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Expedia and MaxMiles Join Forces to Save Travelers Time
Free Offer Helps Travelers Maximize Benefits of
Frequent-Travel Programs REDMOND, Wash. - March 22, 1999 -Today’s
typical traveler is enrolled in more than seven frequent-travel programs. To
help these busy travelers save time and maximize their travel benefits, the MSN™
Expedia™ travel service (http://expedia.msn.com/)
is announcing an agreement with MaxMiles Inc. to offer a free one-year
subscription to MileageMinerÔ , an online service that conveniently
consolidates and manages consumers’ frequent-travel programs in one online
location (connect-time charges may apply). In comparison to mailed statements that are often six to eight
weeks out of date, MileageMiner is a personalized online service that tracks and
updates frequent-travel accounts on a daily basis. As an exclusive benefit to
users of Expedia, the annual $30 MileageMiner fee will be waived for the first
year. Subscribers to the MileageMiner service will receive e-mail summary
reports highlighting up-to-date account balances, expiration summaries, lists of
account transactions in the past 90 days, alerts of potential missing miles and
notices of special mileage offers. "This offer with MaxMiles is a natural extension of the
Expedia commitment to help travelers save time and money online," said Mark
Jamison, president and founder of MaxMiles Inc. "Expedia is the leader in
offering online travel functionality for its users, so inclusion of our
sophisticated new MileageMiner Internet technology is a natural fit for both of
our organizations." Offer Details To take advantage of this exclusive offer,* customers need to
visit the Expedia Web site (http://expedia.msn.com/),
connect to MileageMiner and supply their frequent travel membership numbers. The
MileageMiner service then gathers a traveler’s frequency account information
to provide an online consolidated statement customized for the traveler’s
preferences. About MSN Expedia Travel MSN Expedia (http://expedia.msn.com/)
is the place to go on the Web to easily plan travel, purchase tickets, and make
hotel and car reservations. Part of the MSN network of Internet services, MSN
Expedia also offers in-depth destination content and travel news as well as
mapping services. MSN Expedia offers exceptional customer service with more than
200 travel agents available via a toll-free number to travelers 24 hours a day,
seven days a week, to answer questions and provide assistance while they are en
route. Since its inception in October 1996, MSN Expedia has become the Web’s
leading online travel agency, with weekly travel sales exceeding $11 million. In
addition, MSN Expedia is ranked as one of the top 50 Web sites according to
Media Metrix. MSN Expedia (U.S. and Canadian versions only) offers a credit
card guarantee to protect credit cards used on the Internet from fraud. With
this service, after an initial purchase on Expedia, customers’ credit
cards are protected from fraud liability — up to $50 (U.S.) — on any
purchases made in the subsequent 12 months on or off the Internet. Since the
program’s introduction in June 1998, Microsoft is proud to state that, because
of the top-level site security, the service remains unused. Copyright (C)
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