Priceline Hotel: 4* San Diego (Downtown-Harbor Island) Manchester Grand Hyatt

[theQ]

Found this board researching how to use PRICELINE and HOTWIRE and was looking for feedback from people that had used them before. This board was very helpul!

Started 2 days ago and entered a bid for $60 4* San Diego Downtown-Harbor Island

bid was rejected

added Coronada and bid $65 hoping for acceptance or feedback that a hotel would be available for an additional sum as some users had reported. Bid rejected without feedback

Bid again yesterday after waiting 24 hours; 4 * San Diego Downtown-Harbor Island bid $70 which was rejected

Added Coronada and bid $75. bid rejected again without feedback

Bid this morning 4* San Diego Downtown-Harbor Island $80 which was accepted.

Manchester Grand Hyatt $14.36 taxes and fees $80 room. Was hoping for either the Omni or the Manchester so I'm very happy with the result.

Don't know why I didn't get any feedback on the previous bids like other users had reported. Would be interested if anyone knew why or when you get feedback on a bid that's rejected.

Thanks to the Administrator and good luck to everyone using this board. :)

(I did use the PRICELINE link from this board to enter all of my bids)

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Congratulations on your success!

Don't know why I didn't get any feedback on the previous bids like other users had reported. Would be interested if anyone knew why or when you get feedback on a bid that's rejected.

Do you mean a counter-offer where PRICELINE states "...if you're willing to increase your bid by $xx you can bid again immediately..." If so, we refer to those as counter-offers and they're somewhat random, but you can read more about them here: Priceline Suggests Price to Pay.

Also, it appears that you only made one bid at a time every 24 hours, but you did have re-bid zones avaialble in order to bid again immediately. If you're not familiar with re-bidding it's detailed here: Priceline Re-Bidding Explained and you should ask any questions you have in this regard (and if you're new to re-biddig it's strongly recommended you confirm your re-bid zones with the board before bidding)

Thank you for sharing your win with the board and using our PRICELINE link to begin your bidding.

Enjoy your stay.

[theQ]

yes I bid and then re-bid adding a zone and then waited 24 hours to bid again after my bid and re-bid were rejected.

I also was referring to counter offers when I mentioned "feedback" and thank you for the link on that issue.

There was a reference to a 72 hour time period that I didn't understand. My understanding is that I can bid and if rejected must wait 24 hours to bid again unless I change a zone, star level, or date of travel allowing me to immediatley re-bid. What is the 72 hour limitaiton?

[thereuare]

It used to be 72 hours between bids, but since posted it has been changed to 24 hours, as per the topic title of the Priceline Re-Bidding Explained thread.