Bid $66 for Tyson's Corner 4* (Denied)
Bid $66 for Tyson's Corner 3.5* (WON!)
Price.line retail price for this hotel was $269 per night.
PL express deal for 3.5* was $84
Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park
Deal type: Name Your Own Price
Offer price: $66.00/night
Number of rooms: 1 room
Number of nights: 1 night
Room subtotal: $66.00
Taxes & fees: $16.18
Total charged today: $82.18
Bid 4* $100 Loop. Fail.
Bid 4* $100 Added North Michigan Ave. Won! The Westin Michigan Avenue
This is one of the largest conventions, Pack Expo and during this time, which I go to every year. Usually I wait last minute for better bidding, but the past years have failed and ended up with junk hotels at very high prices. Booked early this time.
Regular Priceline price for The Westin Michigan Ave was $359 per night. Express deal 4* for North Michigan Ave was $127.
Looking for 4* hotel Disneyland area for 09/05/13 - 09/08/13.
I bid $90 for 4* Disneyland. Fail.
I bid $95 for 4* Disneyland. Added Irvine Spectrum-Laguna Hills (Free 4* rebid). Fail.
I bid $100 for 4* Disneyland. Irvine Spectrum-Laguna Hills. Added Anaheim Hills (Free 4* rebid). Fail.
Priceline 4* retail price for Disneyland was Hyatt Regency Orange County for $139.
Priceline Express Deal was 4* for Disneyland for $108, but has 10% PRICELINE EXPRESS Deal coupon "BigCity6" until 9/16/13. Used this to get 4* Hyatt Regency Orange County for $97.20. Win.
Bid $75 for 4* San Jose, and won San Jose Marriott.
Regular price is $129. Hotwire was $105 and Priceline Express Deal price was $109.
Bid 3* Seattle Airport for $52, and won.
Regular price on Priceline was $109 on sale ($129 regular) and Express Deal for 3* Seattle Airport was $59.
Hotwire for 3* Seattle Airport was $64.
First bid, $50 and won. It was last minute and wanted to be safe. I saw other bidders in the low $40's before.
Priceline regular price was $99/nt.
Hotwire listed $74 for 3* Beaverton area.
Tried:
$60 4* Irvine
$60 4* Irvine, Costa Mesa
$65 3.5* Irvine... won Wyndham Irvine - Orange County Airport.
Express Deal listed $68.
Regular Price listed $131.
Tried:
$65 4* San Jose
$65 4*, San Jose, Milpitas
$65 4*, 3.5* San Jose
$65 4*, 3.5*, San Jose, Milpitas > Won Beverly Heritage Hotel in Milpitas.
Hotwire.com for 3.5* Milpitas was $67.50/nt. Direct at hotel website is $91.50/nt.
Tried:
$60 4* San Jose
$60 4*, 3.5* San Jose
$60 4*, 3.5* San Jose, Milpitas
$60 4*, 3.5*, 3* San Jose
$60 4*, 3.5, 3* San Jose, Milpitas > Won Hilton Garden Inn in Milpitas. Retail is $94 per night.
First bid was $70. Won. Should have started $60 like most other past wins. Still 47% off.
Bid $55 for 4* Downtown Denver. Fail. Bid $55 3.5* Downtown Denver. Fail. Bid $55 3* Downtown Denver. Won Courtyard Denver Downtown. Regular price was $199 at that time.
Courtyard Denver Downtown
934 16Th Street
Denver, CO 80202
Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $55.00 (USD)
Number of Rooms: 3
Number of Guests Per Room: 2
Number of Nights: 3
Room Subtotal: $495.00 (USD)
Taxes and Fees: $80.82 (USD)
Total Room Cost: $575.82 (USD)
(All prices are in US dollars)
$14 for Mid-Size (Budget Rent-A-Car), Dallas Love Field, Saturday Feb 11 - Sunday Feb 12. Failed at $14 Standard, then won $14 Mid-Size.
My usual bidding strategy is to check the priceline car rates for the brand name companies, and bid between 20%- 40% off, starting at Standard, and bidding down a level with the same price.
I won a bid for a Dallas hotel, and there is an offer for car rental at the bottom that is already cheaper than the regular rates. Those discounted rates were $16 for Economy, and $17 for Economy to Standard.
The priceline regular published rates were $18 Economy and Compact, $19 Midsize, and $18 Standard.
If I marked down $40 percent, that would be a bidding price of $11, but since the discounted one was already $16, I tried just a little lower. I rushed this one. Since I have a few more days to try, I should have tried $11 or $12, but I guess I just used $14.
Bid $36 for 3.5* for Dallas Park Central and won first try. Crowne Plaza Suites. I've won this at $35 and $34 in the past few years.
Convention week, so usually packed and busy. I've won bids for really cheap in the past, but also sometimes couldn't even win... since this is last minute, I decided to bid fairly high.
I bid $90 for 4* as first bid for Chicago Millennium Park-Loop-Grant Park and won Hyatt Regency Chicago, which is listed at $299 per night. Not bad.
