Priceline Hotel: 5* Athens InterContinental Athens

[Helsinki Gooner]

Bids from $50-77 were rejected for a 4* and at the price level of $70, 72, 74, 76 and 77 I was given a chance to re-bid if I upped the bid for $15 or $18($76 and 77 for some reason suggested $18 bid increase to bid again right away). The bid of $80 was accepted, but I was 'upgraded' to a 5* instead at the Athenaeum Intercontinental Athens.

I am satisfied with the 5-star for the price. However, the reason I was bidding for the 4-star was in the hope that I would have been given the Ledra Marriot - located in the same area, but the Marriot has a roof-top pool. I suppose I could have bid for the 5-star first at a lower rate and then bid again for 4 star, but then i think they would still upgrade me and so there is probably no way to get around this issue - or perhaps there are no 4* hotels right now - I haven't seen any winning bids for them on here lately.

If you are going for a 5-star in Athens, I would start at a level no higher than $70 b-c others have won with that in the past. I did not try it b-c I thought it might be accepted, and I really wanted the roof-top pool :) .

Bid history (and yes, used your link to the PRICELINE website :) ):

4*:

52

54

55

58

61

65

70

72

74

76

77

80 - winning bid of a 5*

5*(all rejected)

60

62

65

67

68

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

While not the hotel you were hoping for, glad to see you received a nice deal on this property... hope you can make it work well for your plans.

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

Enjoy your stay.