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Daily offer price:$20.00 Number of days:6 Taxes & Fees$88.46 Total charged:$208.46 Savings:You saved 34%*

Started at $20, then $24, then finaly my bid was accepted at $30. 5 day x $30 = $150 Plus $75.10 taxes and fees Total = $225.10 Compared to the cheapest quote through conventional means, which was $310.32 through Costco, this is really great.

Over the course of 3 days, I tried bidding $60 and $65 on 3+ star hotels in nearly all of the zones in central and coastal San Diego (and avoiding convention center/gaslamp due to the parking costs) with no luck. Finally increased the bid to $70 and won. Used the coupon code "SUMMER" to get 5% off. I-Wei

The parking by the Marriott in La Jolla should be okay. It's in an area with mostly office buildings (that have their own parking) and across the mall (which also has its own parking). Far enough from UCSD and other walkable attractions that there should be plenty of street parking. The best thing to do is to drive around the block and assess the street parking situation before shelling out extra money for parking at the hotel. I-Wei

I used the PRICELINE link above. Started bidding for Full Size at $16 up to $20 and offers were rejected. Bid $19 for midsize and rejected. Finally, bid $23 for Standard was accepted. $23/day x 6 $100.29 Taxes and fees -------------------- $238.29 Total (saved 53%)

Taught my significant other how to use Betterbidding.com and Priceline, he is a convert! This is for San Diego pick up and Santa Barbara drop off. Clicked through the PRICELINE button from BetterBidding, then went to My Profile ->My Rewards, and selected the $21 Rental Car Bonus Cash Award for up to $3/day kicked in by Priceline. Bid first in the $10-15 range for Full through Economy car with and without the deal (applicable to only Compact and larger), no go. Got back to bidding a couple of days later and bid $22 (+$2.63 with Priceline Bonus, for total bid of $24.63) for Midsize and won. Offer Price Summary Bonus Cash Per Day: $2.63 (per day) Your Offer Price Per Day: $22.00 (per day) Total Offer Price with Bonus: $24.63 (per day) Total Rental Days: 8 days(7 days and 3 hours) Subtotal: $176.00 Taxes and Fees: $60.84 Total Charges: $236.84 Lowest Published Price: $378.56 Total Savings:* $141.72 (You saved 37%)

Started bidding at $50 for 4 stars in multiple areas, increased price and rebid at $50, then lowered star to include 3.5 and 3 stars. Offer Price: $65.00 Rooms: 1 Nights: 2 Room Subtotal: $130.00 Taxes & Fees: $25.08 Total Charged to Card: $155.08

Compact Car (Unlimited Mileage) Pick-Up Location: Avis Rent a Car SAN DIEGO APO CA 3180 N. Harbor Drive San Diego,CA 92101 1-800-230-4898 Drop-Off Location: Same as above Pick-Up Date: February 25, 2010 - 11:00 PM Drop-Off Date: February 28, 2010 - 4:30 PM Your Offer Price: $12.00 (per day) Total Rental Days: 3 days(2 days and 17 1/2 hours) Subtotal: $36.00 Taxes and Fees: $26.28 Total Charges: $62.28 Lowest Published Price: $88.65 Total Savings:* $26.37 (You saved 30%)

The original drop off time was 7pm, the new time is 6:30pm. The Hertz website lists their hours as 5am-2am 7 days a week. Maybe they just didn't want to rent a car at $12, seeing how San Jose probably gets a pretty big share of business travelers who are willing to pay more at contracted corporate pricing.

I started the bid for a Standard model at $12, then I kept picking a lower model all the way down to Economy while keeping the price at $12. No luck. It kept suggesting $18 (Economy) ~21. What finally did the trick was: Change return time to half hour earlier + Select Full-Size Car + Increase bid to $20. My boyfriend didn't believe I could get an economy car for $20 on a weekend, let alone a full-size car for $20. Your Offer Price: $20.00 (per day) Total Rental Days: 3 days(2 days and 20 1/2 hours) Subtotal: $60.00 Taxes and Fees: $32.46 Total Charges: $92.46 I clicked through the PRICELINE link.

Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Nights: 3 Room Subtotal: $195.00 (USD) Taxes and Fees: $34.77 (USD) Total Room Cost: $229.77 (USD)

Number of Rooms: 1 Arrival Date: 22 Oct 2009 Departure Date: 25 Oct 2009 price: 50$/night Your Offer Price: $50.00 Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Nights: 3 Subtotal: $150 Taxes and Service Fees: $25.73 Total Charges: $175.73