OGG Maui Midsize Alamo

[hottieandginger]

Used Priceline to bid for a rental car in Maui for week of July 6 through July 13.

Bid $11 Economy, rejected; $12 Compact, rejected; $14 Mid-Size, accepted.

Good deal, but I could have booked a car for the same price on Hotwire.

I used the PRICELINE link to initiate the bid.

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

While perhaps the same price as HOTWIRE, hopefully a good deal vs. retail rates. ;)

Can you please add a reply to this thread with the name of the rental company that accepted your bid so we can add this information to the topic title.

Thank you for sharing your win and using the PRICELINE links on the board to begin your bidding.

Enjoy your stay.

[hottieandginger]

Sorry, the car rental agency is Alamo.

Yes, good deal compared to retail rates.

One observation on the Priceline bidding process. Priceline appears to employ a "bait and switch" technique, trying to induce "high" bids from "suckers." Each time that I bid on Priceline, I got a message along these lines: 'your bid has almost no chance of being accepted ... a bid of $30-35 has a strong chance of being accepted.' And yet my $14 bid for a mid-size car was accepted; roughly 60% lower than the bid that Priceline advised 'had a strong chance of being accepted.'

Then Hotwire confirmed that $14 was "market" for a mid size in Maui during this date range.

I'll keep using Priceline for bids, but watch out for the sneaky tactics!!

[AaronJB]

Thank you for the follow-up - very nice win for this rental.

It's been mentioned before that it's usually best to ignore PRICELINE's "suggested retail price" as we have seen wins accepted even when the 'no change/little chance' message has been seen.

[mousie]

Did you have to pay extra for each driver?