Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

1-13647
(Commission
File Number)

73-1356520
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

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ITEM 7.01

REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

On November 11, 2009, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued a news release announcing that the underwriters have exercised in full their option to purchase an additional 862,500 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $19.25 per share. The exercise of the option brings the total shares of common stock to be sold by the Company in the previously announced public offering to 6,612,500 shares, which will result in approximately $120 million of net proceeds to the Company after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated expenses of the offering. A copy of the Company’s news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

All of the information furnished in Item 7.01 of this report and the accompanying exhibit shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

ITEM 9.01

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.	Description

99.1	News release of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. dated November 11, 2009: Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Announces Exercise of Option to Purchase Additional Shares

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

November 12, 2009

By:

/s/ H. CLIFFORD BUSTER III

Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer

Exhibit No.	Description

99.1	News release of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. dated November 11, 2009: Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Announces Exercise of Option to Purchase Additional Shares