis find this special Sweepstakes an exciting way to support
travel agents," said Daryl Thrasher, Avis Vice President-Travel Industry Sales
and Marketing.  "We are always looking for new, innovative ways to strengthen
our bond with the travel industry and we think a Sweepstakes like this helps
us in meeting that goal.  Good luck to all who participate."
    Separate from the travel agent  Sweepstakes is Avis's offering of triple
Frequent Flyer miles or hotel points for qualifying rentals of two to 14 days
that include a Saturday night, good through December 15.
    Avis Rent A Car, Inc., with locations in the United States, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, is
one of the leading car rental companies in the world.  Annually, the Company
completes approximately 15 million rental transactions with a fleet averaging
approximately 200,000 vehicles, generating over $2.3 billion in total revenue.
    For more information and recent news releases, please log onto the Avis
Web site at http://www.avis.com or call Company News on Call at 1-800-758-5804,
access code #078975.