TommyL

Thank you thereuare! I will give it a little consideration before I decide.

Hi thereuare! Amenities on the easy tab shows: FULL AMENITIES: Free Internet, Pet friendly, Boutique hotel, Smoke-free rooms, Fitness center, Restaurant(s), Internet access, Tennis nearby, Children's activities There is another 5* in the same area with: FULL AMENITIES: Pet friendly, Boutique hotel, Smoke-free rooms, Fitness center, Restaurant(s), Business center, Self-service laundry, Internet access, Children's activities, Accessible for hearing impaired, Accessible path of travel, In-room accessibility, Wheelchair accessible, Accessible bathroom, Roll-in shower Which I believe to be the Conrad. $30 cheaper. Regards Tommy

Pls help me identify a 5* in WTC-Wall Street area for the dates 11. through 18. of oct. $330 an night. 5* Boutique hotel, amenities are: Boutique hotel,Children's activities,Fitness center,Pet friendlyRestaurant(s),Smoke-free rooms,Tennis nearby. Hotel chooses, 1 King or 2 queen beds. No reviews, 33% off. Don't think it is the Conrad, as theres another 5* in the same area which is a better fit. Doesn't seem to be listed here...any help would be appreciated! :) Regards Tommy

Just wanted to secure a nice hotel for my upcoming stay in New York, so I booked this one. Prices for my dates has been hovering around $210, so when I saw $183 I jumped on it. 2 rooms BTW. Cheapest rate at hotel website is $246. Booked through HOTWIRE link. Amenities were: Fitness, Restaurant, Business and Internet. Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan 1605 Broadway, New York City,NY,10019 (212) 977-4000 Check-in Mon, Sep 28, 2009 Check-out Sun, Oct 4, 2009 Hotel rate per night - Hotwire hot Rate: $183.00 Nights: 6 Rooms: 2 Subtotal: $2,196.00 Tax recovery charges and fees: $384.88 Total price: $2,580.88 Regards Tommy

Started out with a bid of $50 in the Galleria area, accepted immediately. Lowest rate at www.westin.com is $215. A great deal! :) Booked through PRICELINE link of course. The Westin Hotel Galleria Dallas Galleria - Dallas North 13340 Dallas Parkway Dallas, Texas 75240 972-934-9494 Check-In Date: Sun, Oct 11, 2009 / After 03:00 PM Check-Out Date: Tue, Oct 13, 2009 / 01:00 PM Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $50.00 Subtotal: $100.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $23.20 Total Charges*: $123.20 Regards Tommy

No real bidding strategy...started with a $50 bid in Little Rock...not accepted...added Little Rock West...accepted. Booked through PRICELINE link. Lowest rate at hotel website is $144. Good deal :) Residence Inn By Marriott Little Rock Little Rock West 1401 South Shackleford Road Little Rock, Arkansas 72211 501-312-0200 Check-In Date: Wed, Oct 14, 2009 / After 03:00 PM Check-Out Date: Thu, Oct 15, 2009 / 12:00 PM Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $50.00 Subtotal: $50.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $13.55 Total Charges*: $63.55 Regards Tommy

Bid $50, got a counteroffer of $64, and accepted. Could probably have saved a couple of dollars more...but lowest rate is $109, so I'm happy anyway :) Booked through PRICELINE link of course. Little America Flagstaff Flagstaff 2515 E Butler Ave Flagstaff, Arizona 86004 928-779-2741 Check-In Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2009 / After 03:00 PM Check-Out Date: Fri, Oct 9, 2009 / 12:00 PM Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $64.00 Subtotal: $64.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $14.36 Total Charges*: $78.36 Regards Tommy

Hotel rate per night - HOTWIRE hot Rate: $116.00 Nights: 2 Rooms: 1 Subtotal: $232.00 Tax recovery charges and fees: $50.32 Total price: $282.32 Amenities: Fitness, Pool, Restaurant, Business Best available rate at hilton.com is $234 per night, so I'm very pleased :) Regards Tommy

