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dollar.com Ranked Number One Online Car Rental Site By Gomez Advisors

10 January 2000

Dollar Rent A Car Site, dollar.com, Ranked Number One Online Car Rental Site By Gomez Advisors
    TULSA, Okla., Jan. 10 -- Dollar Rent A Car today announced
the company's Web site, dollar.com, has landed the number one spot on the
Gomez Advisors Winter 1999-2000 Internet Car Rentals Scorecard.  Gomez
Advisors, the recognized leader in providing consumer and business-based
e-commerce research, tools and analysis, helps consumers make informed online
purchasing decisions.
    "We are very proud to be ranked number one by the Gomez Advisors," says
Fred Fleischner, Dollar Rent A Car Vice President, Sales and Marketing.  "As a
leader in the price-sensitive discretionary segment of the car rental
industry, we've responded to our customers' online needs by continuing to look
at new ways to improve dollar.com -- our fastest, easiest way for the customer
to make a car rental reservation."
    Gomez Advisors also ranked Dollar number one in the Overall Cost category
and number two in the Customer Confidence category.
    The Gomez Advisors ranking also noted that dollar.com was the least
expensive car rental site for the budget conscious customer, possessed an
intuitive site layout, was easy to navigate and had the shortest wait time
when pages were downloading.  The Internet Car Rentals Scorecard can be found
at gomez.com.

    About Dollar Rent a Car
    Dollar Rent A Car Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive
Group, Inc. , has approximately 430 worldwide locations in 26
countries, with a significant presence in Australia, Canada, the Caribbean and
Latin America, including 260 locations in the United States.  The company and
its licensees have locations at most major airports across the nation, and a
fleet of more than 70,000 vehicles.  DOLLAR(R) worldwide headquarters is
located in Tulsa, Okla.  For additional information, the DOLLAR Web address is
dollar.com.

    About Gomez Advisors, Inc.
    Gomez.com, at http://www.gomez.com, is an online leader in providing unbiased
consumer ratings with the latest e-commerce information and tools that promote
informed online purchasing decisions.  The gomez.com site has grown into a
premier online hub where consumers can evaluate online service and product
providers through nationally recognized Internet Scorecards.  These Scorecards
rank the performance and quality of online service offerings for selected
industries including: airlines, apparel, auctions, autos, banks, booksellers,
brokers, computers, consumer electronics, drugstores, furniture, gifts,
grocery services, insurance, mortgages, music, pet supplies, sporting goods,
toys, travel and videos.
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features foremost industry experts offering detailed, proprietary research,
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