Jonathan Posted October 24, 2005 Report Posted October 24, 2005 Hi Thereuare,Looking for you great help as always!I need a hotel for New York City, Nov. 11 through 13, 2005.Areas of choice are (in order):Upper East SideUpper Midtown - Central Park SouthMidtown EastMidtown WestAlso Downtown and Midtown South (if you think these are safe areas).Would love a 4* but willing to drop to 3. Possibly even 2.5 (last resort) if using areas that priceline only has decent 2.5 hotels in.Maximum I would like to spend $200 but willing to go a bit higher if becomes necessary.Please let me know a strategy to bid. :>Cheers!Jonathan
Jonathan Posted October 24, 2005 Author Report Posted October 24, 2005 Used your pattern and just tried the following with no success. Note, I added Downtown/Soho/FinancialDistrict area and even went up to $250 with no success. Looking at some hotel sites I think the issue is the night of Nov. 12th... am thinking about one more split and turning it into a weekend of hotel hopping as I can hopefully get the 11th cheap and go higher on the 12th due to savings on 11th and 13th nights.Here's what I did...Select 4* MTW... Bid $140, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $150, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $160, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* MTE... Bid $140, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $150, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $160, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* UM/CPS... Bid $140, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $160, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $170, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* D/Soho/FD... Bid $150, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $160, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $170, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* MTW and D/Soho/FD... Bid $170, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $175, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $180, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* MTW and MTE... Bid $175, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $180, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $185, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* MTW and UM/CPS... Bid $190, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $195, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $200, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* MTW and MTE and UM/CPS... Bid $190, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $205, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $210, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* MTW and MTE and D/Soho/FD... Bid $215, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $225, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $235, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* MTW and MTE and UM/CPS and D/Soho/FD... Bid $240, if rejected add re-bid zone...Bid $245, if rejected add re-bid zone...Bid $250
Jonathan Posted October 24, 2005 Author Report Posted October 24, 2005 Ok... tried for 11th only... did following bidding and all were rejected.Select 4* D/Soho/FD... Bid $150, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $160, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $170, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* MTE... Bid $150, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $160, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $170, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* UM/CPS... Bid $150, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $160, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $170, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* MTW... Bid $150, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $160, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $170, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* MTW and D/Soho/FD... Bid $175, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $180, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $185, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* MTW and MTE... Bid $175, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $180, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $185, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* MTW and UM/CPS... Bid $190, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $195, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $200, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* MTW and MTE and D/Soho/FD... Bid $205, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $210, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $215, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* MTW and MTE and UM/CPS... Bid $220, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $225, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $230, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 4* MTW and MTE and UM/CPS and D/Soho/FD... Bid $230, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $240, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $250
Jonathan Posted October 24, 2005 Author Report Posted October 24, 2005 Tried next for 11th and 12th at 3 stars and all were rejected.Select 3* D/Soho/FD... Bid $150, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $160, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 3* MTE... Bid $150, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $160, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 3* UM/CPS... Bid $150, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $160, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 3* MTW... Bid $150, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $160, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 3* UES... Bid $150, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $160, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 3* MTW and D/Soho/FD... Bid $170, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $180, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 3* MTW and UES... Bid $170, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $180, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 3* MTW and MTE... Bid $170, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $180, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 3* MTW and UM/CPS... Bid $185, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $195, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 3* MTW and MTE and D/Soho/FD... Bid $190, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $195, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 3* MTW and MTE and UES... Bid $190, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $195, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 3* MTW and MTE and UM/CPS... Bid $200, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $205, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 3* MTW and MTE and D/Soho/FD and UES... Bid $215, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $225, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.[decided at this point that too high for 3 stars and way out of budget once taxes calculated so didn't finish the following 2]Select 3* MTW and MTE and UM/CPS and UES...Bid $235, if rejected add re-bid zone...Bid $240, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 3* MTW and MTE and UM/CPS and D/Soho/FD and UES...Bid $245, if rejected add re-bid zone...Bid $250
Jonathan Posted October 24, 2005 Author Report Posted October 24, 2005 Figured I'd drop down to 2.5 for 11th and 12th... no luck... all bids below were rejected... any ideas?!?!?!?Select 2.5* MTE... Bid $120, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $130, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $140, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 2.5* MTW... Bid $120, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $130, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $140, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 2.5* D/Soho/FD... Bid $120, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $130, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $140, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 2.5* MTW and D/Soho/FD... Bid $150, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $160, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $170, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 2.5* MTW and MTE... Bid $170, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $180, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $190, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.Select 2.5* MTW and MTE and D/Soho/FD... Bid $200, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $210, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $220, if rejected close browser and re-access priceline however you did previously.
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