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texashighway

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  1. I bid up to $51 for San Antonio Airport with no luck. I dropped by bid to $48 and bid for Northwest and was successful. Baymont Inn and Suites 4803 Manitou Drive San Antonio, Texas 78228 As usual, I used your PRICELINE link, Please add this hotel to your Texas Priceline hotel list.
  2. Bidding history: $40 SAT $42 SAT and Ft Sam Houston waited 24 hours... $43 SAT As usual, I used the PRICELINE link on your support page.
  3. Bid history: SAT $40 SAT + Ft Sam Houston $42 SAT + Medical Center $44 SAT + Medical Center + Ft Sam Houston $45 I have stayed here before and am happy with my win! I used the PRICELINE support link. (I meant to enter the year 2013, not 2003. Apparently, I cannot edit the title.)
  4. Inched my way up in $1 increments using free rebid areas. I used your PRICELINE link to make my purchase.
  5. When in doubt, I always look for hints in the reviews. One of them for this hotel says: "Not up to the "Grand" name". So my educated guess would be the Grand Hyatt at 600 E. Market! :)
  6. I started my bidding for the Fiesta Texas/La Cantera area of San Antonio at $39. Before I could submit it I got the automated message that the average 3 star hotel room in that area is $109 (implying that I am either wasting my time or insulting their intelligence with such a ridiculously low bid). As soon as I submitted it, I got a response imploring me to raise my bid a mere $9. Refusing to take the bait, I pressed on and inched my way up to $42 by adding free rebid areas. Offer Price: avg. per room, per night: $42. Nights: 3 Room Subtotal: $126.00 Taxes & Fees: $29.67 Total Charged to Card: $155.67 Hyatt Place San Antonio-Northwest Fiesta Texas - La Cantera 4303 Hyatt Place Drive, San Antonio, TX 78230 From looking at HOTWIRE, it appears that this same hotel is going for $57 there so I am glad I stuck with Priceline. Of course, I used your PRICELINE support link to make my purchase.
  7. Amenities: Fitness, business, pool, hi-speed internet, laundry, breakfast. Rate per night: $65.00 Nights: 1 Rooms: 1 Tax recovery charges & fees: $12.39 Subtotal: $77.39 Trip total: $77.39 Address: 304 Belle Hill Road, Elkton,MD,21921 I used the support page HOTWIRE link to make my purchase.
  8. Started bidding two weeks ago on a 2 1/2* SAT hotel. Went as high as $51 and gave up for a while. Started bidding again today at $45 and my first bid was accepted along with an upgrade to a 3 star! I understand from the reviews that this is a new hotel this year. The hotel information is as follows: Four Points By Sheraton San Antonio Airport San Antonio Airport (SAT) 8818 Jones Maltsberger Road, San Antonio, TX 78216 210-348-9960 Please add this property to your Priceline hotel list. As usual, I used your link here to make my purchase.
  9. First bid of $39 for an airport hotel was turned down. Added Fort Sam Houston and raised my bid to $40 and got this property. I used the PRICELINE link on this site for my purchase.
  10. No surprise with this win. I spotted this yesterday and it was $70. Today it went down to $68 so I grabbed it. Right after I booked, I noticed it went down to $67! Such is Hotwire! Amenities: Shuttle, Breakfast, Fitness Center, Pool, Laundry, Internet.
  11. It also seems to work fine if I put San Antonio in quotes but without the quotes, it will show me all the cities that start with "San" on the second and subsequent pages. It's not a big deal but something you may want to look at.
  12. I also haven't been on the site recently but am planning on doing some traveling next month. When I do a quick search on "San Antonio", the first page comes up fine. But subsequent pages come up with wins for San Francisco, San Diego, San Jaun, etc., mixed in. I was able to get around this by simply typing in "Antonio". I like the new site but wanted to bring this to your attention. When I do make my travel plans, I definitely will use the links here to make my purchases!
  13. My first bid for a San Antonio (Fiesta Texas-La Cantera) 3 star hotel was accepted at $45. Since Priceline had awarded me some bonus dollars from a previous booking, I used them to reduce the nightly fee to $35. ($10 per night for up to a 5 night stay). Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $35.00 (USD) Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Guests Per Room: 2 Number of Nights: 2 Room Subtotal: $70.00 (USD) Taxes and Fees: $23.08 (USD) Total Room Cost: $93.08 (USD) Hyatt Place San Antonio-Northwest 4303 Hyatt Place Drive San Antonio, TX 78230 210-561 0099
  14. Was bidding for a 2 1/2* in areas Fiesta Texas-La Cantera, Fort Sam Houston, Medical Center, San Antonio North-Stone Oak, and San Antonio Northwest. Bailed out at $48 and dropped down to 2 star. My first bid of $38 accepted. Siena Suites Fiesta Texas - La Cantera 10950 Laureate Drive, San Antonio, TX 78249 210-249-4800 One night @ $38 + $13.62 taxes and fees Total $51.62 Check in: Aug 12, 2011 Check out: Aug 13, 2011 Please add this property to your Priceline hotel list. As usual, I used your PRICELINE link on this forum.
