brummel4ever

Thanks for the advice. I did the bidding starting at $15 and increased up to $ 23. Then I decided to get the rental car outside of PRICELINE because it it is booked from Germany and therefore comes with a very good insurance package. Again, thanks for the support even though I didn't end up with a PRICELINE deal.

Yes, I understand. That is what I was trying to say 2 postings earlier. Taking second driver fees of 10 dollars per day into account, I would only save with bids less than 25 dollars a day. Anything equal or above will not be any better than regular offers directly from the rental companies (which will have better insurance packages already included by the way).

I called the Benefit Administator and got the following information: 1. Booking through third party like Priceline is ok and won't affect coverage. 2. My wife (or any other second driver) would be covered as well as long as listed as a second driver by the rental company. 3. Our rental period of 19 consecutive days is covered by VISA. Since my residence is in Germany it is considered an international rental agreement and covers rental agreements of up to a maximum of 31 days. This all sounds pretty good to me. I hope I didn't miss anything. I guess I can start bidding soon?!

Thanks for the reply! Your comments make a lot of sense! B) The credit card I have is a Chase Freedom Visa Card. According to the Benefit Administrator it "...carries the Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver benefit, the details of which are listed below: Offers - at no additional charge - coverage for damage due to collision or theft up to the actual cash value of most rental cars. You must secure and charge the rental to our covered card, and decline the CDW/LDW offered by the rental agency. Coverage is provided to the cardholder and other authorized drivers permitted by the rental contract. Additional terms and conditions apply." The credit card also covers the rental period of 19 days since the rental agreement takes place outside my country of residence (the limit would be 31 days). The best price I could get on the Internet was for a total of € 659 (I believe it was Dollar or National) which converts to roughly $ 833. However, this price would include a premium package with free additional drivers if over 25 years of age, increased liablity of $ 1 Mio., receive full tank and return empty, and CDW. Assuming that I end up with a rental company charging $ 10 per day for my wife as an additional driver, I have to take that into account meaning a successful Priceline bid shouldn't show total charges over $ 643. In order to get total charges of that amount on Priceline I would have to have a successful bid for $ 25 per day. Anything lower than $ 25 per day would mean a better deal than the one mentioned above. Now the question is if it's realistic to get a midsize SUV for less than $ 25 per day?? So maybe afterall the offer of $ 833 mentioned above isn't too bad afterall since it includes very good insurance and not just the minimum requirement? Any idea what kind of (low) successful bid I could possibly land? One thing I have not checked yet, is if the credit card's insurance covers the rental agreement if booked through third party, in this case priceline. I'll find out about that...

Hello everybody, this is my first post, so after reading and searching the board I hope that this is the right place to ask my question(s). First of all, I live in Germany. I hope that won't be a problem when using Priceline to get a rental car (I have an American Credit Card and an international driver's license). I would like to book a rental car at the PHL airport for the period 09/07/12 - 09/27/12. I did a price check on "Car Rental Checker" and got a price of $ 830 (incl. taxes and fees) for a Mid-Size-SUV. Not sure how much I could save on Priceline when using the bidding system. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could give me some advice on a bidding strategy in order to get Mid-Size SUV. As a second priority I would also take a Full-Size car. Does Priceline make any sense if I need to add a second driver since I will be travelling with my wife? Regards Martin