Priceline Hotel: 4* San Francisco (Union Square West - Nob Hill) Hilton San Francisco

[FrazierGA]

I started with your PRICELINE.com link.

I have been planning a weekend trip to San Francisco for over a month and was bidding for a hotel in the Union Square - East zone for the last two weekends in April; I had bid up to $140 unsuccessfully, starting with 4 star and then lowering my star rating to 3.5. No bid was accepted. I looked at the hotel website prices and saw that the rates were very high for these weekends (with the highest price being April 19-22). I then started bidding for the weekend of May 3-6. Again, my bids up to $140 for 4 and 3.5 star hotels were rejected. On March 10, I started bidding on Union Square - West in addition to Union Square - East, when I saw that someone had gotten the Hilton for $109 during this period. I bid up to $120 and was rejected. On March 11, I did the same thing, with the same results. Naturally, I was disappointed since I had seen another person win with a $109 bid. On March 12, I bid $105 and was rejected; I then raised my bid to $110 and was ACCEPTED. I don't know why my earlier, higher bids were rejected, but I was pleased with this result. The website rate for these days is $143 (non-refundable). I did notice that someone else has gotten this property for $109 during this period, after I won but before I posted.

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

Glad to see you're pleased with the results and were accepted at an even lower rate then you had tried previously.

Thank you for sharing your win and using the PRICELINE links on the board to begin your bidding.

Enjoy your stay.

[FrazierGA]

Please correct my dates to show May 3-6. Thanks.

[AaronJB]

Fixed - thanks.