Get Free Gas With A Priceline.com Rental; Just In Time for Spring Vacation - Rent a , SUV or Premium Car and Get a $10 Gas Credit

NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2005--On top of the great prices, now there's another reason to rent a car from priceline.com® (Nasdaq: PCLN) -- free gas. Make a 3-day-or-longer Name-Your-Own-Price® rental of any minivan, SUV or premium-size car and priceline.com will throw in a free $10 gas credit. To qualify for the credit, rentals must be purchased by March 13 and picked up by May 15, 2005. The special offer applies to rentals made in the U.S. and Canada.

Priceline.com's Name Your Own Price service is a great way to save on a rental car. Customers choose their vehicle type, rental days, pickup and dropoff locations and times, and specify the per-day price they want to pay for the rental. Priceline.com then works with its major rental car partners to find one willing to rent the vehicle at the customer's price. By being flexible with their rental, priceline.com customers can save over published prices found on other major travel reservation Web sites. In addition to , SUVs and premium , priceline.com also rents economy, compact, mid-size, standard, full-size, luxury and . Customers who prefer a specific rental brand, or who need an off-airport or one-way rental can take advantage of priceline.com's specially negotiated published prices for rental cars.

Here are some examples of successful Name Your Own Price rental car offers made by priceline.com customers between January 1 and 31, 2005 for pickup between February 13 and 21, 2005. Examples do not include taxes and fees. Prices and availability are always subject to change.

Minivans ------Vehicles in this category would include Venture, Ford Winstar or similar.

-- San Diego $30 -- San Francisco $32 -- Orlando $37 -- Los Angeles $42 -- Phoenix $43

SUVs ---- Vehicles in this category would include Chevrolet Blazer, Ford Explorer or similar.

-- Reno $35 -- San Francisco $35 -- Miami $37 -- Salt Lake City $38

Premium Cars ------Vehicles in this category would include Bonneville, Ford Crown Victoria, LeSabre 4-door or similar.

-- Phoenix $30 -- Orlando $30 -- Miami $34 -- San Diego $38

About Priceline.com

Priceline.com is a travel service that offers leisure airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages and cruises. Priceline.com also has a personal finance service that offers home mortgages, refinancing and home equity loans through an independent licensee. Priceline.com operates the retail travel Web sites Travelweb.com, ActiveReservations.com, Lowestfare.com, Rentalcars.com and Breezenet.com. Priceline.com licenses its business model to independent licensees, including pricelinemortgage and certain international licensees.

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