(Well I never hit on my first bid - but this time I did!!)
Bidding for one night Amsterdam 3* in Schiphol Airport zone (night before flight home) May 5, 2008. No rebid zones, but plenty of time to change bids as needed. (Cheapest AMS property on Hotwire was $123 for 2.5* I think.)
ACCEPTED at $85
Courtyard by Marriott AMS
Kruisweg 1401
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
Total for one night with taxes and fees - $98.74
Bidding for one night Houston 2.5* in Hobby Airport zone (night before an early a.m. flight) February 21, 2008.
Three free rebid zones for 2.5*
Rejected at $35 and $38.
ACCEPTED at $41 and upgraded to 3*
Marriott Houston Hobby Airport
9011 Gulf Freeway
Total for one night with taxes and fees - $55.18
Bidding for two nights Los Angeles 2.5* in Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Downtown or Hollywood - February
22-24, 2008.
One free rebid zone - Lawndale. Began bidding at $49 with incremental increases.
Rejected at 46/54/57/59/61/63/65. (Bidding continued on more than one day.)
NOTE: Received counteroffer at $59 bid to add $17. Also received same $17 counteroffer at $63 the next
day.
ACCEPTED at $65 and upgraded to 3*
Sheraton LA Downtown
711 S. Hope St.
Total for two nights with taxes and fees - $166.17
Bidding for two nights San Diego - any area 2.5* - February 24-26, 2008.
Three free rebid zones - East County, Natl City, San Ysidro. Began bidding at $46 with incremental increases.
Rejected at 46/49/51/52/55/57/60/61/63. (Bidding continued on more than one day.)
ACCEPTED at $65 and upgraded to 3*
Lake San Marcos Resort
(Escondido - Vista)
1025 La Bonita Drive
Lake San Marcos, California 92078
Total for two nights with taxes and fees - $153.63
Bidding for one night LAX area 2.5* - February 1, 2008.
One free rebid zone - Lawndale. Began bidding at $35 with incremental increases.
Rejected at 35/39/43/45. (Bidding continued on more than one day.)
ACCEPTED at $49
La Quinta Inn And Suites LAX
5249 West Century Boulevard
Total for one night with taxes and fees - $63.31
Bidding for two nights beginning 10/3/07 - any star level is fine - close to Norcross GA.
Hotwire shows $27/night for a 2-star in Norcross (washing machine only amenity, so sounds like an extended stay property).
So try a little lower on Priceline.
Bid $23 for 2 star Peachtree Corners - Norcross. Rejected.
Add 1 star for $23. Accepted.
ESA Atl-Norcross
200 Lawrenceville St.
Norcross GA
Total for 2 nights with faxes/fees - $60.06.
Could have started lower perhaps!
Bidding for one night LAX - August 6, 2007. 2.5 star. (One free rebid zone - Lawndale).
Bid $52. Rejected.
Bid $62. Accepted. Upgraded to 3 star
Hilton Los Angeles Airport
5711 West Century Boulevard
Total with tax/fee $78.35
Some airlines are stricter on not allowing you to keep the residual amount from a voucher.
I really like NW's system now - my voucher was electronically linked to my FF account - so even if I had lost it, I would have been able to use it as stored value. They also allow residual.
As mentioned above, normally a $$ voucher is better than a "Free Flight" voucher (counter-intuitive) as a free flight voucher comes often from the limited seat availability for award flights.
Bidding for 3 nights San Diego 3* or 2.5* - prefer any of the following zones: Mission Valley, Coronado, Point Loma, SD Coastal or Sorrento Mesa.
Began bidding very low at $46 with incremental increases with free rebids. After running out of rebids would do the same for 2.5*.
Eventually got up to bidding as high as $93/night for both 3* and 2.5* - all rejected.
Started new bid at $75 for 3*. Rejected. Bid $85. Accepted.
(NOTE: Good lesson not to forget new properties can be added at any time!)
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa & Marina
1441 Quivira Rd.
Total for 3 nights with tax/fee - 293.99
Bidding for 3 nights - beginning 8/12/07 - looking at Hollywood, Burbank or Pasadena. These are in three separate areas so have to be bid separately.
One free rebid for each.
Bid 60/65 for 3* for Hollywood - same for Pasadena - same for Burbank - all rejected.
Started over next day - bid 70/75 for Hollywood. Rejected.
Bid 70 for Pasadena. Accepted.
Sheraton Pasadena
303 E. Cordova
Total for 3 nights with tax/fee - 247.11
Later realized I should have bid for 4 nights - so added a night. The next night came in at $84 (103.06 with tax/fee).
Bidding for one night 8/11/07 - Orange County. Several free rebid zones.
Bid $44 for Buena Park/Disneyland/Fullerton/Costa Mesa/Dana Point/Newport. Rejected
Rebid at $49. Accepted.
Embassy Suites Irvine-OC Airport
2120 Main St.
Irvine CA
Total for one night with tax/fee - 62.19
Bidding for two nights 3* Sedona - one free rebid.
Bid 65, 70. Rejected.
Next day bid 75, 80. Rejected.
Next day bid 85. Accepted.
Radisson Poco Diablo Resort
Total for 2 nights with tax/fee - 197.31
Bidding for one night Albuquerque - 3* - any zone - three free rebid zones.
