rlarsen

Sorry for the extra thread! I'll get the hang of this. I have received no counters as of yet on this trip. I continue at least for now to max out at $80 and add areas and star levels along the way. It seesm that each day someone is winning in this range so I don't see any point now in radically changing tactics. Over the years, I have not had to "give in" too often. I did try again today maxing out at $80, 3 1/2 stars, north river and the loop.......but denied once more. I still have time so I'm not losing sleep over it.

My dates did have to change slightly but the goal pretty much remained the same. I could in fact be only $15-20 off but on numerous occaisions in the past priceline has basically come back and said we can"t do it at this price but we can at..... So I think over $100 is still the going rate.

Ive been trying for 3 weeks now to get a 4 star in loop/millenium park and/or north river for around $70-$80. I noticed one person a few days back landed a victory in this same hotel and price range for this area. Still no luck for me this evening however. I'll keep trying and hopefully things start to loosen up over the next couple of weeks. 8/10-8/14

The dates I am looking for are August 6th though the 10th in the Millenium Park/loop area. I am trying to stay within the recent price wins of $60-85 people are getting for the June dates.

I absolutely will. Our convention is in towm but I don't think 5000 is a big number. We are using however many of the popular winning hotels as part of our preferred list. We'll keep trying.

Been trying to get a similar deal for the second week in August as our "negotiated" rate is $205 at the Hyatt Regency. No dice yet as perhaps we sold out the immediate area or it's too early yet.