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To: Adelle who wrote (47287)	6/30/1999 5:31:00 AM
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Some news on CTIX -- CHEAP TICKETS SIMPLIFIES INTERNET TRAVEL BOOKING WITH TWO NEW SEARCH TOOLS; TRAVELERS NOW CAN PURCHASE AIRFARES WITH AS FEW AS FOUR CLICKS HONOLULU, Jun 29, 1999 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Booking travel online just got a lot easier, thanks to two new airfare search tools launched today by Cheap Tickets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTIX), a leading discount travel seller located on the Internet at www.cheaptickets.com. The Internet site's new "Power Search" and "Express Search" functions enable travelers to quickly search both published airfares and Cheap Tickets' extensive discount-airfare database, then reserve flights and purchase tickets -- all with as few as four clicks. Express Search pares down the booking process to a few quick steps: Travelers select their flight schedules; click on Express Search to view upto nine of the lowest-priced airfares available; click to view or change passenger information; and then purchase their tickets with a final click. Power Search provides a wider range of choices. It not only pinpoints the lowest-priced flights scheduled, but it also allows users to search for flight availability by airline, enabling users to find the most affordable airfare available for purchase. "Power Search and Express Search minimize the time and confusion often associated with online airfare booking and streamline the process into afew easy steps," said Cheap Tickets CEO Michael Hartley. "These new tools will further support our site in serving as a powerful search engine for low-costairfares." Cheap Tickets is one of the largest discount travel sellers on the Internet. It offers users direct access to its database of more than 400,000 non-published discount airfares, along with a full menu of regularly published airfares that are accessed through the Sabre reservations system. Registered users are able to search from millions of published and non-published flights listed in order of price and purchase them in real time directly from CheapTickets. About Cheap Tickets Founded in 1986, Cheap Tickets, Inc. is a leading retail seller of discount tickets for leisure air travel. Offering more than 400,000 non- published discount airfares on more than 30 of the world's leading air carriers, Cheap Tickets sells directly to consumers through its Internet site, www.cheaptickets.com, and its toll-free number, 1-800-OKCHEAP. One of the largest discount travel sites on the Internet, www.cheaptickets.com has more than 1.1 million registered users, with approximately 5,500 new users joining eachday. This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding the business of Cheap Tickets, Inc. which are not historical in facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include statements about Express Search and Power Search minimizing the time and confusion of online airfare booking and statements about www.cheaptickets.com serving as a powerful search engine for low-cost airfares. Actual results may differ materially due to factors including, but not limited to: uncertainty regarding demand for the Company's products in general; the dependence on airlines for non-published fares; and the integration of new management. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see information contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. SOURCE Cheap Tickets, Inc. (C) 1999 PR Newswire. All rights reserved. prnewswire.com -0- CONTACT: Stacy Lewis, 310-586-7164, stacy@murphyobrien.co, or Melissa Leoncavallo, 310-586-7142, melissa@murphyobrien.com, both of Murphy O'Brien, Inc. for Cheap Tickets, Inc. WEB PAGE: cheaptickets.com GEOGRAPHY: Hawaii