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Priceline.com Announces Travel Deals to the Big Game February 1st

^{Published on 2009-01-21 13:09:29, Last Modified on 2009-01-21 13:10:53 - Market Wire}
 

NORWALK, Conn.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--No, we can't get you a break on tickets to the big game February 1st. But priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) does have some sweet deals on airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars and air & hotel packages to Tampa, where the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals will do battle.

Airline Tickets

Priceline.com has published-price round trip airfares to Tampa available starting as low as $233. Quoted airfares were searched for departure on January 31, 2009 and return on February 3, 2009, and were available as of January 20, 2009. Quoted prices include all taxes and fees. Prices and availability are not guaranteed and are subject to change at any time. With published-price airfares, priceline.com customers can choose their airline, flight times and any applicable connections.

• From Pittsburgh, priceline.com has published-price round-trip airfares to Tampa available from $233.
• From Phoenix, priceline.com has published-price round-trip airfares available from $303.

Flexible travelers can save even more – up to 40% - by using priceline.com's Name Your Own Price® airline ticketing service. Priceline.com's Name Your Own Price® airline ticketing service is different from fixed-price ticketing services. With priceline.com's Name Your Own Price® airline service, customers choose their travel dates, airports and the price they want to pay for their tickets. Specific itineraries and airlines are shown after the transaction is completed.

Vacation Packages

Vacation packages are priced per-person and include all taxes and fees. Quoted package prices were available as of January 20, 2009 for travel January 31-February 3, 2009. Prices and availability are not guaranteed and are subject to change at any time.

• $365. Includes round-trip airfare from Pittsburgh and 3 nights accommodations at the Comfort Inn Port Richey.
• $386. Includes round-trip airfare from Phoenix and 3 nights accommodations at the Travelodge Port Richey.
• $558. Includes round-trip airfare from Pittsburgh and 3 nights accommodations at the Extended Stay America Tampa-Temple Terrace.
• $640. Includes round-trip airfare from Phoenix and 3 nights accommodations at the Homestead Tampa North Airport.
• $706. Includes round-trip airfare from Phoenix and 3 nights accommodations at the Quality Inn Tampa.
• $804. Includes round-trip airfare from Pittsburgh and 3 nights accommodations at the Comfort Inn Airport at Raymond James Stadium.

Hotel Rooms

The hotels quoted below were available on priceline.com's published price hotel service as of January 20, 2009. Prices include all taxes and fees. Prices and availability are not guaranteed and are subject to change at any time.

• $164 Quality Inn & Suites, Zephyrhills.
• $199 Extended Stay America Tampa-Temple Terrace.
• $218 Best Western Summer Crest.
• $299 Howard Johnson Express Inn & Suites, East Tampa.
• $349 Comfort Inn Airport at Raymond James Stadium.

Rental Cars

Priceline.com said that customers using its Name Your Own Price® rental car service are successfully bidding as low at $15 a day for rental cars being picked up at the Tampa, Fort Myers and Orlando airports. Name Your Own Price® rental car offer prices do not include taxes and fees.

Priceline.com's Name Your Own Price® rental car service is different from fixed-price rental car services. With priceline.com's Name Your Own Price rental car service, customers choose the car type, rental dates, location and price they want to pay. The rental car company is shown after the transaction is completed.

About Priceline.com(R) Incorporated

Priceline.com Incorporated (Nasdaq: PCLN) [ www.priceline.com ] provides online travel services in 22 languages in over 70 countries in Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Included in the priceline.com family of companies is Booking.com, a leading international online hotel reservation service, priceline.com, a leading U.S. online travel service for value-conscious leisure travelers, and Agoda.com, an Asian online hotel reservation service.

Priceline.com believes that Booking.com is Europe's largest and fastest growing hotel reservation service, with a network of affiliated Web sites. Booking.com operates in over 70 countries in 19 languages and offers its customers access to approximately 57,000 participating hotels worldwide.

In the U.S., priceline.com gives customers more ways to save on their airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages and cruises than any other Internet travel service. In addition to getting great published prices, leisure travelers can narrow their searches using priceline.com's TripFilter advanced search technology, customize their search activity through priceline.com's Inside Track features, create packages to save even more money, and take advantage of priceline.com's famous Name Your Own Price® service, which can deliver the lowest prices available.

Priceline.com also operates the following travel websites: Travelweb.com, Lowestfare.com, RentalCars.com and BreezeNet.com. Priceline.com also has a personal finance service that offers home mortgages, refinancing and home equity loans through an independent licensee. Priceline.com licenses its business model to independent licensees, including priceline mortgage and certain international licensees.