BEAV Posted September 17, 2008 Report Posted September 17, 2008 New zone configuration for Priceline San Francisco. Embarcadero is now a separate zone....USE is now separate....SOMA and Moscone are a separate zone. Good news for those trying to avoid Westin St. Francis.This is fantastic news, and very long overdue since Hotwire has always separated the Embarcadero (Financial District) from USE. Priceline's former USE zone was too large.
Colfax Posted September 17, 2008 Report Posted September 17, 2008 New zone configuration for Priceline San Francisco. Embarcadero is now a separate zone....USE is now separate....SOMA and Moscone are a separate zone. Good news for those trying to avoid Westin St. Francis.This is great news. Where there used to be two zones, USE and USW, now there are four. This is back to the configuration from a couple years ago.OTOH, the Cathedral Hill zone is now gone. The Civic Center zone's new boundaries take in all the hotels that used to be in Cathedral Hill. That's bad news because Civic Center only went to 2.5* and was a free rebid for 3*. Now Civic Center goes to 3* and there's only one free rebid zone left for 3*, which is Marina-Lombard Street.
Colfax Posted September 17, 2008 Report Posted September 17, 2008 Here are the changes I see for the SF Hotel List. Please look it over, SF hounds, and post if you see any misplaced hotels.1) Cathedral Hill zone is gone. All reported Cathedral Hill hotels are now in Civic Center zone.2) USW zone is now USW-Nob Hill. This is a name change only. Zone boundaries appear the same to me.3) Former USE hotels are now split among three new zones, as follows:UNION SQUARE EAST4* Grand Hyatt4* Westin St Francis3* Hotel 4803* Sir Francis Drake2.5* Chancellor HotelBoutique Executive Hotel Vintage CourtBoutique Galleria ParkBoutique Hotel TritonBoutique Juliana HotelBoutique Villa FlorenceEMBARCADERO4* Hilton Financial District4* Hyatt Regency4* Le Meridien4* Omni3* Club QuartersBoutique Harbor CourtSOMA-MOSCONE CENTER4* Hotel Palomar4* Marriott4* Palace Hotel4* Westin Market Street3* Courtyard Downtown2* Mosser Victorian
Campofiorin Posted September 17, 2008 Report Posted September 17, 2008 Just a note for all the bidders, lost of the zones have been changed as of today in San Francisco and it changes most of the rebidding areas so be careful.
slruud Posted September 22, 2008 Report Posted September 22, 2008 While looking at Anaheim Disneyland area, Priceline has upgraded many of the 3 stars to 3 1/2 stars.
thereuare Posted September 23, 2008 Report Posted September 23, 2008 I've made all the San Francisco zone changes above to the Priceline Hotel List, if anyone notices anything they believe to be incorrect please let me know. (i haven't changed the Boutique star ratings yet though, going to try to tackel those in order, or at least with some systematic process, rather than just piecemeal)THANKS Colfax!! Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
jessb66 Posted October 12, 2008 Report Posted October 12, 2008 FYI to people bidding in the RDU Airport Area:I won a bid last week to stay at the Courtyard by Marriott (Raleigh-Durham Airport)...Up until a few weeks ago, it had been classified as 2.5 stars, but is now a 3-star....
WillTravel Posted October 14, 2008 Report Posted October 14, 2008 The hotel that is called Mercure Vienna Nestroy on the Priceline - Other Countries list is now called Mercure Imlauer Wien. It's still rated 3* by Priceline.
thereuare Posted October 14, 2008 Report Posted October 14, 2008 Thanks. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
OysterHo Posted October 17, 2008 Report Posted October 17, 2008 that gives one only 5 rebidding zones for 4* hotels now (instead of 6).Just an FYI
thereuare Posted October 17, 2008 Report Posted October 17, 2008 Thanks for the heads up. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
BEAV Posted October 17, 2008 Report Posted October 17, 2008 4* bidding is no longer available in the Santa Rose-Rohnert Park (CA) zone. A Priceline vacation package search 11/4-11/6 reveals the former 4* Hyatt Vineyard Creek hotel in Santa Rosa has been downgraded to 3.5 stars.
