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PCLN News Priceline Cruises Holiday Sale Includes Free Hotel Rooms And Car Rentals With Select Bookings

NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--It’s like getting two vacations for the price of one. From now through January 1, 2007, customers who book their cruises over the telephone with priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) also can qualify for a free hotel room, car rental or both, depending on cruise length and stateroom selected.

In addition, depending on the cruise and cruise line selected, Priceline Cruise customers can receive an array of other bonus offers, including up to an extra $200 off select itineraries and up to $150 in onboard spending.

“Cruisers who book now over the telephone can lock in big savings, with some oceanview staterooms currently priced as low as $79 per night per person,” said Priceline Cruises General Manager Staci Janush. “With the addition of priceline.com’s exclusive hotel and rental car bonuses, a cruise is an exceptional vacation value.”

Here’s how the limited-time free hotel/free rental car offer works:

3-5 Night Cruises

• Book a Balcony stateroom or Suite over the telephone and get a 1 free day car rental.

6-9 Night Cruises

• Book an Oceanview stateroom over the telephone and get a 1 free night stay at a 3-star hotel.
• Book a Balcony stateroom or Suite over the telephone and get a 1 free night stay at a 4-star hotel.

10-13 Night Cruises

• Book an Oceanview stateroom over the telephone and get a 1 free night stay in a 4-star hotel plus a 1 free day car rental.
• Book a Balcony stateroom or Suite over the telephone and get a 2 free night stay in a 4-star hotel.

14+ Night Cruises

• Book an Oceanview stateroom over the telephone and get a 2 free night stay in a 4-star hotel.
• Book a Balcony stateroom or Suite over the telephone and get a 2 free night stay in a 4-star hotel plus a 1 free day car rental.

All free hotel room and rental car offers are subject to change and availability. See http://www.pricelinecruiseoutlet.com/promotion/priceline/cru_event/ default.asp and visit Priceline Cruises for full details, terms and restrictions associated with Cruise Bonus promotions. For booking, call 1-800-735-8000 to speak to a Priceline Cruise Consultant. (Due to the length of the above URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste the hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field.)

Priceline Cruise customers can choose from a broad range of cruises at great prices covering the Bahamas, the Caribbean, coastal Canada, Europe, Mexico, the South Pacific, South and Central America, Hawaii and Alaska. Cruise lengths can be 1-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-11, or 12 nights or more.

Priceline Cruise customers can research their ideal cruise according to several criteria. They can browse the featured best-deal cruises offered on that day. They can enter a particular month and see all the available cruises and destinations for that time frame. They can pick a departure port or destination and see all the cruises being offered. Or they can pick their favorite cruise line and see its offerings and prices. For each cruise line, customers can see individual ship statistics, deck plans, cabin layouts and descriptions of the ship’s public areas and attractions. For each cruise, customers can view sailing times, itineraries, off-ship activities and sightseeing suggestions and maps of the cruise. When a cruise customer is ready to book a Priceline Cruise, they can either book most cruises directly online or call 1-800-735-8000 to speak to a Priceline Cruise Consultant. Only cruises booked over the telephone qualify for a free hotel room or car rental.

About Priceline.com® Incorporated

Priceline.com Incorporated (Nasdaq: PCLN) operates priceline.com, a leading U.S. online travel service for value-conscious leisure travelers, and Priceline Europe, a leading European online hotel reservation service.

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 all the best published prices, leisure travelers can narrow their searches using priceline.com’s TripFilter™ advanced search technology, 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 Europe operates one of Europe’s fastest growing hotel reservation services through its Booking.com network of hotel reservation services, Activehotels.com and priceline.co.uk. Priceline Europe operates in 40 countries in 12 languages and offers its customers in Europe and the U.S. access to approximately 25,000 participating European hotels.

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.