Hotel Scribe's web site offers $272 for these dates. Started at $180. PL counter at $209. Disregard counter; free re-bid at $185. This time no counter, just a list of other hotels I might like for set prices. Re-bid at $190 -- BINGO! A pretty good deal, I think.
Thereuare, perhaps Midway is relatively difficult, but I'm still pretty happy with a 54% discount off the best available rate. I wonder if ATA and Southwest have caused increased traffic to Midway (and thus, more demand for hotel rooms) now that so many corp. travel departments are favoring the discount carriers wherever possible.
Started with 3*, no luck at $40 and $50. Dropped to 2.5 stars in just Midway zone. $40 resulted in counteroffer of $52. Rejected counter, offered $46 in different account. Best offer on web for same hotel & date is currently $99 (AAA).
Three days ago, no luck at $105, $115 (free re-bid in Upper West Side), $125 wife's acct., $135 (frb) Today, $115, $125 (frb), $135 wife's acct. On this $135 bid, counter offer of $22 higher ($157). Rejected counter, offered $146, accepted.
$170 plus taxes/fees for Le Meridien Piccadilly in London (Mayfair/Soho zone) on 9/15/03. Lots of free rebids when bidding at 5* level. I started at $130 and moved up $5 at a time. Best rate on Le M. site for date is 175GBP ($284).
I have been successful keeping my wife's account separate from mine, as far as Priceline is concerned. I use different credit cards, browsers (Netscape and IE) and email addresses. Our same physical address has not caused a problem so far. Also, we have different last names.