Bid 30, 34, 38, 42 all rejected. New bids next day, bid 45, 48. Accepted at 48.
Park Plaza Hotel
Total for one night with tax/fee - 61.80.
Bidding for one night 8/7/07 in Amarillo - 2.5* (only available in Amarillo West - one free rebid zone).
Took four days to "hit" with bids at 30, 35, 40, 45, 48, 52, 56, 60
Accepted at $60.
Ambassador Hotel Amarillo
3100 I-40 West
Total for one night with tax/fee - $76.76.
Bidding for one night 8/30/07 - 2* or up - Austin - prefer South/Airport but Downtown acceptable.
Bid $32 for South. Added downtown and bid $36. Rejected.
After 24 hours, rebid $39 for South. Accepted.
La Quinta Inn Ben White
4200 I 35 South
Total with tax/fee $52.17
(I had also bid up to $42 for 2* in Bastrop TX - also an acceptable bid for us for proximity to AUS but listed as a different city)
Bidding for 5 nights beginning 8/31/07. Any of the OC zones, 3 star.
Began bidding at $40, and raised free rebids in 4 dollar increments. Accepted at $52/night.
Hyatt Regency Orange County
11999 Harbor Blvd.
Garden Grove, CA
Total for 5 nights with taxes/fees $301.20
Bidding for one night - April 9 - just need an inexpensive room for myself before an early morning flight on 4/10.
Bid $28 for 2* - included Round Rock, Austin North and Austin South. Rejected
Added Austin Northwest (NOT a free rebid) and bid $30. Accepted.
Extended Stay Deluxe Austin - Northwest - Research Park
12424 Research Blvd
Total for one night with taxes/fees - $41.65
Lately whenever I bid 2* I often get Extended Stay.
Bidding for one day (less than 24 hr) rental BWI - April 10, 2007.
Best price (any size car) on Orbitz is around $52 with taxes....On Hotwire around $46.
Bid accepted for Alamo midsize on Priceline at $24.
Total with taxes/fees $38.21
(I did try a $18 bid for economy and $21 bid for compact.)
Bidding for one night - April 10, 2007.
2* - Gaithersburg MD.
Won bid at $37.
Extended Stay Deluxe Washington DC/Gaithersburg
201 Professional Dr
Gaithersburg MD
Total with taxes/fees $48.72
Bidding for a full seven day car rental out of LAX - March 10-17, 2007.
Bid $14 for standard size. Rejected.
Bid $16 for full size. Accepted. Hertz.
Total for seven days with faxes and fees - $149.58.
(On Orbitz, the cheapest price for a "name" company rental for a full size was $267 with taxes - Thrifty.)
By the way...a few years ago it seemed like I never got a substantially decent result on Priceline for car rentals and usually ended up using a coupon or other discount code with a direct booking.
Lately I have been having excellent savings over any other deal I can find. Good job Priceline.
Bidding for one night, March 16, 2007 before flying out the next morning early. Prefer LAX zone or something close - so bid for 3* then 2.5* rebid for the following zones: LAX, Santa Monica, Redondo-Manhattan, Culver City. Started bidding several days ago with a very low bid of $37 and rebid over next few days, raising bid in $4 increments. Accepted today for $57.
Crowne Plaza LAX
5985 W Century Blvd
Total for 1 night with tax and fees - $72.23.
Bidding for several zones in the Burbank area (San Fernando Valley: Burbank, Studio City, Van Nuys, or Warner Center) four nights beginning 3/10/07 - prefer 2.5 * or higher.
Started bidding a few days ago with low ball bids around $37 I think. Rebid each day in $4 increments.
Accepted today for a $57 bid.
Airtel Plaza Hotel & Conf Center
7277 Valjean Ave
Van Nuys, CA
Total for 4 nights with taxes/fees - $267.17
Bidding for one night May 8, 2007. Prefer 2 star level or higher - bidding in these Manhattan areas (downtown, midtown east, midtown south, midtown west, upper midtown cp south).
Bid $69 for 2.5 star, then rebid same for 2 star rejected.
After 24 hrs bid $75 for same, rejected.
After 24 hrs bid $81 for same. Accepted for 2 star in Midtown South.
Best Western Convention Center
Midtown South
522 W 38th St
Total for one night with taxes and fees - $102.22.
This is less than we spent per night to stay in Manhattan on our first trip 23 years ago!
Snagged round trips on Jet Blue (no ice in May I hope) for only $114 each all-in round trip from Houston - so this will be a nice quick theater trip to the Big Apple.
Hotwire shows a 2* for $39 that night - but I don't have nearly as much experience with Hotwire as with Priceline. Maybe you could dig through back posts and identify which property it is. Good price anyway.
2.5* Williamsburg (Historic-Busch Gardens) Clarion Hotel
in Priceline Hotels - Virginia
Posted
Bidding for three nights, Williamsburg VA - either zone - beginning June 1 '09.
Bid 2.5* at $38/night. First bid successful, so it is possible a lower bid could win.
Clarion Hotel Williamsburg
351 York Street
Total for 3 nights with taxes/fees - $138.62.
Reviews are less than glowing, but hoping for the best - not a bad price though.