nanbawan

Used your PRICELINE links.

Started at $75, was offered an immediate rebid if I bid $87.

Instead, bid $78 and won.

Offer Price:$ 78.00

Rooms:  1

Nights:  2 

Room Subtotal:  US$ 156.00

Taxes & Fees:  US$ 27.26

Total Charged to Card:  US$ 183.26

The price on other sites: $120/night

FYI, Plantation and Sawgrass are combined on Priceline, but having the breakdown on BB is fine.

I was pretty sure I was going to get this property based on the BB info, and it's a great location for my trip--thanks BB!

Then bid on a rental car, compact at airport FLL. Won Alamo at $17/day, total $59.97 for two days. Would have been $95 total direct from Alamo.

used the PRICELINE link from this site.

Started at $70, went up in $5 increments with rebids.

Great deal; other sites showing $185 and up.

Room Subtotal: $90.00

Taxes & Fees: $19.90

Total Charged to Card: $109.90

$90.00

$19.86 taxes and fees

$109.86 total

Wanted 4* in Downtown, Tech Center, or Broomfield. Bid $75, $80, $85. At $85 got message if you bid $104 we'll let you bid again right now. Continued by adding $1 with rebids, finally won at $90. Rooms are going for about $199. Used betterbidding PRICELINE links. Information on this site is great!

Offer Price: $170.00

Rooms: 1

Nights: 2

Room Subtotal:$340.00

Taxes: $59.76

Fees: $17.62

Total Charged to Card: $417.38

In late September I was trying every day:

MTE 4* because I wanted to try to get the Grand Hyatt.

I started at $140, for MTE then I would add Central Park South, Empire State Building, MTW, and Times Square because these were acceptable as well. With about 5 rebids, I would go up in $5 increments to about $165. I wasn't getting anything, so I started upping my starting bid and by early October I was starting at $170 going up to $195 for a 4* and starting at $150 going up to $175 for a 3.5* and not winning anything.

I hadn't bid in a few days, and I just started at $170 because it looked like anything lower was a waste of a bid, and on the first bid I won the W. I wish I had started lower, but the going rate is over $300/night on my nights for this hotel, so I got a great deal.

I used the PRICELINE link above. Thanks for the great info!

Used the PRICELINE link on this site.

This was for TWO rooms...

Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $55.00

Subtotal: $110.00

Taxes & Fees: $23.20

Total Charges*: $133.20

Bid in these zones; added a zone each time:

Tech Center South

Cherry Creek

Downtown

Tech Center North for rebid

Entered bid of $40 and was warned that there was almost no chance of winning, so changed bid to

$45 and was warned there was little chance of winning, but went forward anyway. No win.

Bid $50 and was given the option to bid again immediately at $65.

Bid $55 and won.

Always used the PRICELINE link from this board

Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $240.00

Subtotal: $480.00

Taxes & Fees: $108.00

Total Charges*: $588.00

Started bidding in early November to stay in these areas:

Central Park South

Chelsea

Downtown/Soho

Empire State

Hell's kitchen

Midtown East

Midtown West

Times Square

Used:

Brooklyn

Coney Island

Long Island City

Madison Square Garden

Upper East Side

Upper West Side

for rebids (UWS is 4*, but used it as kind of rebid because winning there would be fine)

Generally bids went $180 to $240 for 4*, then switched to 3.5* starting $150 to $220

Last couple of days bids went $210 to $260 for 4*, then switched to 3.5* starting $200 to winning bid

Started getting "We'll let you try again right now for $45 (or $50) more" at $240 for 4* and $220 for 3.5*

Winning bid of $588 is a little underwhelming because it's possible to book on regular websites for about $650 total. In the past, I've gotten screaming deals through priceline. The info on this web site is invaluable. Thanks!

Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $65.00 (USD)

Number of Rooms: 2

Number of Nights: 1

Room Subtotal: $130.00 (USD)

Taxes and Fees: $25.98 (USD)

Total Room Cost: $155.98 (USD)

bidding:

(tried similar bidding strategy over last week; max has always been about $60)

westminster $55

denver $60

cherry creek $60

westminster, denver $60, priceline suggested to add $17 to bid

westminster, denver, cherry creek $62, priceline suggested to add $17 to bid

westminster, denver, cherry creek, rebid zone $64, priceline suggested to add $17 to bid

westminster, denver, cherry creek, rebid zone $65, won

Bid for the last couple of days $130-$145 in CPS, ESB, MTE, MTW, TS, UES, UWS. Started today at $150 with CP, added MTW then MTE and won. Used BB link.

Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $150.00

Subtotal: $450.00

Taxes & Fees: $94.83

Total Charges*: $544.83

Used link from this site.

I have been bidding all through May for USE, USW, SOMA and using fishermans wharf and marina for rebids. Usually been bidding $75 to $80 and sometimes $85 without winning.

Finally won this:

Hilton San Francisco

333 Ofarrell Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

415-771-1400

Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $84.00 (USD)

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 4

Room Subtotal: $336.00 (USD)

Taxes and Fees: $61.91 (USD)

Total Room Cost: $397.91 (USD)