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Started at $97, was offered counterbid of $116. I knew I was close so I added Union Square East (which would have been lovely, but I knew I wasn't getting that for ~$100!), and increased my bid to $102. Le Meridien for $125.51 including taxes and fees. I have a friend who works for Westin who could have got us this same hotel for $139 plus taxes, which is also a deal, but I was pretty sure I could do better :)

Bid $47 plus $5 bonus cash (so $52) for 3* Lynnwoods-Edmonds first - denied. Raised bid to $52 plus $5 bonus cash (so $57), added Bellevue - got Red Lion Bellevue. Free parking so I'm happy, as parking can be up to $45 in Seattle :(

Started with the PRICELINE link here... Bid 68, 72, 75, 78, 82, 85, 90, 95 using non-4* re-bid zones and no luck with 3/30/12 - 4/1/12. Didn't have to make it to Seattle Friday night so shortened my stay by one night and won the Sheraton first try with $90. My guess is it was the Friday that was busy and not the Saturday since I was successful with the latter bid. I called the Sheraton and valet parking is $44 while off-site self-parking is $30. Boyfriend is very protective of his car so I guess we'll be spending an arm and a leg for valet :(

I will follow this up and say that they did try to give us the "priceline" room, which was in fact the living room portion of a larger suite. It was a sofa bed. I politely but firmly told them they had to do better after viewing the room, and miraculously another suite became available in that three minutes. Shocker. Not really feeling the love for Westin right now, especially after I called them around 7pm to inform them that we'd be checking in late.

Oh, I forgot to mention that I booked through the PRICELINE links on this website!

Bid $76 for Granville Entertainment district, was prompted to increase my bid to $102. I declined and added downtown as a free re-bid zone (the airport is the only other 4* zone so don't add it, but any other zone is/was "safe" for re-bid zones, as they don't offer 4*). Remained at $76 and got the Westin Bayshore, which is one of the nicer properties available.