First foray into PRICELINE bidding... highly exciting, successful, and fun (thanks to William Shatner)! DETAILS: Congratulations, your price of $155 was accepted by Grosvenor House, A J.W. Marriott Hotel. 5* hotel room Grosvenor House, A J.W. Marriott Hotel Mayfair - Soho Park Lane London, United Kingdom 44 207 499 6363 Check-In Date: Mon, Apr 19, 2010 / After 03:00 PM Check-Out Date: Wed, Apr 21, 2010 / 12:00 PM Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: US$155.00 Subtotal: US$310.00 Taxes & Fees: US$65.34 Total Charges: US$375.34 For those interested, MY TECHNIQUE: I first researched the hotels in this zone at the 5* level on this forum, found out which ones would be most likely won and what the lowest prices were, i.e. Marriott Grosvenor House @ 125, Marriott Grosvenor Square @ 145, Inter-Continental Park Lane @ 160 in April/May 2010. Found that most often, bidders won Grosvenor House. Assumed (hoped) I would get the same bc of location and quality of hotel (TripAdvisor). First bid $120, rejected, but was counter-offered $169. I declined, and used my free rebids using the zone technique described in this forum with great success. Rebid in increments of $5 over 2 days, finally accepted at $155. Was only counter-offered that one time. I believe that other dates would have been successful at a lower price. For some reason, Tuesday Apr 20th 2010 seems to be a more expensive night than all others at the 5 hotels I've looked at, when looking directly on the hotel's website. HOTWIRE also gave me a more expensive rate for this night specifically; must be some convention or big event in the city that night. Good luck to all looking to book this hotel! I'm excited and looking forward to a great stay!