tbder Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Courtyard By Marriott Portland City CenterCheck-In Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 03:00 PM Check-Out Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 12:00 PMCourtyard By Marriott Portland City Center 550 Sw Oak StreetPortland, OR 97204Bid $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.Thanks for hosting the board! Link to comment
AaronJB Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 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. Link to comment
thereuare Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 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. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
WillTravel Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 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. Link to comment
cmstlist Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 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. Link to comment
thereuare Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 The don't, although you can do so by:Select 2* zone_wanted Select 3* zone_wanted + re-bid zoneprieline.hotwire Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
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