laurelw

Never did win after going as high as $50 today. Will fall back on $60 backup rental. Planned trip at last minute (started bidding 7/15 for 7/21 6-day rental). I guess LAX is too busy a market. We plan to have an awesome time anyway.

Is Priceline's window "Recent Winning Rental Car Bids" by city legit? They had wins from Economy to Full-size for $24-32 and more for the higher end as of yesterday, don't know travel dates obviously. Today Priceline has a winning bid of $22 for full-size out of LAX! Is this legit? And is it most likely for future dates?

Just trying out the quote to see how it works.

I did notice that my car rental thread was in the wrong forum. How do I do a mod? Or put parts of previous replies in boxes to reference? I'm a posting newbie and too old to just "get it" like my kids.

Both National and Alamo have said (at corporate phone no.) that there is no charge for additional drivers per my confirmation no. (full-size @ LAX) and they can be added any time during the rental period.

What about a charge for an additional driver? The Priceline site mentions that there may be but I couldn't find anything in their T&C. Is it by state or rental company? This would be out of LAX.

His bid was rejected but suggested $90 which he took, similar to my bid ($15 higher). Is this common with Priceline? Does it mean they would take something in between if you re-bid? I was only staying 1 night so no big deal but on longer stays it adds up.

Help! I've been having trouble winning a Priceline car rental out of LAX for 7/21-7/27. Current rate on Hotwire is $62 a day for a full-size and not much less for an economy car. I have a cancelable reservation w/National for full-size at $412 ($528 w//tax), works out to $69/day for 6 days. I've bid numerous sizes from compact to full-size to SUV, starting Thursday through today. Bids of $37-48 rejected. Suggestions? I did win a hotel and was offered the chance to buy the full-size car through Priceline at $60/day in the confirmation email. Would save me about $100 bucks over my reservation. Is this the best I can do this close to travel date?

Thanks for all the explanations and tips. Sun., Jul. 18, ~ 1:15 pm. 4* Renaissance LA Airport $70 for 7/26/10 I just won my first Priceline bid, through your link, for a 4* hotel in LAX Zone 7. Bid $55, they gave me the chance to try again at $70. Tried to counter with $63 but message said had to be minimum $70. Didn't want to mess with re-bid adding zone for $7 one night so changed bid to $70 and won.