BEAV Posted October 17, 2008 Report Posted October 17, 2008 Although never reported here before, the former 4* Argonaut Hotel in San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf zone has been downgraded to 3.5 stars. This was the last remaining 4 star hotel in the Fisherman's Wharf zone after the Sheraton was earlier downgraded 4* to 3* (and eventually upgraded to 3.5 in Priceline's restructuring last month). As a result of the Argonaut's recent downgrade, this zone no longer offers 4 star bidding. This change provides an additional rebid zone when bidding 4 stars in greater San Francisco.
Liset Posted October 26, 2008 Report Posted October 26, 2008 In Rochester, NY, the Woodcliff Hotel & Spa (East Rochester - Victor) has been upgraded from a 3* to a 3.5*
BEAV Posted October 27, 2008 Report Posted October 27, 2008 I just noticed in the Pleasanton-San Ramon, CA zone (Oakland/East Bay area) both the recently upgraded 3.5 Marriotts in Pleasanton & San Ramon are now back down to 3 stars again. I first noticed this when going to bid this zone and, the 3.5 category was grayed out. I checked a couple other dates and with the same results. Then I accessed two recent bids (one at each property), and sure enough, they're listed as 3 stars again. These two hotels were recently upgraded during Priceline's restructuring just last month. Next I searched a variety of dates in the vacation package section and noted that the recently-upgraded 3* Courtyards and Residence Inns in this zone are still 3 stars, meaning you now have full service Marriotts and Courtyard/Residence Inns all rated the same. I haven't a clue why the two full service properties would have been downgraded, but IMO it makes no sense for such different products to be common rated. Is anyone else seeing this in their own local zones?
Liset Posted October 30, 2008 Report Posted October 30, 2008 The Cleveland downtown Hyatt Regency at the Arcade has been upgraded from a 3* to a 3.5*.
tilepusher Posted November 1, 2008 Report Posted November 1, 2008 The Hyatt Regency Phoenix has been downgraded from 3.5* back to 3*. 3.5* bidding is no longer available in Downtown Phoenix.
thereuare Posted November 1, 2008 Report Posted November 1, 2008 Updated... THANKS! Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
tilepusher Posted November 4, 2008 Report Posted November 4, 2008 The Crowne Plaza Lake Oswego (Portland, OR) is now rated 3.5*
thereuare Posted November 5, 2008 Report Posted November 5, 2008 Thanks. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
runNgun Posted November 6, 2008 Report Posted November 6, 2008 according to a recent package search the Radisson Worldgate in the WDW zone has been downgraded to a 2.5*Amen.
thereuare Posted November 7, 2008 Report Posted November 7, 2008 Thanks... updated. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
tilepusher Posted November 10, 2008 Report Posted November 10, 2008 The Inn at the Convention Center (Portland, OR) has been downgraded to 1*. The conversion of the Holiday Inn Convention Center to the Crowne Plaza Convention Center was completed several months ago.
thereuare Posted November 10, 2008 Report Posted November 10, 2008 I've made the appropriate changes for both...THANKS! Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
CrazyOne Posted November 11, 2008 Report Posted November 11, 2008 Ran across because I'm looking for Washington DC stuff on tough next week (Nov 17-21, looks like esp tough Mon/Tues nites). You guys seen the new zones yet? I didn't find any references. Changes:Airport (DCA) is gone, I would suspect re-merged into Crystal City.National Harbor is new zone with 1-4* available. Doesn't look to overlap the old zones at all, just new at least for bidding as Washington DC. Could have been offered on its own before. A lot of new development happening here as I understand it.Mt Vernon is new zone with 1-2* available. Again, doesn't really overlap old zones. It's really small too, so if you need to be out there you can probably be assured of a pretty specific area, but most importantly it makes a perfect rebid zone for 2.5* on up.Hope this helps.
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