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Dollar Rent A Car and Sixt Rent A Car Worldwide Alliance Begins

29 February 2000

Dollar Rent A Car and Sixt Rent A Car Worldwide Alliance Begins
    TULSA, Okla., Feb. 29 -- Dollar Rent A Car, a subsidiary of
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. , will begin its worldwide
rental reservations alliance with Sixt rent a car on March 1, 2000.  Both
Dollar and Sixt will exchange reservations in the territories of their
individual operations.
    The alliance will allow the two companies' combined service capacity to
meet the needs of the global travel market at nearly 2,000 locations in more
than 50 countries, with a fleet of 210,000 vehicles.  The companies will
provide services to customers at suburban and on-airport locations at most
major airports in the United States and Europe, as well as many other
worldwide travel destinations.
    Each company will continue to market under its own name and no stock or
assets will be exchanged as a result of the agreement.
    Dollar Rent A Car 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
http://www.dollar.com.  Dollar.com is the number one ranked Internet car rental site
by Gomez Advisors.
    Sixt, based in Germany, is the largest car rental company, in the largest
car rental market in Europe, and is represented in major countries both in
eastern and western Europe, the Middle East and Africa.  For more information
on Sixt, the company's Web site is http://www.sixt.com.