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Started with $50 for a 4* and it was rejected. Increased $5 each time changing the region and landed on $70. I won the Lorien Hotel & Spa, A Kimpton Hotel. Alexandria East - Old Town, VA 1600 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 Offer Price: $70.00 Rooms: 1 Nights: 1 Room Subtotal: $70.00 Taxes & Fees: $17.95 Total Charged to Card: $87.95

If I remember when I get back from my long trip, I will try to give my two sense on the property and the Tulsa downtown.

I started out Trying for 3.5* star hotel in the Southern Hills - Warren Park area. That was a complete failure. Starting a few days ago with Southern Hills zone 4 - 3.5* rebid $40 - Rejected Added zone #2 $45 - Rejected Added zone #3 $50 - Rejected Added zone #6 $55 - Rejected Added zone #7 Closed the Browser started with Southern Hills zone 4 - 3.5* Rebid $55 rebid $60 - Rejected Added zone #2 rebid $65 - Rejected Added zone #2 rebid $68 - Rejected I stopped here because Hotwire had a 3.5 for $69. Starting a few days ago with Downtown zone 1 - 3* Started at $35 - Rejected Added zone #2 $40 - Rejected Added zone #3 $45 - I finally won! It also looks like the Hotel Mayo in the downtown area has been reduced down to a 3.5* Of course I used the trusty link to start the process. PRICELINE

I used the PRICELINE each time. Your Offer Price: $16.00 (per day) Total Rental Days: 3 days(2 days and 20 hours) Subtotal: $48.00 Taxes and Fees: $24.18 Total Charges: $72.18 Lowest Published Price: $266.98 Total Savings:* $194.80 (You saved 73%) It said that Good Chance price was $17 and Great Chance $18. I bid $16 and the site made me wait for 5-10 minutes to see if it accepted the price, not sure if that is normal.

Have you used Priceline for cars much? Does timing effect price, like if I wait till a day before or something will it maybe be cheaper or more expensive? Does that even matter for Hotels? My brother-in-law swears that if he waits till the last minute, he gets a better deal.

What I have found is the following: Prices based on Economy Hertz : $161 (USAA Discount 25%) Avis : $139 (USAA Discount 25%) Budget : $132 (USAA Discount 20%) Hotwire : $125 and $110 for MiniVan So when I enter say $20/day. Says Good Chance $35.00 & Great Chance $37.00. How close would you have to get to those numbers? When you put in $35 the total is around $99. Should my bid be around $30 or so, or should I go up $3 intervals until I get it?

I started bidding at $11, than $15, than $20 and am still having no luck. For others that have posted about DCA, I should have gotten $20 atleast. I wonder what is going on. Hotwire has an economy for $129.94 and a minivan for $109.70. Say if I were to get the minivan and once I get to the front desk, do you think that I would be able to downgrade? Anyone have experience with that? Thanks for the help.