I am really sorry to see what happened "lgl blonde". I have been out of town, and away from computer access and did not see your post. I did submitt my request with valuetrip.com before I booked with hotwire, but I did not receive a confirmation from valuetrips before I submitted my double the difference request. I am assuming by the time hotwire got around to checking on the rate my valuetrips request had been granted. I was just lucky. Both valuetrips and hotwire reponded in a very timely manner, I want to say it was the next day with valuetrips that I received a confirmation on the reservation, and maybe day two when I received an email from Hotwire that I would receive a $132 credit. Now I have yet to receive the credit yet but it has not been 10 business days since the credit was granted. That will actually be Friday of this week. Sorry for the way yours has turned out. That was exactly my biggest fear when I committed to booking the way I did.