Dean Meyer

After "learning the cheats" I did a initial bid of downtown Chicago for 45 for 4*. Rejected. Went through the steps of adding areas that didn't have 4* and upping the price by minimal increments. Rejected Added skokie (which nas no 4*) and rebid at $55. Rejected. Added Loop and upped bid to $59. Confirmed. Hilton Palmer House for $59 one night 4/2 Hilton website has best price as $99, so can't complain! Thanks for the tips!

After "learning the cheats" I did a initial bid of downtown Madison for 37 for 3*. Rejected. Added south (which nas no 3*) and rebid at $39. Rejected. Added East and upped bid to $41. Confirmed. Hilton Madison Monona Terrace for $41 one night 4/3 Hilton website has best price as $139, so can't complain! Thanks for the tips!

First time with Priceline. I tried 4 star at $41, but got rejected. I then followed the helpful hints posted and lowered the star level and price. Next bid was accepted $37 a night for four nights. I was kind of bummed since we had small kids and the Minneapolis Double Tree Park Place doesn't have a pool. Oh well, I'm sure we'll tire them out at the Mall of America. One question though, when I initally tried the 4 star I was rejected. I then submitted at $45. There was an error message that I needed to click a different option, and still gave the error message of the initial price rejection. Should I have cleared out and started over from scratch rather than lowering my star level? Thanks for a helpful message board, DM