Priceline.com Has Late Summer Airline Tickets Available At Name Your Own Price(R) Savings Up To 50% Off Published Fares; Substantial savings on round-trip flights to cities around the U.S.

"The weeks right before and right after Labor Day are often softertimes for the nation's airline industry in terms of ticket demand,"said Mark Koehler, an airline industry veteran and priceline.com'sSenior Vice President, Air. "The late August 'shoulder' season isproving to be an excellent time for bargain hunters to make offers andget exceptional deals on unsold tickets. It's also likely that similarName Your Own Price(R) fare savings will emerge immediately after theholiday."

Priceline.com's Name Your Own Price(R) airline tickets service isunique and different from published-price Internet reservationservices. With the Name Your Own Price(R) service, customers choosetheir airports, travel dates and price. Priceline.com then works tofind an airline willing to sell at ticket at the customer's desiredprice. If their offer is accepted, the non-changeable, non-cancellableticket is purchased and customers receive details regarding thespecific airline, flight times and itinerary. For customers requiringspecific flight times or airlines, priceline.com also offers aticketing option where all the fares, airlines and itineraries aredisplayed before purchase.

In addition to airline tickets, priceline.com also has hotelrooms, rental cars, air/hotel vacation packages and cruises availableat great prices for late summer vacations.

About Priceline.com

Priceline.com is the leading travel service for value-consciousleisure travelers. No other travel service gives customers more waysto save on their airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacationpackages and cruises. In addition to getting all the best publishedprices, leisure travelers can narrow their searches usingpriceline.com's TripFilter(TM) advanced search technology, createpackages to save even more money, and take advantage ofpriceline.com's famous Name Your Own Price(R) service, which deliversthe lowest prices available.

Priceline.com operates one of Europe's fastest growing hotelreservation services through Activehotels.com, Activereservations.com,Bookings.net and priceline.co.uk. The company also operates thefollowing travel web sites: Travelweb.com, Lowestfare.com,RentalCars.com and BreezeNet.com. Priceline.com also has a personalfinance service that offers home mortgages, refinancing and homeequity loans through an independent licensee. Priceline.com licensesits business model to independent licensees, including pricelinemortgage and certain international licensees.