Priceline Hotel: 2.5* Chicago (North Michigan Ave - River North) The Tremont Chicago Hotel At Magnificent Mile

[iwannaroom]

After about 6 days of bidding and some three dozen failed attempts at lower prices

and higher star levels, I *finally* got a room.

I had to keep increasing my price, finally reaching 86 (although I had bid 87 on 3 Stars at one point)

and then came down from 3 1/2 to 3 to 2 1/2 stars, since I was already at or maybe even over my price limit.

I also had to play around with the dates, finally bidding on 2 of my 3 nights.

Then I was able to add the third night at the same price,

but since that is a separate transaction, the fee was slightly higher.

Full details:

First two nights: 86*2 + 36.50 = 208.50

Third night: 86 + 21.60 = 107.60

Total cost 316.10 or 105.37 per night.

Lowest rate offered by the Hotel on its website: 139 (+ tax) = 162 ...

which would be 486 for 3 nights ...

Savings (so to speak) = 170 over 3 nights, which is about 35% off

... not great, but not terrible either for downtown in a major city

in the middle of summer. Roughly equivalent to 3 nights for the price of two.

Thanks for the help from here - I used your PRICELINE links and

the "re-bid zone" strategy, which eventually paid off.

[AaronJB]

Congrats on your success. :)

Glad you are pleased with the result and are looking forward to your stay. This property is in a superb location right off Michigan Ave.

Thank you for sharing your win and using the site's PRICELINE or HOTWIRE links to start your purchases and searches.

Enjoy your stay.

[iwannaroom]

At the time, I thought this deal was not-so-hot,

maybe that is the case - waiting to see more wins

for those dates.

However, I feel a little better about it

because now the best price offered by the hotel

is 152 + tax = 177 per night!

(Up from 139 + tax = 162).