Andrew J.

Yeah, last 2 nights were overpaid, but the first 3 were close to rock bottom. And the premium was definitely worth it. My wife was not happy that I was doing a split bid and risked having us pack up and change hotels. She has much more pressing items on the itinerary. :) I used the bid strategies that others were given for same specs and near that time frame. The big difference in our stay was that we are taking a long weekend with business days from both side of the weekends. Sun/Mon are big days for business travelers coming into metro areas, so I figured I was going to need a higher bid there. The extend your stay option is a small text link on your acceptance page. I think it gave me the option of adding up to two days in either direction. I remember back in '02 we I went up by myself, I got the Hilton Rock center for $110 and Marriot Marquis for $99. I was beginning to think those days were long gone! Anyhow, had I not read through this site, I would not have been successful in this attempt. Kudos to all that participate here.

Been seeing a lot of different winning bids for Midtown NYC lately, so I decided to mix it up a bit. I was looking for 4* in Midtown from 4/20-4/25 for under $120. I've been trying the same price for all nights and was very unsuccessful after 2 weeks of rebidding. This weekend I decided to split the bid and today I was successful. Started with: 4/20-4/23 4* UMT-CPS $105, rejected 4* added MTW, $106, rejected 4* added MTE, $111, accepted Would you like to extend your stay for the same rate, YES. $111 was rejected for 4/23-4/25 but they came back and offered me $146 and I took it. Total with taxes and everything, $700 for 5 nights at the Intercontinental Barclay. Not bad IMO and we don't have to move. This is going to be a nice anniversary! John Williams w/ NYPhil, Babbo, jazz at Blue Note. Yeah, I'm happy. :) Let me know if you need more information about my bids.