kyle3pod

I followed your suggested bidding strategy and "won" The Westin Seattle with a bid of $153/night. Thanks for your help!

Yes, I'd prefer to increase my bid to $185 rather than increase my area.

Yes, I was using the Hot.Wire's lowest Pike Place hotel as a basis for setting my bids. I didn't realize that the Pike Place maps were so different on Hot.Wire and Price.line. I would prefer to not be so far south (as Silver Cloud Inn is.) Reading some of the other threads I learned that Pike Place was a preferred area, so that's why I was looking there on both sites. Thanks.

I see that this <dead link removed>, which I believe is the Silver Cloud Inn Stadium Hotel, is available on HOTWIRE for $158. I also see that this hotel, which I believe is the Renaissance Seattle Hotel, is available on PRICELINE EXPRESS for $186. Since, I'd like to stay in a 4* hotel in Pike Place should my priceline bidding go as follows? $100: Downtown - Pike Place - Retail District - Convention Center 4* $105: add Kent 2 1/2* $110: add North Seattle - Edmonds - Mountlake Terrace 2 1/2* $115: add Bothell 3* $120: add Everett North 3* $125: add Everett South - Mukilteo 3* $130: add Lynnwood 3* $135: add Tukwila - Renton 3* $140: add Bellevue South 3 1/2* $145: add Redmond 3 1/2* $150: add SeaTac Airport (SEA) 3 1/2* $155: add Univ of Washington - Northgate 3 1/2* Thanks for your help!

Using your PRICELINE link, I booked the Marriott Biscayne Bay Hotel and Marina for 1 night (Sunday, May 9, 2010). I started at $44 for a 3.5* hotel in Miami (Downtown) and increased by bid in $2 increments by adding the 3 South Beach locations and then other Miami locations without a 3.5* hotel until my offer was accepted at $56. Hotel $56.00 Taxes 15.04 Total $71.04