Newbie here. I'm trying the same thing for a friend who is visiting the week of 9/22 - which is during Oracle World at Moscone. The average $259 hotel room is going for well over $500.00. This is for both hotels within SF and those near the airport in Millbrae or Burlingame. I'm hoping to try the week before to see if there are any unsold rooms they were holding at convention inflated rates. For those of you in the know, would this be more HOTWIRE than PRICELINE?