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Thrifty renting cars for $1 a day from TIA to other airports

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You can pick up the car at TIA and drop-off at airports at Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton, Ohio, Kansas City, Louisville, Philadelphia and Chicago.

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By TED JACKOVICS | The Tampa Tribune

Published: June 17, 2009

Thrifty car rental is offering a $1 daily base rate for one-way rentals from Tampa International Airport to eight Northeast and Midwest airports through June 25 as an inducement to reposition part of its fleet.

The deal available only at thrifty.com or at 1-800-847-4389 adds five fees and taxes to the base rate.

Those would raise the cost of a three-day rental of a Chrysler Sebring or similar car from Tampa's airport on Sunday with a drop-off at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Tuesday to $13.32.

By way of comparison, daily Thrifty rates from Tampa to Chicago range from $42.25 for an economy car to $86.42 for a van.

Other airports available for drop-off are Chicago's Midway Airport and airports at Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton, Ohio, Kansas City, Louisville and Philadelphia.

Cars can be rented for a maximum of seven days.

Similar deals are being offered from airports in Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Miami, Orlando and West Palm Beach.

Reporter Ted Jackovics can be reached at (813) 259-7817.

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