July, 2008 Travelers can buy tickets now and pay later EAGAN, Minn. – (July 25, 2008) – Northwest Airlines (NYSE:NWA) and PayPal are making booking summer travel easier by giving passengers the ability to book flights now and pay for them later with PayPal’s promotional financing service, PayPal Pay Later. As part of the introductory financing option, customers can buy tickets on nwa.com and defer payments for 90 days, allowing them to complete their payments on a timeline that works best for their budgets. Northwest customers can use PayPal Pay Later even if they don’t have PayPal accounts. The streamlined application can be completed in 30 seconds and provides qualified travelers with instant access to credit. Northwest Airlines has been offering PayPal as an online payment option since June 2007. About PayPal PayPal is the safer, easier way to pay and get paid online. The service allows anyone to pay without sharing financial information and gives consumers the flexibility to pay in any way they prefer, including through credit cards, bank accounts or account balances. With more than 63 million active accounts in 190 markets and 19 currencies around the world, PayPal enables global ecommerce. PayPal is an eBay company (NASDAQ: EBAY). More information about the company can be found at https://www.paypal.com.