I bid for 4* up to $123, downtown-pike place, got rejected I bid for 3.5* up to $123, downtown-pikeplace, got rejected Added 3*, downtown-pike place and lowered my bid to $106, and was accepted. Expedia lists the Red Lion as a 3.5* (as do a lot of other sites), and at a rate of $219 for that night, and so I am happy. It was nice to get a higher end 3* hotel for that night. I know people are getting 4*'s for less than $100, but for that night it has been impossible. Overall I am happy. (FYI, for future reference, the Red Lion did NOT show up on my general Priceline search before bidding as an available hotel, which just goes to show you the limited usefulness of that technique to limit down hotels.)