timmermana5

What is the best rate you're currently seeing for this route for dates which are acceptable to you? How much of a discount would you need to make an 'opaque' purchase worthwhile, as you won't be able to choose the flight times, agree to the possibility of a layover, etc.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... and your searches too! (please click each of these links before replying)

When I go through Priceline the rates are around $500-$525 per person, round trip. Through Southwest's website, they are only around $400 per person, round trip but very limited flights available. We don't mind layovers. This is a trip where my husband is taking my son skiing in Tahoe- a bit extravagant for us to spend money on a weekend like this so we just would like to keep the price as low as possible. We don't need a hotel- friends have a house out there that we can use.

I've never purchased anything with name your own price. We are looking for 2 tickets to fly from GR, Michigan to Reno, Nevada sometime during February or March. We'd like to do a Thurs- Sunday or Friday- Monday but pretty flexible with the dates. What advice do you have for me? How cheap should I wait for the tickets to go?

I'm so disappointed!!! I appreciate your help, though!

We are flying into Las Vegas on Aug. 26 then driving through California and flying out of Reno, NV on Sept. 5. Since there are 5 of us with our luggage we would like a vehicle with some space.

I have never bid on PRICELINE or HOTWIRE before. I would like to rent either a minivan or SUV from Las Vegas, NV and return it to Reno, NV. After checking several sites, it seems the best rates I can come up with are $347 weekly rate with a total price of $718 for a minivan or $645 weekly rate with a total of $1274 for an SUV. If I try to bid these rates down, how do I know how low can I go and will I still have the extra fees and taxes. If so, how can I know what these fees and taxes will amount to? Getting started is so difficult!!

I'm brand new to this whole system and would like to bid on a minivan or SUV in Las Vegas. Can you tell me how to find out what additional fees/taxes there will be? Thanks for any help!