scottlevin Posted February 26, 2011 Report Posted February 26, 2011 Some weird things happened when I bid tonight for one night (3/17) in Madrid.Punched in 4* for Old Madrid zone. Bid $70. REJECTED. Had no rebids so moved on to La Castellana, which isn't as nice. :-(Punched in 4* for La Castellana zone. Bid $63. Was asked to immediately change offer to $78 for guaranteed rebid. Could tell I was close.Closed browswer. Punched in 4* for BOTH ZONES. Bid $66. I was then bounced to the retail side and told I should look at Priceline's retail offerings. The URL even said "RetailBounce."Any ideas as to what happened?
yellowdog Posted February 26, 2011 Report Posted February 26, 2011 PRICELINE rejected your bid since you "didn't take" the $78 offer and bid $66. The retail offerings is just cross marketing since they know that you're looking for a hotel.Yellowdog.Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.
scottlevin Posted February 26, 2011 Author Report Posted February 26, 2011 That doesn't really make sense, though. Don't people rebid all the time after refusing offers?
yellowdog Posted February 26, 2011 Report Posted February 26, 2011 Don't people rebid all the time after refusing offers?But didn't you bid $66 for both zones and got rejected and linked to the retail site. Isn't this what happend? Or couldn't you do the $66 bid?Sorry but i might not understand your probelm correct here.Yellowdog.
thereuare Posted February 26, 2011 Report Posted February 26, 2011 PRICELINE usually sends you to a 'try your bid again by changing one of the parameters below' screen... but sometimes sends you to the retail listings. They don't know if you will re-bid or not (i'm sure many customers don't) so they offer you some retail listings for your dates hoping that something will catch your eye and result in a purchase.If you use the search box on the top right of this page and are ever sent to the retail listings after a rejected bid, simply return here and click the GO button again to resume your bidding from where you left off, since all of the paramters you search by (city, dates, etc) will still be there and automatically propagate, saving you time from needing to re-enter the info again.Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
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