TravlinCali Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 What would be an optimum priceline bidding strategy for the San Francisco (San Mateo) area for this Saturday night (October 29th)? I would prefer the 4* San Mateo Marriott San Francisco Airport. I don't have a "max bid," but I would obviously like to be able to get a room for as low as possible. Link to comment
bbbb Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 The Marriott's rate is $99,I think I would start my bidding @ $40 and raise $5 per rebid. You have 3 free rebids for 4*. If you don't know what your rebid areas are please ask before bidding. Link to comment
shammes53 Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 There hasn't been many bids reported for this zone, the last time a 4* was reported here was last year at a winning bid of $51: San Francisco (San Mateo) Marriott Winning BidI think the strategy bbbb provided might just work for you - Good Bidding! Link to comment
TravlinCali Posted October 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 I've bid 3 times using the strategy suggested and have been rejected each time. $40 - 4* in San San Mateo Area -> Rejected$45 - 4* Added South SF -> Rejected$50 - 4* Added Civic Center -> RejectedAnd on my 3rd and final rebid I plan on trying...$55 - 4* by adding Cathedral HillI have one more free re-bid and since we are checking in this Saturday I don't want to bid too low and get rejected again because I don't have the luxury of waiting 72 hours to try bidding again.So I have a question about how priceline knows who you are when enforcing the rebidding rules in case I get rejected on my 3rd and final re-bid. Link to comment
DDSeeker Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Using the "permutation strategy" that thereuare advocates, you have four bids left:San Mateo - Cathedral HillSan Mateo - Cathedral Hill - South SFSan Mateo - Cathedral Hill - Civic CenterSan Mateo - Cathedral Hill - South SF - Civic Center Link to comment
TravlinCali Posted October 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Can you expand upon this "permutation strategy"? From what I understand, once you select a region (i.e. South SF), you are unable to deselect it on Priceline. Link to comment
DDSeeker Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 It is true you can't deselect a region once you've selected it. But just go back to www.savingsbarn.com and reaccess Priceline. You start off clean again, with no zones selected.The idea of the permutation strategy is that you can "build up" a Priceline bid. You can bid zone A, zones AB, zones AC and then zones ABC on Priceline even though your AB bid and AC bid are effectively an ABC bid too. It is built into Priceline's system and within their TOS.You cannot "build down" a Priceline bid. Once you bid zones ABC, you can't bid AB, AC or A. You can only "build up".In short, if you need to deselect a zone, you need to start the whole process over. Link to comment
bbbb Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 If you don't understand what DDSeeker said above just ask and we will walk you through it. Theres always the Burlingame SFO zone right next door. Most of the time you can get a room for around $50. Link to comment
shammes53 Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Saw a post on TOBB (I check it out once in awhile) and saw a post for a winning bid of $80 for the Marriott for 10/27, don't know how much it should vary for 10/29 - Good Luck! Link to comment
TravlinCali Posted October 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 My 4th bid was finally accepted at $53 and we got the 4* Marriott in San Mateo where we wanted to be. Here is how it played out...Bid $40 - 4* in San San Mateo Area -> RejectedBid $45 - 4* Added South SF -> RejectedBid $50 - 4* Added Civic Center -> RejectedBid $53 - 4* Added Cathedral Hill -> ACCEPTEDSan Mateo Marriott Sfo Airport (4*)Check-In Date: Saturday, October 29, 2005 Check-Out Date: Sunday, October 30, 2005 But I'm not sure I completely understand the "permutation Stategy"... can anyone give me a full example so I understand it for future bidding? Thanks! Link to comment
bbbb Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 permutation Stategy for 3 free rebids.Zone A is the one you want to be in.Zone B free rebid area.Zone C free rebid area.Zone D free rebid zone.Start by bidding zone A , The zone you want to be in.add zone B = A + BClose browser start new bid with zone A + CClose browser start new bid with zone A + DClose browser start new bid with zone A + B + CClose browser start new bid with zone A + B + DClose browser start new bid with zone A + B + C + D This gives you 7 rebids instead of 3. Link to comment
DDSeeker Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 bbbb,I'd add an A + C + D bid before A + B + C + D. That gives eight free rebids. If you're like me, there are never enough free rebids! :) Link to comment
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