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United, Delta, Northwest And Continental Announce Plans To Launch Industry-Leading Travel Web Site

Credit Pacific Service Union United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines today announced their partnership in a new independently owned travel Web site. The new site, the first multi-airline travel portal, will provide customers with convenient online access to airline, hotel, car rental and other travel services in addition to Internet offers.

The German car manufacturer has announced that it is planning to enter the UK's financial services sector by offering special credit cards.

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Groople, the leading online group travel planning and booking site, announces the launch of an exciting travel and social networking tool, offering an integrated solution for the challenges of planning and booking group travel. GroopVine will allow users to create their own personalized trip page to plan, create, share, shop and buy travel with their entire group's input every step of the way. Providing helpful tools from event schedules and suggested itineraries to RSS feeds and online surveys, GroopVine makes group travel planning fun, collaborative and easy.

Card Credit Mobile Service The new site will provide access to the carriers' online products, and the airlines believe it will offer the most comprehensive selection of online airfares and other travel information available anywhere on the World Wide Web. The site will feature published fares from virtually all carriers worldwide and will welcome the posting of Internet fares from other carriers as well. "For the first time, online travel consumers will be able to compare and purchase the Internet fares offered by several airlines and travel providers by visiting just one site," said Bruce Parker, United's Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of the company's Information Services Division.

Northwest Airlines today announced savings of up to 10 percent for travel between Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri and Michigan and cities throughout the United States served by Northwest airlines and Northwest Airlink. It also announced savings up to 5 percent for travel between Georgia and Tennessee and cities throughout the United States. To be eligible for these savings, customers need to purchase tickets on Northwests web site, www.nwa.com, between July 19 and July 25, 1999, at least three days in advance of travel. Restrictions apply. For complete details, visit www.nwa.com.

Card Credit Discover Service The four airlines will continue to independently operate and develop their respective Web sites, in addition to their participation in the joint venture.

Delta.com has unveiled enhancements to enable customers across 13 European countries to book flights on Delta wherever they are. The extension of cross border credit card acceptance at Delta.com mean customers within these countries can now book and pay for travel online using a credit card registered to a billing address outside the country of travel origin, as well as booking US domestic itineraries online.

Credit Public Service Union Using innovative search capabilities, customers will be able to use the site to find comprehensive travel information on many of the world's most popular travel products. Price-conscious customers for example, will be able to use a special price search feature to locate products suiting their budget needs; customers concerned with convenience will use a special flight schedule search engine. "By combining the vast amount of Internet experience of all the launch partners, we will create a site that is superior to all travel sites," said Vince Caminiti, Senior Vice President of Sales and Distribution at Delta Air Lines. "The new site will offer the most convenient features of any online travel vehicle."

The new resource site is offered as a result of a partnership between the book site, AbeBooks.com, and the U.S.-based travel site, BootsnAll.com. store selection, including travel classics, original ideas travel reading, and authors to take on the trip, as well as a list of recommended travel guides. The new site will also include travel stories, photographs, travelogues, and articles from BootsnAll's own travel writers. A contest is planned to launch the site in late 2000.

Card Credit Processing Service In addition to booking travel on airlines, the new site will also partner with hotels, car rental companies, cruise lines and other travel partners to help consumers build an entire travel experience at just one site. "Customers will be offered unique travel packages through the combined product offerings of our partners," said Bill Brunger, Vice President of Distribution Planning and Revenue Decision Support at Continental Airlines.

Center Credit Service Union Customers using the new site will also have access to real-time departure and arrival information from each of the participating airlines.

Card Credit Service Wireless "Our site will offer customers the best of everything," said Al Lenza, Vice President of Distribution Planning at Northwest Airlines. "The best collection of Internet fares in one location, the best search capabilities and the best travel-related content."

Credit Security Service Union The site, expected to launch in the first half of 2000, will be managed independently of the suppliers. A management team and identity for the site will be named at a later date. The transaction is subject to the completion of definitive agreements and the receipt of all necessary approvals.

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