  15. I received an email from Hotwire indicating this property used to be the Aspen Suites. To add to the confusion, an address search reveals this property was also known as Cambria Suites, which I stayed at and reviewed favorably on this forum as a Priceline 2 1/2* hotel. I believe the property was brand new back then, so I hope after a couple ownership flips, it will be even better as the Country Inn and Suites!
  16. I was bidding for a Priceline 2 1/2* room and bailed out at $42. Then I went over to Hotwire and found this 3*: Amenities: Breakfast, Fitness, Pool I checked the hotel's website and there are many more hidden amenities including shuttle, business center, internet, and all-suites hotel! Also, according to the website, it is taking reservations after June 22, 2011, so apparenetly it is a new property. Rate per night: $44 + $13.36 (taxes & fees) = $57.36 total Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, San Antonio Airport, TX Address:8505 Broadway, San Antonio, TX, 78217 Phone:210 822 1554 I am very pleased with my results. Please add this to the Hotwire Hotel List. As usual, I used your HOTWIRE link.
  17. I was bidding for a 2.5* airport hotel starting with a $35 bid. I inched my way up to $38 using free re-bid zones. I was upgraded to this 3* hotel. Hyatt Place San Antonio Airport-South 7615 Jones Maltsberger Rd San Antonio, Texas 78216 210 930 2333 Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $38.00 Subtotal: $38.00 Taxes & Fees: $13.63 Total Charges*: $51.63 According to the hotel website, its cheapest rate is $123. As usual, I used this site's PRICELINE link.
  18. 10/25/10 - 10/26/10 Microtel Inn & Suites 8840 Tinicum Blvd, Philadelphia,PA,19153 (215) 492-0700 Amenities: Breakfast, Internet, Shuttle Hotel rate per night: $50.00 Nights: 1 Rooms: 1 Subtotal: $50.00 Tax recovery charges and fees: $13.74 Total Total price: $63.74 This should suit my needs just fine for one night. Please add this property to the Hotwire Hotel List. As always, I used your HOTWIRE link to make my purchase.
  19. This was a Travelocity Top Secret Hotel purchase. Quality Inn Salt Lake City Airport 1659 W N TEMPLE Salt Lake City, UT 84116 801.533.9000 Amenities: Pool, Breakfast, non-smoking, internet. One night room rate USD 29.26 Tax Recovery Charge & Service Fees USD 3.96 Total: USD 33.22 I see on Travelocity's site that the regular price is $79 so this is a substantial discount with very low fees! I used the Travelocity link here at Better Bidding.
  20. I just tried 1/8/2010 - 1/15/2010 again and now it is giving me the Tripadvisor stats for San Antonio. So I tried the dates 1/15/2010 - 1/22/2010 and it gives me BOTH the Tripadvisor stats AND the Hotwire stats!!!
  21. I tried San Antonio, TX for dates 01/03/2010 - 01/08/2010 and it showed TripAdvisor stats. And then I tried the dates 01/08/2010 - 01/15/2010 for the same city and it showed Hotwire stats. What is going on here?
  22. I noticed today on Hotwire that the tripadvisor reviews have disappeared completely and have been replaced by Hotwire customer reviews. For example, it may state that a property is "recommended by 95% of Hotwire customers based on 50+ reviews". In addition, it may state something such as the property receives a "4.5 out of 5 customer satisfaction rating." If you click on "what's this", it says "AS REVIEWED BY HOTWIRE CUSTOMERS". It appears that the relationship with tripadvisor has been replaced completely by Hotwire reviews, making a property harder to identify. And after trying a few samples, I find there is no correlation between the Tripadvisor reviews and the Hotwire reviews.
  23. There is an "upscale" La Quinta Inn & Suites/Medical Center which is entirely non-smoking and matches those amenities. Also, on Tripadvisor, that LQ property is listed as a 3 star with a 4.0 out of 5 traveler rating, the same as this HOTWIRE property.
  24. Amenities: Shuttle, breakfast, pool, fitness, business, laundry, internet. Holiday Inn Express San Antonio-Airport 91 Ne Loop 410, San Antonio, TX, 78216 Phone:(210) 308-6700 Hotel Rate PerNight:$44.00 Nights:2 Subtotal:$88.00 Tax recovery charges and fees:$21.78 TotalPrice:$109.78 As usual, I booked through the HOTWIRE link on this forum. I stayed here before and was very satisfied with my stay. They now admit the fact that they have an airport shuttle. Please update the Hotwire Hotel List to reflect that.
  25. I was bidding for a 2.5*: Started with SFO North-San Bruno at $39; rejected. Added Lombard at $40; rejected. Added Fish. Wharf at $41; rejected. Added USE at $42; bingo! Upgraded to 3*: Holiday Inn SFO Intl Arpt 275 S. Airport Blvd. South San Francisco, CA 94080 Tel: 650-873-3550 Price: $42 Taxes & Fees: $13.59 Total: $55.59 I stayed here before and I think it is fine for a one-nighter. Colfax mentioned in a review that he was able go get a noon check-in. I hope I will also be able to get an early check-in. I will be coming in on a morning flight from China and don't want to wait around all day for a room!
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