Kaldonis

Thought I'd post the results of my call with Priceline... Priceline was flat-out unwilling to do anything for me, even after escalating to a supervisor and offering to book another room & car rental. I then decided to phone the hotel directly. They first told me to call Priceline as they couldn't do anything for me, but when pressed that all I was looking for was permission to cancel the booking, I was told that they would be willing to accept their regular cancellation fee which amounted to 1 night + tax. She gave me her name and extension and told me call Priceline back. Called Priceline back and they were more than happy to call the hotel and confirm the cancellation fee. After confirming everything, I asked if they would be willing to now waive the fee if I committed to booking two rooms for those same dates at a different hotel. They weren't interested, and that was that. I told them I would book through a different site.

I used Priceline's NYOP about a week ago to book the Trump International for 4 nights in April. I'm not thrilled with this hotel (wife isn't a Trump fan), but I understand that Priceline is pretty strict on their no changes policy so I haven't attempted to cancel. However, we've recently convinced another couple to join us in Vegas so we'll be needing another room. I'm wondering what my chances are of being able to use this prospect of an additional booking to get them to give me a different hotel instead? Basically I'd propose that I will book an additional room if they can offer me a different hotel. Has anyone done something like this in the past, or otherwise had luck getting a different hotel than the one originally booked?

Used "name your own price." 4 nights at $90/night plus $129.92 in resort fees and $63.68 taxes for a total of $553.60.