Thanks to the Forum I have been able to pinpoint a hotel in Madrid and I've been trying to purchase a stay in October for the past month. The Hotel has been showing up on the search, at different prices, from day to day. I keep thinking the offer has been updated. But in fact every time I go through the purchase procedure I end up getting an error message saying the Itinerary is no longer available with an error #111. If this happened once or twice I would think I have been unlucky. But more than ten times, I am now convinced there are decoy offers on Hotwire. Does any one have input and insight regarding this matter? Any info would be much appreciated. I just tried again and got another message: "We're sorry, but the itinerary you selected is no longer available. Your card has not been charged. We apologize for the inconvenience. You may retry your search by modifying your date, neighborhood or select another hotel within a different star category and we will search all other hotels to find the best available hot-RateSM. Note that this price is not guaranteed until the purchase is complete. Hotwire Customer Care Associates will not be able to assist you with this problem. Error #405"
