Telly33

Thanks for the reply. I ended up trying some stuff before you posted. Tried several different combinations of prices, star levels, and rebid zones before basically opting to just pull the trigger on the $56(+$16) Holiday Inn O'Hare that someone else got a few weeks ago, which was accepted. Pretty decent deal I guess. Not the sale of the century or anything, but about $50 off their published rate and certainly a better hotel and price than the Quality Inn at $80(+$?) or any of the other published rates in the area. Thanks.

Hi, My wife and I are travelling to Cancun and will have an overnight layover in Chicago. I'm looking for some advice/strategy for an ORD hotel room for one night. The date we will need the room will be Thurs. May 15th. The only real pre-requisites I'm looking for in the hotel are a free shuttle to the airport (I think most do) and I would also prefer a hotel bar/lounge as we won't have a rental car and it would be nice to have the option to not leave the hotel if we don't want to (although we may still cab it somewhere). ORD North or South zones doesn't matter. Above and beyond that we don't neccessarily need anything special and I'd like to keep the cost down as it will just be a place to hang our hats for one night until we can catch our flight in the morning. Although like everyone, if we could find a steal on nice place that would be fantastic as well. Just a quick search yielded that I could get the Quality Inn O'Hare for $80 so I'd certainly like to spend less than that if possible on at least a comparable hotel or better. Anyway, just wondering if there are any special tips/tricks I should consider for ORD airport hotels. I would guess I might be able to get lucky with something nice being it's just a single non-weekend night that hotels might be looking to fill, but who knows. Thanks for any advice.

Is there still a danger of getting stuck with the Westin when bidding on 4 stars on Priceline? Is there any way to avoid it? Is it based on your bid amount or is it random? Thanks, Telly

going to try tomorrow (Sat). Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Telly

Hello, I'm looking for a room in Vegas checking in 5/31 and checking out 6/04. I want to be on the strip. What is the cheapest I could expect to get a 5 star? Am I correct in understanding that in order to make multiple bids on 5 stars I need to just increase my bid and add another zone in addition to the strip on each successive bid? What's a good number to start at? I don't want to pay more than $200/night, but preferably cheaper obviously if that's possible. If it's going to be more than that I'll probably just stay at the Tropicana for $116/night published on Travelocity. Is the Westin still an issue for the four stars on Priceline? How about Hotwire? Thanks in advance, Telly