PhoebeCaulfield

After another fruitless bidding session yesterday, I decided to book the 3* Powell Hotel at a rate of $117 (ex tax) on lastminutetravel.com. (It was $99 on Tuesday, but I wasn't desperate enough then. :) ) It's not exactly what I hoped to get for $117 (although the location seems perfect), but if something better comes along, I can still cancel it seven days prior to the 24th at a fee of $25. BEAV, your ID link is awesome.

Added Soma - Moscone Center and bid up to $115 again, but still no luck.

No luck with: 4* USE: $90 USE+USW: $95 USE+USW+1 free rebid zone: $100 USE+USW+2 free rebid zones: $105 USE+USW+3 free rebid zones: $110 USE+USW+4 free rebid zones: $115

I'd prefer not lowering the star rating, and increasing my bid little by little. (For the next, say, two weeks.) I'll try $105/$110 over the weekend.

My last PRICELINE bid was: 4* USE: $70 USE+USW: $75 USE+USW+1 free rebid zone: $80 USE+USW+2 free rebid zones: $85 Now I'm looking at this screen: I've checked my request and status, but my last bid hasn't gone through yet. ETA: Eventually, I was allowed to continue and I finished (unsuccessfully) with: USE+USW+3 free rebid zones: $90 USE+USW+4 free rebid zones: $95 USE+USW+5 free rebid zones: $100

LMT: The Clift was $116 this morning in now it's $120. I expected the price to go down rather than up. :) I'll try Priceline again later today.

Thanks for your quick response Gallus50! I knew about the link in BEAV's post, and saw that the Clift is available for $112 too, I probably should have mentioned that. I was planning on keeping it as a backup plan, and wait what happens on PRICELINE and HOTWIRE in the next two weeks.

Hi all, My mom and I are starting off your trip through the west of the U.S. in San Francisco, and I've been trying to get a hotel room through PRICELINE since December. I've been patient, but now I'm starting to worry a little. We're staying in San Francisco from September 24 - 27, and up until last week, I only tried getting a 3,5* hotel at Fisherman's Wharf, but I've changed my strategy. When I booked our plane tickets (we live in the Netherlands), I made sure there wasn't a beig convention going on in San Francisco, but since the prices or September 24- 27 are still pretty high, I'm not sure I checked the right websites... Meanwhile, we would prefer staying in either Union Square East or West since most hotels there are close to the F-Line on Market Street. I hoped we could get a 4* hotel for about $85, but am I still likely to get that? I've been looking at HOTWIRE and Last Minute Travel too, but no luck yet at that price. So, in short: USW, USW (or Financial District-Embarcadero) 4* (or 3,5) approximately $85 My last PRICELINE bid was: USE: $60 USE+USW: $65 USE+USW+Financial District: $65 USE+USW+Financial District+1 free rebid zone: $70 USE+USW+Financial District+2 free rebid zones: $75 USE+USW+Financial District+3 free rebid zones: $80 USE+USW+Financial District+4 free rebid zones: $85 USE+USW+Financial District+5 free rebid zones: $90 Thanks for reading this, Linda

South San Francisco is a rebid zone as well!