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Oh my - I know from these boards that a few of you out there have rooms paid for through Priceline in the next few months. I stumbled across news releases that clearly indicate that the Thistle Gatwick has been sold by the Thistle chain to Menzies. I also checked the Thistle site - the Gatwick Thistle is no longer listed. Thought I should let folks know - here are links to two of the news releases, hope it's ok to post them - if they are edited or do not work , google Thistle Gatwick in news on google. http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2007...tle-hotels.html

Hi: Thanks for the tips and info. I decided to stick with trying Priceline for now as I usually get good deals. I started again at $80 and I am upto $92. My guess is that I will strike lucky late July or later. Will let you all know. Bye for now.

The prices I quoted are those I can find looking at a variety of sources including the hotel's own websites, the well known sites like Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz, some Canadian travel sites like Itravel2000 and a few Europe based sites too. I can't remember which were refundable or not specifically but I know the best rate I saw for the Ramada, the $192, was a 21 day advance rate which was definitely not refundable. I have a hunch the PL 4* inventory for September at Gatwick may not be open yet. Maybe I should just start my bidding again in a month or so? I have been bidding continuously over the last month and at one time, I had the message the average rate for a 4* Gatwick is $148 and this week that message jumped to $186. Love this board by the way, found it yesterday while googling for bidding help and have already learned so much. Thanks.

Hi: Hubby and I are bidding for a 4* hotel at Gatwick airport, Sept 25 for two nights, two people one room and for one night October 13th. I don't want to risk a 3* star in September as we will be flying for around 15 hours and upon arrival we will want to get to the nearest hotel to shower and sleep! I use Priceline and Hotwire regularly and have spent a lot of time researching the rates and hotels around Gatwick and I know I can get the Arora for around $180 per night, the Renaissance for around $160, and the Ramada for $192. I started bidding about a month ago at $90 and I have reached $155. Should I hold off a while or should I go a tad higher? Thanks in advance.