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Just got another full size car for $13 a day via PRICELINE, Alamo is the rental company. Atlanta airport, Alamo is the rental company. I used the PRICELINE link from here to start my bidding process. Thanks to the poster who explained that including Wed. was throwing me out of the weekend rate pool and into the (much higher) mid-week rates. My brother needs to go back to the airport to pick up others on Thursday anyway, so I got him Thurs-Sun cheap and will continue to work on Wed-Thursday to get as low a price as I can (right now Hotwire is listing about $50 and my Priceline bids of $29 and $30 were rejected, but Hotwire will email me when the price drops and I have some time before the trip, so I'm going to hold off on that until I get a decent rate.

Here's the info on my 10 May successful bid on Priceline: full size car, 3-6 June 2010, Atlanta (Airport), Alamo, $13. Anyone have any idea why the prices more than tripled the next day, or any suggestions on timing/strategy to get another car at a good price? Dates and place I'm looking for are 2-6 June, Atlanta airport. Thanks

Yesterday (10 May 2010) I got a HOTWIRE ad and was quoted $17.95 for a full size car for my dates (2-6 June) in Atlanta. I went to Priceline and bid $13 for a Full size and my bid was accepted and confirmed. Since this is for a family wedding, I emailed one of my brothers to tell him what price to bid. He tried and failed. I then rechecked and found HOTWIRE had zoomed up to $44 a day. Any idea what's caused this huge fluctuation? Any suggestions for how to get a great price like I did yesterday? I've made my brother a fall-back reservation elsewhere for just under $38 (can cancel without penalty) and now plan to keep bidding until I get something good, but I can't figure out why the prices went crazy so am unsure of my best strategy. Any ideas would be much appreciated.