Bidding HELP: San Diego to Naples 8/30/10 to 9/7/10

[kevin354]

Hi, I am trying to save some money on two tickets to my friend's wedding in Naples.

Flying from San Diego, CA 8/30/10 (Arrive on 8/31/10) and leaving Naples, Italy on 9/7/10.

Lowest fare I could find was :

Summary

1 Ticket / Roundtrip

SAN San Diego to

NAP Naples

Leave: Mon 30-Aug

Return: Tue 7-Sep

1 adult $849.00

Taxes & Fees $152.90

Total $1,001.90

Through Expedia.

Oh, and I will use the PRICELINE links on the site to bid!

I appreciate any help,

Kevin

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

How much would you need to save (per ticket) to make an opaque purchase worthwhile?

Thanks for using the PRICELINE links on the board to begin your bidding.

[kevin354]

Hmm, probably about $300 per ticket.

[thereuare]

Savings on airfare can be tough, but to give it a try...

You can get an almost unlimited number of re-bids by using the technique in the second post if this Priceline Airfare Re-bidding thread.

Since you won't get any discount on the taxes/fees portion of the ticket i'd start with a $450 bid (50% discount to the base fare) and then increase $10-25 per re-bid... lowering the re-bid increments from $25 to $10 as you get closer to your maximum bid of $550.

Any questions feel free to ask.

Thanks for using the PRICELINE links on the board to begin your bidding.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

[kevin354]

I tried the Free Re-bid strategy (and clicked on the PRICELINE link).

Unfortunately, I cannot seem to find any "close" airports that Priceline will recognize, so I can switch over to SAN or NAP on the second page. I tried TIJ, SNA, ONT, LAX, etc.

Any suggestions?

[yellowdog]

kevin354

How high did you bid?

Thanx for using boards PRICELINE link :)

Yellowdog.

[kevin354]

I bid up to $475.

[thereuare]

You don't need to find close airport... just city/town names :)

Begin your search using the city/town name and not the airport code.

[kevin354]

Ok, thanks. I tried with the city names instead of airport codes, and that worked much better for the free re-bids.

Unfortunately, I bid up to my maximum ($1400 total) and was not accepted.

Just a thought, maybe my bids would never be accepted, as my flights seem to have 2 connections and priceline's max is 1?

[thereuare]

Usually if PRICELINE can find you a flight with more than one connection, they'll offer that option to you. (similar to a hotel counter offer)