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Auto Club Adds New Show Your Card & Save Partners

7 October 1999

Auto Club Adds New Show Your Card & Save Partners, Including First E-Commerce Shopping Service

    LOS ANGELES--Oct. 6, 1999--Members of the Automobile Club of Southern California can now use their AAA membership card to get discounts on DVD movies, tickets to hockey games and admission to local attractions.
    The Auto Club is the nation's largest AAA affiliate.
    The newest Show Your Card & Save(R) program partners are ShopDVD.com, the Los Angeles Kings and the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park.

-- Tustin-based ShopDVD.com, which sells movie DVD discs via the
   Internet, is the Auto Club's first e-commerce Show Your Card & 
   Save(R) partner. AAA members receive 10 percent off their total 
   order including cost of shipping. The discount excludes tax and 
   handling fees. ShopDVD.com offers a comprehensive selection of DVD 
   movies.

-- The Los Angeles Kings are offering discounts on tickets for
   Friday, Saturday and Sunday home games during the 1999-2000 season.
   Individual tickets normally priced $18.50, $25.50 and $40.50 are 
   $15, $21 and $35 with the discount. Tickets must be purchased at 
   the STAPLES Center or Forum box offices. Tickets may be purchased 
   in advance. The Nov. 6 and April 1 games are excluded from the 
   discount. For ticket and game information, call 888/KINGS-LA.

-- The World Famous San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park now offers
   10 percent off the Deluxe Ticket package as well as a 10 percent
   discount on purchases at the Zoo's Treehouse Cafe and the Wild 
   Animal Park's Thorn Tree Terrace. This is the first time a discount
   has been offered at the restaurants in the parks to any group.


    Show Your Card & Save(R) is a cooperative program between the Auto Club and local businesses that provides discounts to Auto Club members on high-quality, popular products and services. The exclusive discounts are offered to members in addition to Auto Club services such as roadside assistance, insurance and travel agency.
    Membership in the Auto Club automatically qualifies members for Show Your Card & Save(R) privileges.
    ShopDVD.com was founded in 1998 as an Internet company based in Tustin, Calif. ShopDVD.com is dedicated to providing the latest in movie titles released on the DVD format. DVD is the fastest growing home and computer video viewing format. You can visit ShopDVD.com at www.ShopDVD.com.
    The Los Angeles Kings open the 1999-2000 season in the new STAPLES Center on Oct. 20, 1999. The new STAPLES Center is located in downtown Los Angeles, just off the 110 and 10 freeways.
    This new sports and entertainment facility features 18,500 seats for hockey, 23 permanent refreshment stands, FOX Sports Skybox bar and restaurant, TEAM LA merchandise store, 1,200 concourse television sets, 55 public restrooms and 8,800 parking spaces within a 10 minute walk to the arena doors. Visit STAPLES Center at www.staplescenterla.com.
    The World Famous San Diego Zoo is operated by the not-for-profit Zoological Society of San Diego. The Zoological Society, dedicated to the conservation of endangered species and their habitats, also manages the 2,200-acre San Diego Wild Animal Park and the Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species (CRES).
    The Automobile Club of Southern California, the largest affiliate of the AAA, has been serving members since 1900. Today, the Auto Club's members benefit by the organization's emergency road service, insurance services, travel agency, financial products, automotive pricing, buying and financing programs, automotive testing and analysis, trip planning services, highway and transportation safety programs and legislative advocacy.
    Information about these products and services is available on the Auto Club's Web site at www.aaa-calif.com.