Priceline Hotel: 4.5* Chicago (North Michigan Ave - River North) Omni Chicago Hotel

[.ca]

Hello All,

A friend of mine recently asked for my help getting him a nice room in Chicago. Of course my first stop was betterbidding using the calenderofwins and of course launching ALL my searches from the referral box.

For about a week and a half we were bidding from $220-$245 for a 5* in Chicago with no luck, HOTWIRE was showing 5*s for slightly higher than our bids but PRICELINE is just so much more fun :P

Finally after reviewing the hotel list here on bb I realized the Park Hyatt is the only known 5*, my friend is there with his GF and I told him 4.5* should be pretty good. Not sure I really trust the star system anyhow.

We made a $240 offer on area 8 North Michigan Ave - River North Area and it told us "one time only offer, up your bid to $258 for highest chances of winning" we decided not to fall for that and tried bidding $240 for Millennium Park, Loop & Grant Park Area and our offer was accepted. We won the Omni Hotel which has a great location and it came out to $850 usd tax/fees in.

Hotel is ranked #34 on tripadvisor so I think it was pretty good, right on the Mag Mile. Rack rate on the room was $1044 usd. About a 20% savings.

hehe my friend and I have been impersonating Shatners 2 finger thingy he does when negotiating deals since we booked it.

Hope this info helps and thanks for betterbidding!

[yellowdog]

Congratulations on your success!

Thanks for using the PRICELINE links on the board to begin your bidding :)

We hope your friend is satisfied with the outcome and will like the Omni.

Yellowdog.

[AaronJB]

This property is superbly located right on Michigan Ave and an easy walk to restaurants in the River North area. If your friend has any city questions, please let us know or they are welcome to also post.

Hope they enjoy their stay.