Priceline Hotel: 3.5* Minneapolis - St. Paul (St. Paul) Crowne Plaza Riverfront

[Sota327]

Booked this today (7/13).

St. Paul (Zone 11) was only desired win zone. 3.5* was only acceptable hotel rating as my husband didn't want the Kelly Inn (3.0*) as he needs the room for the bar exam which is at Roy Wilkins Auditorium, next to Xcel Center and he wanted to be able to walk.

I was fairly cetain the Crowne Plaza would be the winning hotel as its the only reported 3.5* NYOP win and the only 3.5* hotel when searching regularly on priceline. I bid yesterday and the day before up to $55 with no luck. Today I decided I would go as high as $65 per night because at that rate for 2 nights its about the same price as one night booking outright and I didn't want to run the risk of waiting too long and avialability filling up. So, today I bid as follows:

zone 11, bid $40 rejected

zone 11 + zone 1, bid $42 rejected

zone 11 + zone 1, + zone 3, bid $44 rejected

zone 11 + zone 1, + zone 3, + zone 4, bid $45 rejected

zone 11 + zone 1, + zone 3, + zone 4, + zone 5, bid $46 rejected

zone 11 + zone 1, + zone 3, + zone 4, + zone 5, + zone 8, bid $48 rejected

zone 11 + zone 1, + zone 3, + zone 4, + zone 5, + zone 8,+ zone 9, bid $50 rejected

zone 11 + zone 1, + zone 3, + zone 4, + zone 5, + zone 8,+ zone 9, + zone 11, bid $51 rejected

closed browser and restarted new sessions via PRICELINE link on this forum (to give myself more rebid combos):

zone 11 + zone 12, bid $52, rejected

zone 11 + zone 12, + zone 13, bid $53, rejected

zone 11 + zone 12, + zone 13, + zone 15, bid $54, rejected

zone 11 + zone 12, + zone 13, + zone 15, + zone 16, bid $55, rejected

zone 11 + zone 12, + zone 13, + zone 15, + zone 16, + zone 18, bid $56, rejected

zone 11 + zone 12, + zone 13, + zone 15, + zone 16, + zone 18, + zone 19, bid $57, rejected

zone 11 + zone 12, + zone 13, + zone 15, + zone 16, + zone 18, + zone 19, + zone 1, bid $58, rejected

zone 11 + zone 12, + zone 13, + zone 15, + zone 16, + zone 18, + zone 19, + zone 1, + zone 3, bid $59, rejected

zone 11 + zone 12, + zone 13, + zone 15, + zone 16, + zone 18, + zone 19, + zone 1, + zone 3, + zone 4, bid $60, rejected

zone 11 + zone 12, + zone 13, + zone 15, + zone 16, + zone 18, + zone 19, + zone 1, + zone 3, + zone 4, + zone 5, bid $61, rejected

zone 11 + zone 12, + zone 13, + zone 15, + zone 16, + zone 18, + zone 19, + zone 1, + zone 3, + zone 4, + zone 5, + zone 8, bid $62, rejected

zone 11 + zone 12, + zone 13, + zone 15, + zone 16, + zone 18, + zone 19, + zone 1, + zone 3, + zone 4, + zone 5, + zone 8, + zone 9, bid $63, ACCEPTED

FWIW, my last rebid combo before exhausting combos today would have been:

zone 11 + zone 12, + zone 13, + zone 15, + zone 16, + zone 18, + zone 19, + zone 1, + zone 3, + zone 4, + zone 5, + zone 8, + zone 9, + zone 11 bid $65

There are 13 straight rebid zones for 3.5* in this area. By closing the browser and restarting halfway through my session, I was able to add 8 extra rebid combos (21 total) over simply adding one rebid zone (total of 13) in one session. I know there are other methods by which I could have created more combos (by closing the browser more requetly and breaking it up into more sessions), but this was all I needed for today's max at $65, starting at $40.

Here are the details:

Crowne Plaza Riverfront

St. Paul

11 East Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul, MN 55101

651-292-1900

Check-In: Mon, Jul 23, 2012 / After 03:00 PM

Check-Out: Wed, Jul 25, 2012 / 12:00 PM

Rooms: 1 room / 2 nights

Offer Price:

avg. per room, per night $63.00

Rooms: 1

Nights: 2 + Add nights for the same rate!

Room Subtotal: $126.00

Taxes & Fees: $26.92

Total Charged to Card: $152.92

Used PRICELINE link on this forum for all bids and searches.

[AaronJB]

Congrats on your success. :)

Superb win for this Crowne Plaza property, and hope the hotel will work well for your travel plans.

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

Enjoy your stay.