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  1. Hello, I did not raise the price, I stayed at $70 for my free rebid. $70 was the accepted price for Marriot. The only thing I was curious about was that before I conduct the free rebid, the message from PL asking me to up $17 more dollars. Do they do that often? Or is this just a bait to lure bidders to bid higher?
  2. Hello Colfax, I made a bid for Commerce/Norwalk/Rosemead 3* for $70, the next message from PL was to ask us to up another $17 and we will get the bid immediately. We did not do that, instead we exercise the free rebid for Monrovia/Duarte, a 2.5*. PL accepted our bid for $70 faster than we thought. We are getting 3* Marriot Norwalk. Now I know how to bid and rebid. Thanks a lot, two thumbs up for both of you, Colfax and Thereuare!
  3. Hello Colfax and Thereuare, I hoped that I did not confuse you both by jumping here and there and everywhere. I reread all the replies both of you gave to me since my first post. I also discovered that there are more areas like San Gabriel Valley etc. to bid on if I click below the PL area map (*sigh* such a slowpoke!). Please let me explain, one thing at a time. Now, I think I get it. It is very, very important that I have to watch for the hotel star rating (which I did not from the two previous bids). My focus was drawn to the
  4. Hello Thereuare, I still have to put in California and 99999. Well, I have my bid in for the first time a few minutes ago since yesterday. The first bid was $60 for Redondo area three star, rejected. The second bid is the Lawndale area, it still reject me. So I have to wait till tomorrow to do the third try. Do I up my bid to $70? Or if I bid for a whole new area, like west hollywood and put a bid in for $100 for a four star? Just wondering!
  5. Hello Thereuare, Before I started my rebidding, I want to ask if bidding outside the United States (I am from Canada), do I type in California and Zip code 99999. I remember reading it somewhere. Can you clarify that. Thanks
  6. Hello Colfax, I have followed your instructions and waited for two weeks to start my bidding for Redondo Beach area. I started at $40 and increase the bid at $5 each time to $60. I tried a total of four times within twenty minutes. Their reply was that they cannot accept the offer. Am I still too early to bid or I should up my bid? They asked me to make a change to my data, is that where the rebidding thing come in? If that is the case, please tell me about the rebidding zone. I can bid on the Brentwood area as well. Please advise. In the Sept 15 message, you wrote, "If you want to try for Brentwood I suggest bidding $65 for a 3*. Then add your only free rebid zone, Lawndale, and bid $70. If you don't understand free rebidding please ask. Also, to help support this board please begin your bid with the PRICELINE link at SavingsBarn.com." does it mean I go to the SavingsBarn site and click on Priceline to start the bidding process? I tried and it all lead back to the Priceline site again.
  7. Hello Colfax and Thereuare, Oops, forgot to tell you that I will fly to LAX on Nov 12 [Monday] to join my hubby who is attending a convention in Anaheim. We will venture out on our own for two more days. So that is why I stumble onto sites of PL. I think I need to read the threads on how people bid and start from there. I am sure I will need your help again. I start to panic when the computer ask me for my credit card number and not knowing what happen next once I press the button, I exited the site! I will follow your advice and do it step by step next time. Will tell you what happen then. Have a good weekend for now and keep on helping newbies like me!
  8. Hello Colfax, I did not mean I want to stay at Extended Stay. Actually, I do not want to stay at ES at all!! The point I wanted to make clearly in the previous post was that travelers who do not know PL or BB paid regular hotel rate, even for hotel like ES. I balked at the $29 bid because the rates can be bidded for such affordability. I really want to bid for something a lot nicer, so do you think $70 is enough for a nice nice stay for Lax?
  9. Hello Colfax, Bidding for a hotel room is the first time in my life. I usually rent accommodations with a kitchen when the children were young. We paid $100-$120 for a room in Extended Stay. When I ventured into this website and I was surprise. I cannot remember where, but I saw bidding as low as $29 for Extended Stay. Now when I saw the bids can be so affordable, $70 seems to be reasonable if I am staying around Lax. It will be a joy to see if I can go low for a bid. I have not send in any bid yet, but looking forward to it. What we ask for in a hotel is that it is clean and not too noisy . If Getty Museum is our focus, will staying in the section south of Lax convenient too? It seems many bidders bid on those accommodations as well. So any recommendations?
  10. Hello Colfax, Thank you for the advice on how to bid. I looked up the Westside Radisson on Tripadvisor and the reviewers said that they are charged with an extra $15 a day for parking. Maybe I should bid near the airport then. The only reason for booking Culver City is that it is closer to the Getty Museum in which we want to visit. Do hotels around the airport charge you daily parking as well? I would go for one with no charge if I have the choice. What do you suggest?
  11. There are not too many bids for Culver City [north of LA LAX] and I need advice. We will stay from Nov 15-17, 2007 for two nights. Culver city seemed to be in a convenient location, but do not need to drive to the LAX, and it is west of West Hollywood. If you check the Culver City area [you have to click on the 'save up to 50%' name your own price screen, the screen will show that the best deal is a three star upscale. The median price for that is $194, when I put in $50 and $55, both time it says
  12. Hello Thereuare, It is more clear now. Does it mean I can bid at a lower price in PL without knowing at all which hotel it is? As for Hotwire, I have to take the price listed with no bidding at all and I do not know the exact hotel. In this case, I will post question here and others will help me guest which one it is before I go ahead with reservations, right?
  13. Hello, I registered today and I am confused about the bidding process. If the hotel, for example, Residence Inn by Marriott torrance Redondo Beach ask for $119.00 a night. Do I put in a bid at half the price or more? Is there a way to know if the accepted bid is the same hotel. Can someone please explain.
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