I'm totally confused and could use some expert advice. I formulated my plan for booking an LA hotel room by reviewing these boards. It was as follows... Start: New Bid Screen Beverly Hills - $100.00 Rebid 1 Rebid Screen Beverly Hills + Brentwood - $105.00 Rebid 2 New Bid Beverly Hills & Culver City - $110.00 Rebid 3 Rebid Screen Beverly Hills & Culver City+ Brentwood - $115.00 Rebid 4 New Bid Beverly Hills & Redondo - $120.00 Rebid 5 Rebid Screen Beverly Hills & Redondo +Brentwood - $125.00 Rebid 6 New Bid Beverly Hills, Culver City, Redondo - $130.00 Rebid 7 Rebid Screen Beverly Hills, Culver City, Redondo+ Brentwood - $135.00 Rebid 8 New Bid Beverly Hills & Santa Monica - $140.00 Rebid 9 Rebid Screen Beverly Hills & Santa Monica + Brentwood - $145.00 Rebid 10 New Bid Beverly Hills, Culver City, Santa Monica - $150.00 Rebid 11 Rebid Screen Beverly Hills, Culver City, Santa Monica + Brentwood - $155.00 Rebid 12 New Bid Beverly Hills, Redondo, Santa Monica - $160.00 Rebid 13 Rebid Screen Beverly Hills, Redondo, Santa Monica + Brentwood -$165.00 Rebid 14 New Bid Beverly Hills, Culver City, Redondo, Santa Monica - $170.00 Rebid 15 Rebid Screen Beverly Hills, Culver City, Redondo, Santa Monica + Brentwood -$175.00 $175 (intercontental century city) is the lowest RACK rate (according to their offical website) at the 4* hotels listed on this site for Beverly Hills zone. On their website they are showing availablity for the dates I've requested. Other hotels listed as 4* in the Beverly Hills zone also have availability for the dates I'm traveling. Bottom line, I don't understand why I had to bid up to $175 and still not have an accepted offer if I can purchase through the hotel's offical site for the same price, and know where I am staying upfront. I could understand if I was submitting ubsurdly low bids, but that was not the case. In most cases I bid up to 70% of rack rate. I did this whole scenario for Hollywood hotels and didn't get an accepted bid either. I'm really confused and frustrated, any help would be appreciated.