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Started bidding at $50 for STL Airport Region at 3.5*-- rejected, but told I could bid again if I increased the bid to $66 Increased bid to $55, added STL Airport West region, stayed at 3.5*. Rejected Increased bid to $60, added St. Charles-St. Peters region, stayed at 3.5*. Accepted Hotels in this region have gotten a little more expensive over the last couple of years, but this is still a pretty good bargain for a decent hotel that people frequently win in this region. Note, though, that this particular property has a number of small rooms that they use for people who book through Priceline/Hotwire. They just have a single double bed and no couch/pull-out. if you're just a single person staying for the night, the rooms are totally fine, but if you strongly prefer a king bed, or want two beds, you might want to avoid bidding in this region at 3.5*.

Initiated bids with Betterbidding's Priceline link! Started at $46 with 3.5* in STL airport region-- rejected. Bumped up to $51, added STL airport west region, and dropped down to 3*. Won Courtyard.

Initiated my bids through Betterbidding's Priceline link. Started at $45, 3.5*, STL Airport region. Rejected, but they gave me an option to re-bid at the same levels for $55. I turned that down, and re-bid for $50 after adding the STL airport West region (still 3.5*). Accepted

This might be a new property to be won in this region (STL Airport West). Started my bidding using Betterbidding's PRICELINE link, at $43 and 3.5* in STL Airport region, rejected. Increased bid to $45, added St. Peters/St. Charles region- rejected Increased bid to $47, added STL Airport West region- accepted. This property has been recently renovated. I haven't stayed here before, but we'll see what it's like. I suspect that this property was listed on Hotwire for $48, so this is probably a reasonable deal, although someone might do a little better if they started in this area and then add rebid zones with no 3* properties.

Bid $45 for 3.5 stars in Kansas City Airport region. Won with the first bid. this is a very frequent win/bid combination in this area in my experience. I like the Hilton-- rooms are comfortable, decent restaurant.

Started bids (through Betterbidding's PRICELINE link) at $45, for 3.5* in St. Peters/St. Charles region. Rejected. Added St. Louis Airport region and increased bid to $47-- accepted at Marriott St. Louis airport. This property used to come up a lot, but hasn't for a while (mostly been Hilton airport and Renaissance), but it's a good property.

Started bids with Betterbidding's PRICELINE link. bid $45 in Kansas City airport region at 3.5*, rejected. Added Kansas city airport South region, bumped to $50, rejected. Added Platte City region, bumped to $52, won Hyatt Place. Haven't stayed here before, but I've stayed at other Hyatt Place properties, and I like the brand, so I'm optimistic.

Started my bidding through Betterbidding.com PRICELINE link. Started at $45, 3.5* in STL airport region, rejected... told I could get something if I increased bid by $15. I declined that, added a region with no 3.5* properties (STL West), and increased to $52- rejected, added St. Peters-St. Charles, increased to $55, accepted at Hilton St. Louis Airport. My experience is that you can always get a price somewhere between your original bid and their offered bid if you leverage re-bid zones.

won this property with $45 in my first bid. I've bid in this region at this level many times, and $45 seems to be about the going rate, and the airport Hilton is the most common win. FYI, this property has a group of smallish rooms that Priceline winners are put into-- they are nice rooms, and fine if you're by yourself, but the bed is a queen (or maybe even a double?) and there's no pull out bed or double queen option. So beware if you're bidding on a property at this level in this area to stay with someone you'd rather not share a bed with! Also, pro-tip! They charge $10 for parking here, but if you have AAA, they only charge $7 Oh, and of course I started my bid using betterbidding.com PRICELINE link!

Started bidding at $42 in STL Airport region with 3.5*- rejected but offered a room at $51 (didn't take it), added airport west region and raised to $44-- rejected, added St. Charles/St. Peters and increased to $46, accepted. I've stayed at this property many times-- through priceline and otherwise-- its generally pretty nice. They have some small rooms that are fine for singles that they like to give out to priceline winners-- that's my theory anyway, born of considerable experience! I'm fine with that when I'm travelling alone-- However, if you have more than two people, or two people who don't want to share a double bed, you might not want to bid in this region and star level. Of course, I initiated my bids through Betterbidding.com PRICELINE link!

