cyberclark Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 Just got a rental car using the PRICELINE link here. Was kind of a different experience though. With no bidding at priceline the best they offered me on a full size was $30 a day. So I started the bidding at $21. It said very low chance of acceptance do I want to raise it, so I did $23 a day. It processed through this time but no one accepted. Here is what was wierd. Instead of showing $30 as the best retail price normally available it said the going rate was like $90 a day!?!? I tried one more time at $26 a day it went through the processing and then kicked back a price of like $48 a day or this fancy special offer of $150 a week. So I bit at the $150 a week bringing the total after fees to $203 for the trip. Which beat what I was seeing at Expedia where the best offer was $198/wk for a total of $255. So all in all another successful Priceline experience in that I saved $50 over retail. Was just weird that it didn't show me a normal per day rate during the bidding process. Link to comment
thereuare Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 Congratulations on your success! Glad to see you received a nice deal on this rental and are please with the results. The 'suggested' median retail pricing shown by PRICELINE is often wrong, i wouldn't use this information in a bidding strategy.By chance is the hour of your drop off later in the day then the hour of your pick-up? (which would make this a 5 day rental even though it's only 4 calendar days?)Thank you for sharing your win and using the PRICELINE links on the board to begin your bidding. 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
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