Lady Reeler Posted September 1, 2003 Report Posted September 1, 2003 In NYC I bid $95 for MTW MTE CPS and it took too long for a result. I stopped it and checked my status. It was rejected, but why did it keep going on and on for so long? It never stopped.
thereuare Posted September 1, 2003 Report Posted September 1, 2003 It takes awhile for them to search all of the greatest name-brand hotels and quality independents to find a hotel that will accept your price :) It could have been their server hanging or your computer hanging... just like when you visit a website occaisionally and the browser doesn't seem to ever stop. I wouldn't read too much into it. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
Jacqui Posted September 1, 2003 Report Posted September 1, 2003 I had similar issues with bidding 5* today in New York. Every bid went to email response, and on a few occassions I received the usual email and found out that my bid had been rejected, while priceline was telling me it was still searching in another window!
Welldone Rumproast Posted September 1, 2003 Report Posted September 1, 2003 Same thing was happening on the 29th when I was bidding for Sacramanto - three rejections and the ultimate acceptance all hit my e-mail inbox while the bid screen was still "searching" :)
Scorp Posted September 1, 2003 Report Posted September 1, 2003 I have noticed this happening over the past couple of days also. It is quite annoying. I am at the point where I just close the browser window that is 'actively' searching and wait for the email to arrive. The original window never seems to find the results of the search.
Scorp Posted September 1, 2003 Report Posted September 1, 2003 Also, once you do get a winning bid, you may not receive email notifying you of the results of your bidding. I received email for all my LOSING bids, and was closing the 'never-ending' search screen down, so when my bid did win, I had no way of knowing, except to go back to Priceline.com and search for the results by email-address and credit card detail. Very annoying.
Scorp Posted September 2, 2003 Report Posted September 2, 2003 This sub-thread should probably be somewhere else, because it is not just about NYC hotels, but... I did send Priceline an email about this, because there really is something disconnected between the search screen and the actual bid results. I don't know if they really understood what I was trying to tell them, but they did send me a message going through some ways to retrieve information about reservations.... :)
zbenye Posted September 2, 2003 Report Posted September 2, 2003 This has been going on for about a week now. It's not related to any one area, it seems to be happening with all bids. The email comes in within a few seconds, but the result of the bid is not available for at least 20 minutes. Makes rebidding very time-consuming. Probably another case of Priceline releasing insufficiently-tested software modifications to production.
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