Priceline Hotel: 4* NYC (MTE) Grand Hyatt

[sedicivalvole]

:) Hi Folkes,

I need some help. I'm looking for a Mid East side Manhatten hotel 4*and looking to bid around $120 a night however when I get to the section on Priceline where you enter the credit card it does not allow me to select UK, ... only a US state and Zip code. Does that mean that I have to be a US citizen, or is there some way around this so I can enter my UK postcode? Any help will be welcome. Thanks in advance. :)

Regards

Lee

[thereuare]

See this thread: PRICELINE BIDDING from Canada

Let us know how your bidding goes or if we can be of further help.

[pirate]

Good Morning Sedicivalvole,

I am a UK member who has been using Priceline US for several years without any problem, in fact I use Priceline UK concurrently to bid in UK. Both sites recognise me as a registered user and I use the same credit card on both without problems.

I find that using the following address format works:

Address: 123 A STREET

City: A TOWN UK Don't put a comma between your town name and UK

State: UTAH

Zip Code: 99999

Telephone: 4412345678

Phone number must be 10 digits, 44 is uk code, leave out the first 0 in area code to dial from abroad anyway, drop the last two numbers. They never phone you anyway!

Use the same format for the billing address section of your credit card details. Visa card is usually the best bet, followed by Mastercard and Amex in that order.

I have used broadly this format when buying all sorts of products and services from American web sites, which often simply refuse to co-operate unless one has a zip code and US style phone number. Never had a problem.

The 99999 zip code was given to me by a US telesales operative many years ago, who told me that they were trained to enter that when selling to overseas clients in order to get around the computer program, which wouldn't allow them to process an order until the proper client contact details had been entered into the company database. It has always worked a charm!

Pirate :)

[sedicivalvole]

:) FANTASTIC guys, just bid and won the Grand Hyatt New York for $125 . Thanks for all your help, ....Truly BRILLIANT forum!

Lee

[thereuare]

Can you please include the dates of your stay and any bidding history (if your first bid wasn't accepted).

Thanks.

[sedicivalvole]

The dates of stay are 01/19/06 - 01/23/06 my first bid of $125 was accepted.

Thanks again for your help! :)

[thereuare]

I'm a big fan of this property... great location and still being able to walk outside of your hotel without dealing with excessive crowds each time you leave the hotel.

Enjoy your stay.