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 Avis Inc.,
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 following rival Hertz Corp. 's lead,
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 said 
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it is backing out of frequent-flier programs with three airlines.
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 The Garden City, N.Y., car-rental company said 
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it won't renew contracts with NWA Inc. 's Northwest Airlines unit, Pan Am Corp. 's Pan American World Airways unit and Midway Airlines at the end of this year.
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 But it remains involved in programs with AMR Corp. 's American Airlines unit and Delta Air Lines.
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 Industry estimates put Avis's annual cost of all five programs at between $8 million and $14 million.
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 A spokesman for Avis wouldn't specify the costs
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the three airlines 
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being dropped 
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account for far less than half of the total.
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 Budget Rent a Car Corp., of Chicago, and National Car Rental Systems Inc., of Minneapolis, both said 
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they had no plans 
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to follow suit.
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 Budget indicated 
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it saw some benefit
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 to staying involved in these programs,
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 in which renters earn frequent-flier miles
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 and fliers can get car-rental discounts.
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 I cannot see 
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how this news by Hertz and Avis cannot benefit Budget's programs, 
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said Bob Wilson, Budget's vice president, marketing planning.
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 Northwest and Midway are two of the five airlines
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 with which Budget has agreements.
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 National also participates in the Northwest frequent-flier program along with four other airlines,
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 including Delta and USAir Group Inc. 's USAir unit.
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 A month ago, Hertz, of Park Ridge, N.J., said
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 that it would drop its marketing agreements at year end with Delta, America West and Texas Air Corp. 's Continental Airlines and Eastern Airlines,
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 and that pacts with American Airlines, UAL Inc's United Airlines and USAir also would be ended. . . sometime after Dec. 31.
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its annual fees to those airlines amounted to $20 million
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 and that the value of redeemed awards topped $15 million.
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 Analysts and competitors, however, doubt
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 Budget said 
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its frequent-flier costs are substantially below Avis's level.
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 Robert D. Cardillo, Avis vice president of marketing, said,
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 The proliferation and costs
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 attached to {frequent-flier programs}
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 have significantly diminished their value.
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 This year has been difficult for both Hertz and Avis,
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 said Charles Finnie, car-rental industry analyst at Alex. Brown & Sons.
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 They've been looking to get their costs down,
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 and this is a fairly sensible way to do it,
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