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Thinking Snow? Think Travelocity and Save This Winter Receive $150 Gift Card When Booking and Paying for Qualifying Trips and Stays With a MasterCard Card SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelocity(R) and MasterCard International have teamed to offer cool savings for travelers looking to hit the slopes this winter season. Travelers booking and paying for a minimum four-night qualifying TotalTrip(SM) flight+hotel, ski/snowboarding package or GoodBuy hotel stay at Travelocity using a valid MasterCard card, from Jan. 6 through Feb. 27, can receive a $150 prepaid MasterCard gift card award. The special MasterCard promotional gift can be used for purchases at millions of MasterCard merchant acceptance locations worldwide for everything from ski apparel to another fabulous getaway. Whether travelers want to experience the challenges of Aspen, the beauty of Tahoe or the international feel of Canada's Whistler, Travelocity's TotalTrip and GoodBuy hotels provide discounted rates to some of the hottest North American winter ski destinations. Other getaways featured during this special promotion include Beaver Creek, Colo.; Breckenridge, Colo.; Taos, N.M.; Park City, Utah; Sun Valley, Utah; Jackson Hole, Wyoming; and Banff/Lake Louise, Canada. All available destinations are bookable from the following Web link: http://www.travelocity.com/thinksnow . Thanks to Travelocity's negotiated GoodBuy rates and bulk buying power, travelers often receive the lowest offers available at more than 9,000 participating hotels worldwide, providing the best blend of quality, price and availability. To qualify for these promotions, all travel must be completed by April 15, 2004 and all bookings must be made and paid between Jan. 6 and Feb. 27, inclusive. Travelers will receive their $150 prepaid MasterCard gift card approximately eight to 10 weeks following completion of their travel. These offers are subject to additional terms and conditions, are valid per booking and apply only to reservations made and paid for with a valid MasterCard card during the indicated offer period. About Travelocity TotalTrip Booking together with Travelocity TotalTrip provides access to special rates for consumers versus booking airline tickets and hotel rooms in separate transactions. The technology also offers value-added travel planning and booking tools that give consumers the most flexibility in customizing their trip. In addition to the benefit of being able to insure both the flights and hotel portions of a trip, Travelocity TotalTrip provides several features and enhancements unavailable on any other major travel Web site. With these features, Travelocity shoppers have more power to shape a trip unique to their needs and preferences. They include: -- Hotel Room Choice: Travelocity TotalTrip lets hotel shoppers choose their desired room type, unlike many other travel sites. This choice of hotel rooms allows customers to reserve the room that's right for them. -- Airline Seat Maps: With Travelocity TotalTrip's improved interactive seat maps, you choose your seat with the click of your mouse. -- Flexible Booking Options: Travelocity TotalTrip gives travelers the option of booking either flights or hotels first. Plus, new hotel functionality lets consumers shop hotels based on preferred neighborhoods. -- Hotel Ratings and Reviews: Travelocity shoppers can get the low-down on a hotel from the professionals at AAA with its prestigious "Diamond" ratings system. Plus, Travelocity's independent traveler reviews allows fellow travelers direct insights from those who have personally eaten at a property's restaurant, tested the hot water in the shower and, most importantly, slept in the bed. About Travelocity Travelocity, a Sabre Holdings(TM) company, pioneered the online travel space and continues to be the most popular travel service on the Web, giving consumers access to hundreds of airlines, thousands of hotels and cruise, last-minute and vacations packages, and best-in-class car rental companies, all backed by 1,000 customer service representatives staffed to provide 24-hour assistance. With 41 million members, Travelocity is the sixth largest travel agency in the United States. It has been recognized worldwide for its leadership in the online travel space, and it operates or powers Web sites in five languages across four continents. Additional information about Travelocity can be found on the Web at http://www.travelocity.com/ . Sabre Holdings Corporation (NYSE:TSG) is a world leader in travel commerce, retailing travel products and providing distribution and technology solutions for the travel industry. More information about Sabre Holdings is available at http://www.sabre-holdings.com/ . About MasterCard International MasterCard International is a leading global payments solutions company that provides a broad variety of innovative services in support of our global members' credit, deposit access, electronic cash, business-to-business and related payment programs. MasterCard International manages a family of well- known, widely accepted payment cards brands including MasterCard(R), Maestro(R) and Cirrus(R) and serves financial institutions, consumers and businesses in over 210 countries and territories. The MasterCard award- winning Priceless(R) advertising campaign is now seen in 98 countries and in 46 languages, giving the MasterCard brand a truly global reach and scope. For more information go to http://www.mastercardinternational.com/ . Contact: Judy Haveson () (212) 554-7425 Mary Kate Smither () (972) 488-4790 VOLLMER DATASOURCE: Travelocity CONTACT: Judy Haveson, +1-212-554-7425, or , or Mary Kate Smither, +1-972-488-4790, or , both of VOLLMER, for Travelocity Web site: http://www.travelocity.com/ http://www.travelocity.com/thinksnow http://www.sabre-holdings.com/ http://www.mastercardinternational.com/

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