1 room, 1 night, 3 Adults. $146, total with tax $169.37. Best available rate @ Hyatt.com is $364, very pleased! Amenities were: Resort Fitness Pool(s) Restaurant(s) Business Center Internet Access Golf Tennis Spa Childrens Activities Placed bid through HOTWIRE link. Regards Tommy

Did some research, and was fairly certain on getting this hotel :) Have stayed there before and loved it, so even if this is not a "killer" deal, I'm very pleased to have secured this property. Still half price from rack rates, so not bad at all. Amenities were: Fitness Center, Pool, Restaurants, Business Center, High Speed Internet, Golf and Tennis. Also Customer Favorite. Reservation made through HOTWIRE link. Regards Tommy

Radisson Hotel at Los Angeles Airport 6225 West Century Blvd Los Angeles, California 90045 (310) 670-9000 1 room(s) @ $88.00 per night x 1 night(s) $88.00 Hotel Taxes and fees: $17.41 Hotel Subtotal: $105.41 Total Price: $105.41 Amenities: Shuttle, Restaurant, Pool, Fitness, Hi-Speed Internet, Business Booked through HOTWIRE link. Best available rate is $169, so a savings of $81...not bad :) Best Regards Tommy

Very pleased with this one! :) Best available rate is $261, so I got a real bargain. Thanks for all the help on this board! Best Regards Tommy

InterContinental Los Angeles 2151 Avenue of the Stars Los Angeles, California 90067 (310) 284-6500 1 room(s) @ $104.00 per night x 2 night(s) $208.00 Taxes recovery charges and fees $34.75 Hotel subtotal $242.75 Amenities Customer Favorite, Best Value, Fitness Center, Pool, Restaurant, Business Center, High Speed Internet Access, Golf Nearby, Tennis Nearby Used BB HOTWIRE link.

Great! I'm staying there in October, and was a bit worried after reading reviews on Tripadvisor.....good to hear it's not a total dump! Regards TommyL

Oh, I see.....yes, thought it was pretty strange.....

Have been trying to nail this for the last couple of weeks....finally successful. Have been as high as $210, but only rejections. Now get this: Today i started with $160 for MTW rejected. Added UWS $170 rejected. Added UES $180 rejected. Closed browser, opened a new one, and changed my dates to 10/2-10/7. $170 MTW rejected. Added UWS $180 rejected. Added UES $190 rejected. Now I thought that i wasn't going to have any luck today. Since I would prefer to stay in MTW, I thought I'd finish off with a couple of low bids in MTE and UM/CPS, without expecting to get anything. So I open a new browser, set dates 10/1-10/7. $145 MTW and MTE rejected. Added UM/CPS....and lo and behold...bid accepted for the New York Hilton and Towers, in MTW!!!! Which five minutes earlier rejected my $190 bid! Goes to show that they change their inventory constantly..... Hilton quotes $399 on those dates....so I'm extremely pleased with this one!!! :) Best Regards TommyL Edit: Oh, and it was for 2 rooms....forgot that in the topic header.

Okay, the money is back on my account now.....don't know if it was VISA or Priceline who fixed it for me. VISA wouldn't say too much about it....dunno why. I am so relieved right now....went into total panic mode when the money was charged, calling VISA to block my card.... But I am not impressed with Priceline HK and their non-existent support. I have sent several mails, but they have just ignored me completely. Even if it is fixed now, they could have sent me a mail, explaining what happened. Well, my Mastercard is in the mail, so I'll stick to Priceline US or UK in the future. Ok, I'll shut up now :) Regards TommyL

I know, and cannot understand it either. Makes no sense that they would have charged me for a rejected bid. If only there was a person I could talk to on the phone...live....would have made it easier to explain the situation. I have no doubt that I will get my money back, but I'd rather resolve this directly with Priceline, not dispute the charge with VISA. I'm a bit worried that if I start a big fuzz with this, it will somehow affect my already payed bookings....that they may cancel the other hotels because they feel that I wrongfully dispute this last charge or something... Or maybe I'm just beeing paranoid here :) Anyhow, I'll keep you posted when I hear anything new. Best Regards TommyL

