Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Continues Franchise Acquisition Program

(Monday, April 02, 2007) - Dollar Thrifty
Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTG) today announced the acquisition of the
Thrifty Car Rental franchise operations in Vermont.
The transaction, effective April 1, includes an off airport rental and
parking location serving Burlington International Airport and a local
market store. Four other offices in Montpelier/Barre, Waterbury and White
River Junction with service to Lebanon Municipal Airport, as well as an
office at the University of Vermont providing pre-arranged rentals, are
also included. The acquisition will add approximately 400 vehicles to the
company's corporate fleet.
The franchise was sold by Tamarack Services of Vermont, Inc. owned by
Lowell (Chip) Spillane, Jr. and wife, Shelley Spillane. Terms of the
transaction were not disclosed.
"We continue to make significant progress in our long term strategy to
operate both brands as corporate stores in larger U.S. airport markets and
other key leisure destinations," said Jay Foley, senior executive vice
president for corporate operations. "During 2006 we acquired the operations
of 12 Dollar and Thrifty U.S. franchises, representing 16 cities and 6,000
vehicles. So far this year, we have acquired four franchises with
operations in eight cities and 3,500 vehicles. We expect to continue
acquiring key franchises on an opportunistic basis for the balance of
2007."
About Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc.
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (DTG) is a Fortune 1000 company
headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Driven by the mission, "Value Every
Time," the company's brands, Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental,
serve value- conscious travelers from more than 1,475 locations in 70
countries, including 836 corporate and franchised locations in the United
States and Canada. The Dollar or Thrifty brands operate in virtually all of
the top U.S. airport markets; both brands operate in all of the top
Canadian airport markets. The company's more than 8,500 employees are
located mainly in North America, but global service capabilities exist
through an ever expanding franchise network. The common stock is listed on
the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol DTG. For additional
information, visit http://www.dtag.com .
Some of the statements contained in this press release may constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group,
Inc. believes such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable
assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and
certain factors could cause results to differ materially from current
expectations. These factors include: price and product competition; access
to reservation distribution channels; economic and competitive conditions
in markets and countries where the companies' customers reside and where
the companies and their franchisees operate; natural hazards or
catastrophes; incidents of terrorism; airline travel patterns; changes in
capital availability or cost; costs and other terms related to the
acquisition and disposition of automobiles; systems or communications
failures; costs of conducting business and changes in structure or
operations; and certain regulatory and environmental matters and litigation
risks. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties, among others,
materialize, actual results could vary from those estimated, anticipated or
projected. Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. undertakes no obligation
to update or revise forward- looking statements to reflect changed
assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future
operating results over time.

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