Priceline Hotel: 3.5* Miami (Airport MIA) Sheraton Miami Airport Hotel

[westcan]

Back in September I had a $7/night coupon from Facebook, and tried to use it to book a 3.5* hotel in November near the Miami Airport.

Started at $50.00 (57 equivalent) - no

Because the coupon was going to expire in a couple of days, I didn't want to wait 24 hours everytime I made a failed bid, so I thought I would add in areas where I knew the prices for 3.5* would be much higer than the MIA Airport area

added area Doral West and bid 53 (60 equivalent)- no

added area South Beach Ocean Drive and bid 55 (62 equivalent) - no

added area South Beach Collins and bid $58 (65 equivalent) - no

Next day:

started at $60 for MIA Airport ($67 equivalent) - no

added area Doral WEst and bid $62 ($69 equivalent) - no

added area South Beach Ocean Drive and bid $64 (71 equivalent) - no

Next day:

started at $66 for MIA Airport ($73 equivalent) - no

added area Doral West and bid $67 ($74 equivalent) - no

added area South Beach Collins and bid $68 ($75 equivalent) - no

added area South Beach Ocean Drive and bid $69 ($76 equivalent) - no

My coupon expired. For around the same date there was a win in the $65-$70 range for the area and * level I was looking for , so I thought I would wait some time before trying again, and I wasn't sure how this facebook coupon was working anyway.

A couple of weeks later I tried again, with the same system so I wouldn't have to keep waiting 24 hours to up my bid for the Airport Area.

Started bidding at $65 for the MIA Airport area (just in case prices had dropped) but could not get a room.

By changing areas and increasing bids (over 2 days) my final bid was $80 for a 3.5* in the MIA Airport, Doral West, South Beach Collins and Sough Beach Ocean Drive areas.

Finally, got a room at the Sheraton Miami Airport Hotel for $80. With taxes $98.63. A lot of work for 1 night, but it was fun figuring out how to keep bidding on the same day using Priceline's system.

So far I have stayed at the following Miami Airport hotels, all via Priceline (and this website)

4* Aipport Hilton (nice hotel but not much different from the 3.5*s

3.5* Marriot (I think this hotel has the best restaurant/bar of the airport hotels if you want beer and pub food for supper)

3.5* Sheraton (closest hotel to the airport, and the restaruant/bar has a great seared tuna salad)

3.5* Doubletree (you get a cookie, the bar is ok, but the shuttle only runs every 1/2 hour so you can wait a while at the airport waiting to get to your hotel)

[AaronJB]

Congrats on your success. :)

Nice win for this Miami airport property - hope you are looking forward to your stay.

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

Enjoy your stay.

[westcan]

thanks. Forgot to say.....used the PRICELINE link from this site!

[AaronJB]

Thank you for using the site's PRICELINE link, it's greatly appreciated. :)