AAA Members Save With Penske, Hertz Truck Rental Agreement
22 January 1999
AAA Members Save With Penske, Hertz Truck Rental Agreement
ORLANDO, Fla.--Jan. 21, 1999--AAA members can now save up to 12 percent when they rent a truck through an exclusive agreement with Penske Truck Rental and Hertz Truck & Van Rental.
Through its Show Your Card & Save program, AAA has allied with Penske Truck Rental and Hertz Rent-A-Car to offer members an exclusive 12 percent savings on one-way truck rentals, or a 10 percent savings on local truck rentals. The discounts also apply to moving supplies and accessories.
"We believe that this new agreement is worth in excess of $20 million in local and one-way rentals," said Tom Wilt, managing director of AAA Partnership Programs. "We are pleased with the agreement, and expect that AAA members will be as well."
"We are very happy that we are able to expand our partnership with AAA to include truck and van rentals," said Brian Kennedy, executive vice president, marketing and sales for The Hertz Corporation.
"Penske is pleased to offer its services to AAA members," said Brian Hard, president, Penske Truck Leasing. "We are committed to providing our consumer rental customer the best trucks to meet their needs."
Boasting the newest, best maintained and widest variety of trucks in the industry, the discounts are available at more than 1,200 Penske Truck Rental and Hertz Truck and Van Rental locations in the U.S. This new program replaces a previous agreement with Ryder TRS, Inc. AAA members can call 888-222-4600 to reserve a truck and take advantage of these discounts.
AAA is a not-for-profit federation of 91 motor clubs with 1,100 offices providing more than 41 million members in the United States and Canada with travel, insurance, financial, and auto-related services.
The Hertz Corporation , the world's largest car rental company, is the exclusive car rental provider for AAA. Hertz operates a fleet of more than 500,000 vehicles from over 5,500 locations in more than 140 countries.
Penske Truck Leasing one of the largest providers of transportation services in North America, operates more than 115,000 trucks in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Annual revenues total more than $2 billion.
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