2008-04-09 23:39:45 -

www.nwa.com - Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) announced today that it has added Avis Rent A Car to WorldPerks(R), allowing members to earn additional miles while saving up to 25 percent off Avis rentals in the United States and Canada.

WorldPerks members can now earn 50 WorldPerks miles per day for Avis rentals of one to four

days, and 500 WorldPerks miles for Avis rentals of five days or more. To earn miles, members must provide their WorldPerks number at the time of rental.

To celebrate this new alliance, Northwest and Avis are offering WorldPerks members 1,500 bonus miles on rentals of two days or more, through May 31, 2008. To receive the bonus miles, members must mention coupon number MUAA122 at the time of reservation. For more information, including terms and conditions, visit www.avis.com/nwa1500.

"We're proud to partner with Avis, a leading premium car rental brand, to offer WorldPerks members another way to reach their next award ticket even faster," said Bob Soukup, managing director of WorldPerks marketing.

"We welcome Northwest Airlines into the Avis family," said Kaye Ceille, senior vice president of global travel and partnership sales of Avis Budget Group, parent company of Avis. "We look forward to providing WorldPerks members with the renowned Avis 'We Try Harder' service and amenities like where2(R) GPS navigation and our eToll electronic toll collection services.

More than 70 different businesses offer WorldPerks members the opportunity to earn WorldPerks miles, just by doing business with companies they do business with every day. Mileage partners encompass car, hotel, financial services, dining and retail and will soon include grocery, energy and dry cleaning businesses. For a complete list of WorldPerks partner business, or to enroll as a WorldPerks member, log on to www.nwa.com/worldperks/.

Northwest Airlines is one of the world's largest airlines with hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/ St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam, and approximately 1,400 daily departures. Northwest is a member of SkyTeam, an airline alliance that offers customers one of the world's most extensive global networks. Northwest and its travel partners serve more than 1,000 cities in excess of 160 countries on six continents.

Avis Rent A Car System, LLC and its subsidiaries operate one of the world's leading car rental brands, providing business and leisure customers with a wide range of services at more than 2,100 locations in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Latin American / Caribbean region. Avis is one of the world's top brands for customer loyalty, ranking as the number one car rental company in the 2007 Brand Keys(R) Customer Loyalty Index. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NYSE: CAR). For more information, visit www.avis.com.

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