Priceline Hotel: 3* Portland (Downtown) Courtyard By Marriott Portland City Center

[tbder]

Courtyard By Marriott Portland City Center

Check-In Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 03:00 PM

Check-Out Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 12:00 PM

Courtyard By Marriott Portland City Center

550 Sw Oak Street

Portland, OR 97204

Bid $53, 1 star, rejected. Received counter offer of $64 (which I found odd as I didn't think there was a 1 star in the Downtown Portland). Closed browser reopened using Betterbidding PRICELINE link.

Bid $55, 2 star, rejected. Closed browser reopened using Betterbidding PRICELINE link.

Bid $58, 3 star, accepted.

Used the Betterbidding PRICELINE link.

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[AaronJB]

Congrats on your success. :)

Solid deal for this Portland property! Hope you are looking forward to your stay.

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

Enjoy your stay.

[thereuare]

Bid $53, 1 star, rejected. Received counter offer of $64 (which I found odd as I didn't think there was a 1 star in the Downtown Portland).

It could have been an upgrade to a higher rated hotel, but if PRICELINE offers bidding for a given star rating in a zone then you should error on the side of caution and assume they DO in fact have a hotel of that star rating in the zone. I wouldn't bid 1* as an opportunity to bid again unless you are willing to accept a 1 star hotel, especially with time on your side to simply bid again another day.

Glad to see you're ultimately pleased with the outcome and this should work for your needs (certainly better than landing a 1* hotel) ;)

Have a great trip.

[WillTravel]

I agree totally with thereuare.

The Econo Lodge City Center is a 1* hotel that is not on the current Priceline hotel list (because no one has reported winning it), but it's definitely in the downtown Portland PRICELINE zone.

[cmstlist]

Interesting, I thought that Priceline doesn't allow you to rebid by increasing the star level, only by decreasing. Since a bid for 1* implicitly includes a willingness to accept a better hotel.

[thereuare]

The don't, although you can do so by:

Select 2* zone_wanted

Select 3* zone_wanted + re-bid zone

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