I'm just closing this thread. I almost made the described purchase on HOTWIRE this morning, but thought I would give PRICELINE a try first. (I used the links here) I have never used either service before. I will post my win in the priceline section too, but I asked for a 5* only and bid $75 expecting a counter-offer, but it was accepted and it is the Trump. That's fine with me, my husband really wanted a 5 star in the center of the strip area, and for the price it's great. I'm thinking I should have bid a little lower now though, it was accepted so fast maybe I could have gotten it cheaper. Live and learn. I am going back to Vegas in June, and will be trying a different hotel, so I'll be checking out this board quite a bit.