Lowest listed price for Economy on Priceline.com was $18
I usually start at 40% off, which was $11, but I just added another dollar to be safe.
Premium @ $12 - Failed
Full @ $12 - Failed
Standard @ $12 - Failed
Mid-Size @ $12 - Failed
Compact @ $12 - Failed
Economy @ $12 - SUCCESS!
Your Offer Price: $12.00 (per day)
Total Rental Days: 2 days
Subtotal: $24.00
Taxes and Fees: $19.70
Total Charges: $43.70
Lowest Published Price: $69.51
Total Savings:* $25.81 (You saved 37%)
I went to check Priceline.com listed prices right after, and it jumped from $18 to $23 for the lowest price. Don't know what factors caused that.
Bid 3.5* Disneyland South at $41. Failed.
Added 3.5* Disneyland North at $44. Failed.
Added 3.5* Laguna Beach (rebid zone) at $46. Success!
Regular price for that night was $109.
Doubletree Hotel Anaheim/Orange County for 1 night from 10/09/11 - 10/10/11
Bid 3.5* Disneyland South for $41, rejected
Added 3.5* Disneyland North for $46, accepted.
Regular Price was $99 for that night.
Crowne Plaze Suites for 1 night on 10/06/11 - 10/07/11
Bid $40 for San Jose @ 4*, 3.5*, 3*, 2.5* Premium
added Milpitas and Bid $45 4*, 3.5*
Beverly Heritage Hotel 3
Bid $40 San Jose 4*, 3.5*, 3*, 2.5*
Rebid $50 San Jose + Milpitas 4*, 3.5*
Got following for $50, about half price of regular price
Beverly Heritage Hotel 3
First Bid $59. Offered free rebid of $75.
Rejected this and used a free rebid zone of Aurora because there are no 4* hotels in the area.
Rebid bid $69 and was accepted and received Sheraton Denver Downtown.
Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $69.00
Subtotal: $207.00
Taxes & Fees: $37.77
Total Charges*: $244.77
Sheraton rates are $152 per night. Total $524. I saved over 50%.
Tried $55. Failed. (Weekday bookings are more expensive, about $200 retail rates compared to $120 weekend rates)
Tried $60 again, and got Hilton Post Oak.
Used Priceline Link to book.
Tried $60 for 4 star in Monterey
Rebid $60 for 3.5 star in Monterey
Rebid $60 for 3 star in Monterey
Rebid $65 for 3 star in Monterey, added Carmel... won the Hilton Garden Inn.
Monterey - Pacific Grove
1000 Aguajito Road
Monterey, California 93940
Check-In Date:
Sat, Jun 13, 2009 / After 03:00 PM
Check-Out Date:
Sun, Jun 14, 2009 / 12:00 PM
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Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $65.00
Subtotal: $65.00
Taxes & Service Fees: $15.27
Total Charges*: $80.27
For San Jose, most of the departing flights have 2 stops, and practically all the return flights are redeyes. I'm confused why there is no option to rebid with redeye for San Jose. American, United, and Delta are the lowest prices for San Jose.
I don't mind the redeye for the return flight, but I don't want redeye for the departing. SFO shows some redeye for the departing, so we would lose 1 day of vacation.
Thanks.
Having trouble and might just have to book it at retail price ~ $580 + $70tax = $650
Fly from Aug 09 - Aug 16, pretty expensive right now.
Rebid many many times using different city method...
SJC > OGG
$250 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
$275 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
$300 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
$325 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
$350 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
$375 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
$400 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
$425 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
$450 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
OAK > OGG
$250 declined, no rebid allowed
$275 declined, no rebid allowed
$300 declined, no rebid allowed
$325 declined, no rebid allowed
$350 declined, no rebid allowed
$375 declined, no rebid allowed
$400 declined, no rebid allowed
$425 declined, no rebid allowed
$450 declined, no rebid allowed
SFO > OGG
$250 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
$275 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
$300 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
$325 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
$350 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
$375 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
$400 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
$425 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
$450 declined, rebid with 2 stops, declined
Now, I have the option to do rebid with Red Eye for SFO, but the redeye time schedules for SFO are a little risky.
However, I noticed that all the retail flights for SJC are redeye, and those are the ones I want, but priceline isn't giving me the option to rebid with Redeye, only for SFO.
Any advice?
3.5* Houston (Westchase - Southwest) Houston Marriott Westchase
in Priceline Hotels - Texas
Posted
3.5* Westchase Houston bid $45 and won.
Deal type: Name Your Own Price
Offer price: $45.00 /night
Number of rooms: 1 room
Number of nights: 3 nights
Room subtotal: $135.00
Taxes & fees: $31.62
Total charged today: $166.62
Total charged: $166.62
Paid in full
Savings: You saved 68%
Express Deal for 3.5* Westchase was $52/nt
Houston Marriot Westchase Priceline price was $142/nt