Priceline Hotel: 3* Los Angeles (Airport LAX) Raidisson (and more)

[Purplejacket]

I needed a hotel for 10 days in Gardena (near LAX).

Priceline touted a package deal: hotel, car, plane: $934

but it doesn't give you choice of travel time (e.g. very long travel times just for SF <--> LA, plus I couldn't even specify that I wanted to go to LA in the morning and return in the evening).

:)

So I declined that

Started bidding for a 4 star hotel at $37.

Then $42 (added a location)

Then $43 (went to 3 star).

accepted.

They offered me a rental car on the spot for $12/day (compact).

A compact car is just fine so I took it.

Left Priceline.

Went to alaska air site.

round trip: about $350. yikes!

decided I could fly out of Oakland

Southwest Air: $150 round trip (approx).

Total trip price: $748.63

:)

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Can you please let us know the name of the hotel that you won (and was it in the LAX zone?)

[Purplejacket]

It was the Radisson that i won for $43/night. In the LAX zone.

This was actually the second time I've used priceline + betterbidding.com.

The first time was a little less than a month ago for a 1 week LA trip. I had a very similar result that time, except that I only bid for the hotel and flew on Alaska air. I did one bid for about $38, didn't get it, added Beverly Hills and went to 2.5 star, then bid for $43 and got it at the Radisson.

So, second time for $43/night at the Radisson.

[thereuare]

Thanks for the follow-up... we'd appreciate you posting all of your wins as they occurr. It helps keep the board current.

Also, what were the dates of this stay?

Enjoy your stay.