That's correct. I have the mails, but there is something not quite right. I remember clearly that my second last bid was rejected (NYC hotel). Then, i rebid, and raised my bid with about $7. This last bid was accepted, but there was a problem with my credit card. I found this very strange, as I knew that there were more than enough funds on my account. Now, I use a VISA debit card, which is linked to my bankaccount. So when Priceline charged me $1800 just before, there was not sufficient funds for my last bid. Now, the last "Urgent" mail I received, clearly states that there were a problem charging my card. The second last mail, which is a normal mail with the results of the second last bid, should link to a rejected bid. But it does not! It links instead to the last bid which had the creditcard problem! The ref numbers in those two mails are different, yet they link back to the same screen, same ref number. What I believe happened is, that Priceline charged me for that second last bid, which was rejected. The amount seem to fit also. But Priceline just says that none of the bids was accepted or charged for. My problem is not that Pricline charged me, because mistakes happen all the time. But it's disappointing that after I have explained the problem for them, they are not willing to admit any error, or trying to resolve this issue. I simply do not believe that in this day and age it's impossible to find out that they have wrongfully charged me $1800. Another thing is their support. When I send a mail, they will not reply before the very end of the working day(in Hong Kong that is), so I will have to wait until the next day for my next reply. And as I mentioned before, it is impossible to get hold of any live person on the phone. When VISA gets my money back, i will stay clear of Priceline HK. Seems like US or UK is better when it comes to support, at least that is my impression after reading up on this board. Regards TommyL

Today I got confirmed from VISA that it is indeed Priceline Hong Kong which has charged my creditcard for $1800. I got a reply from Priceline Hong Kong, and they are not willing to admit any glitches in their system! So now I have to dispute this charge with VISA. I just hope this doesn't affect the rest of my accepted bids, which is already paid for. I am very disappointed with Priceline HK now. I've been trying to get through to them on the phone, but it is useless. I just get thrown around in their menu system. I don't think i will do business with them again. Too bad :) Best Regards TommyL

I have a profile, have made a couple of successful bids without any problems. Got confirmation screen, and VISA card charged. But there is something very strange going on....when I log in to check my bidding history for the same area, I get the same rejection screen on all of them...... For example one bid I did for NYC, MTW only, I get a rejection screen that says that my bid for MTW and MTE was rejected.....which was a previous bid i had....if you see what i mean. I wonder if they have problems with their system or something.... I have cleared my cookies and cache, but the same result...... Hope you are right ufjoe21, was literally seeing my vacation going down the drain :) Best Regards TommyL

Hello. Just wondering if anybody has had the same experience before..... Yesterday I bid on a 4* New York hotel for October, 2 rooms 5 nights. At $160 I won, but now there is a message saying that there is a problem with my creditcard. I thought that this was strange, as just one hour before, I had checked that I had sufficient funds on my account. So again i log into my account, just to discover that my VISA just have been charged about $1800, which is about the same amount that Priceline would have charged for the rooms. So now I'm $1800 short, and no hotel rooms.... I have sent a mail to Priceline (Hong Kong), and got a canned reply.....maybe i have to wait until monday before I hear from them again. Regards TommyL PS this might be off-topic....didn't know where else to post this.....

Yup, was looking at a map now, and you're right. But it doesn't matter, as we will have a car. Saved me more than $400! Since I am unable to use the links to Priceline from here, and I have received some very good help from this board, I will instead donate through Paypal. Money well spent!!! Thank You BetterBidding!!! Regards TommyL

Hi! I'm trying to get two rooms at a 4* in MTW/MTE, max bid $180, but rejected. The dates are 10/1-10/7. I've also tried to change dates to 10/2-10/7 to avoid saturday check-in, but no joy. I can see that the rates for the beginning of october is high, do you think there is any chance at all to get it for $180 for those dates? Or am i bidding too early? Any thoughts on this will be appreciated. Best Regards TommyL

Got this one for $71. Lowest online rate is $129. As for bidding strategy....well, I did not really have any. On Priceline Hong Kong you can rebid as long as you raise the bid by minimum HK$50 (about US$6). So I just raised my bid in the Beverly Hills zone only until I got this one. Very pleased with what I got! :) Regards TommyL