Started my bidding with Betterbidding.com's PRICELINE link. Started at $42, with 3.5* in STL airport region. Added re-bid zones but kept 3.5* and increased the bid to $45, $47, $50 (rejected), then hit at $55. I might have tried $52 but I was starting to run short of re-bid zones and wanted to be able to go to $65 or so. This win is a little on the high side for this region and star level (3.5* in STL airport region), in my experience, but is not atypical for a busy weekend. Cheers

Oh, and I initiated my priceline bids through Betterbidding's PRICELINE link.... of course.

Started bidding at $42, STL airport region. Rejected but offered a room for $51. I declined, re-bid at $45 by adding STL-West Airport region. Accepted. $40-$45 is a very typical sweet-spot for these 3.5* properties (along with Hilton Airport and Renaissance Airport) that I've won many times.

Started bidding using Betterbidding's PRICELINE link (as always). Bid $40, 3.5* in the STL Airport region. Rejected, but they came back with an offer of $47. I turned that down and included the Airport West zone (which has no 3.5* offerings) at $42, and it was accepted. $56 total with taxes and fees. This is a very typical outcome in this area, in my experience.

Started bidding (through betterbidding's PRICELINE link, of course), at 3.5* in Kansas City Airport region at $45, rejected. Added rebid zones without 3.5* hotels, rejected at $47, at $49, then bumped it to $55 and was accepted. Might have missed the sweet spot by a few dollars, but I'm happy with the result.

Bid $45 at 3.5* in STL Airport region and accepted on the first try. In my experience, the 3.5* hotels in this region typically go for between $42 and $47, unless there's some event that makes the city particularly busy. Initiated my bids using Betterbidding's PRICELINE link!

Started bidding (through BB's PRICELINE link) at 3.5* in Airport STL area at $45. Rejected... told I could rebid at $52. Instead I added the STL Airport West area (which has no 3.5* properties), and bumped the bid up to $47-- accepted.

Started my bidding (through BB's PRICELINE link, of course) at $42 in STL Airport region at 3.5*. Rejected but told I could rebid at $53. Instead I added another area (Airport West), and bumped bid to $45, rejected. Added another area (St. Peters-St. Charles-- still at 3.5*), increased bid to $50-- accepted. There might be a sweet spot somewhere around $47-48, but I was too impatient to figure out all my re-bid zones for $3. Stayed at the Renaissance many times, very nice property and good deal.

Bid $45, 3.5* in STL Airport region. Accepted on first bid.

Started bidding (through Better Bidding's PRICELINE link) at $40, 3.5*, Airport region- rejected Added Airport West region, increased bid to $42, rejected Added St. Charles/St. Peters area, increased bid to $45 rejected Added Hazelwood, bid $47, rejected Dropped down to 3.0*, increased bid to $50, accepted

Even with the resort fee, this is a pretty good rate for TI (I think a little better than what currently looks like TI on Hotwire), especially for a weekend night--- so you shouldn't be upset about this rate. I only know this b/c I'm going to be in Vegas that night, too. I know that TI is starting to ease up on the resort fees if you book direct with them, so hopefully, they'll get rid of them altogether eventually if enough people complain. If you complain about it at check-in they might try to tell you that everyone in Vegas charges one (not true, none of the Harrah's/Caesar's owned places do) or that city ordinance "requires" that they charge one (they tried to convince me of that when I stayed there last year). But for now, you're stuck with it. The Mexican restaurant and Tequila bar "Isla" has really good food for a pretty reasonable price.

Started bidding through BB's PRICELINE link. First bid of $40 was accepted for STL airport zone, 3.5*. Got Renaissance STL airport.

That's probably Caesars. I assume you're looking on Hotwire, though? You've entered this on the Priceline page.

Just a follow up after this trip.... The Renaissance St. Louis Airport is currently being renovated-- at least the reception/restaurant/gift-shop area. As a result, they've kind of set up some temporary things like a front desk, and restaurant, which are servicable, but really not-so-great. My guess is that they will not be finished with the renovation until the end of January. I'm also guessing that a lot of people who bid 3.5* in the STL airport region will get this property during the renovation, because they might be having trouble getting business. So this is just a head's up.

Used BetterBidding's PRICELINE link to initiate bids. This was my first bid ($42 for 3.5* in STL Aiport region) as this was the best I've seen based on my past experience and other postings. 3.5* bids in this region typically yield nice properties for pretty low prices.