Priceline Hotel: San Francisco USE/USW bidding help

[mcl024]

Bid 150$ for 4* in USE/USW, but without success. What did I wrong?

Thanks for your answer!

[Colfax]

Welcome to BetterBidding, mcl024!

You didn't do anything wrong, but rates are extremely high for these dates, and $150 isn't enough for a 4*, unless rates drop.

Hilton $479, Parc55 $462, Westin SF $398, Grand Hyatt $359.

Hotwire is a good barometer of what might be available on Priceline and HW only has two hotels in USW/USE, both at high rates: 4* USW for $374 or 3* USE for $268. :)

So $150 is too low. $200 might be a more realistic limit, if you can go there, and even that might be too low for 4*.

Breaking down your four-night stay all four nights are expensive but the Fri/Sat segment looks cheaper than Sun/Mon. For Fri/Sat Hotwire has a 4* in USW for $231 (vs. $374 for all four nights).

If you're willing to split your bid and possibly switch hotels on Sunday you might get $150 accepted for 9/30-10/2 alone. Then deal with 10/2-10/4 separately, and probably at a higher rate.

If $150 is your firm limit you may need to consider 3.5* or 3*.

Let us know if you have questions.

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