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1st bid: $51 then added subsequent non-4* zones for each of the following bids. 2nd bid: $56 3rd bid: $61 Final bid: $67 - accepted Offer Price: avg. per room, per night $67.00 Rooms: 1 Nights: 3 Room Subtotal: $201.00 Taxes & Fees: $38.49 Total: $239.49 Interesting tidbit (and this might be old news as I haven't used Priceline in awhile), when I first went to the site via the BB link, the price entry was actually a slider bar that didn't let me go below $66. After closing my browser and going back to the site, it gave me back the original entry field where I could type in the desired price as usual.

Hey all, it's been awhiles.... Just succeeded in getting this bid as follows: 1) Bid $55 with Westminster, 4 stars - Rejected 2) Bid $61 adding Tech Center North - Rejected 3) Bid $66 adding Stapleton - Rejected 4) Bid $71 adding Northglenn - Rejected 5) Bid $76 adding Airport - Accepted! Room Subtotal: $76.00 (USD) Taxes and Fees: $17.99 (USD) Total Room Cost: $93.99 (USD) And yes, I went through the PRICELINE link on this site. Nice to see BetterBidding growing and expanding!

Bid History: - Indianapolis Downtown, 4 star @ $42 --> Indicated low chance, so I immediately upped (who knows...does it track these minor changes?) - Indianapolis Downtown, 4 star @ $45 --> Rejected - Added Indianapolis Airport, 4 start @ $51 --> Accepted to the Westin. Thanks thereuare for keeping this board running. It's been awhile since I've been here, and it's looking great. Nice to be back!

Started bid at $60. Added additional non-resort zones at $65, 70, and then won at $76. Final pricing... Your Offer Price: $76.00 Extend Your Stay Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Nights: 2 Subtotal: $152.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $27.92 Total Charges: $179.92 Best price via Marriott website was total of $284.66 (AAA rate). Thanks again Better Bidding for the help!

Started the bid at $40. Added in $5 increments until I won at $90. Per the Sofitel website, best prices (pre-tax) were $129-179 for these nights. Thanks Better Bidding! Specific details: Your Offer Price: $90.00 Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Nights: 4 Subtotal: $360.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $56.23 Total Charges: $416.23

Bid $35 for 3* @ Orlando Airport (MCO), rejected Bid $41, added Kissimmee, rejected Bid $45, added Florida mall, accepted! Your Offer Price: $45.00 Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Nights: 1 Subtotal: $45.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $12.85 Total Charges: $57.85 Best price on Marriott's website was $129 (or $143 with taxes).

Just placed and won this bid as follows for the Courtyard by Marriott in Traverse City, MI. I didn't have any background to go on or any ability to re-bid since this was the only zone in the area. Hotel prices at $169 & above on their marriott.com, with slighly lower rated hotels such as Quality or Days in ranging at $134 - $164. Hope I got a good deal! Your Offer Price: $102.00 Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Nights: 1 Subtotal: $102.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $17.31 Total Charges: $119.31

Started with 4* FLL North @ $40. Continued to add zones and upping by $5 in most cases. After adding: Coral Springs FLL Miramar Pompano Fort Lauderdale Downtown Hollywood the following bid succeeded. Best rate at the SPG.com website today was $110 total (internet only rate + taxes). Your Offer Price: $65.00 Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Nights: 1 Subtotal: $65.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $14.24 Total Charges: $79.24

Started with bid of $35 with Costa Mesa (Irvine)--> Declined Added Fountain Valley and upped to $37 --> Declined Added Garden Grove and upped to $39 --> Declined Added Seal and upped to $40 --> Accepted! Looks like best quoted price is $85

Thanks for the explanation thereuare! Makes sense. Just a question though on PL, when they 'encourage' you to bid higher, are they targeting a specific hotel then (in our case, the Wellsley Inn)? My original comment was based on the fact that I would have been happy in either zone, but I may have incorrectly assumed that my $28 recommended bid would have potentially garnered me a hotel in either location.

Originally bid $22 (Carrollton/Addison & Plano/Frisco). Rejected, but came back with offer to raise by $6. Since I couldn't do any free re-bids in the area at that level, I went to $28 and was accepted at this location. I probably should have only put in one zone initially, then added the other one after the rejection to give myself a free re-bid (that would have worked, no?). Your Offer Price: $28.00 Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Nights: 1 Subtotal: $28.00 Taxes and Service Fees: $9.70 Total Charges: $37.70

Ooops...sorry. Newbie mistake! Price for TWO days is as follows: Subtotal: $66.00 Taxes and Service Fees: $13.63 TOTAL: $79.63

Originally bid $30 @ Universal/SW area. Rejected, but PL came back with recommendation to bid $38. Instead, I added another non-3 star zone (Florida Mall) and bid $33, which was accepted. Thanks BB!