Priceline Hotel: Milwaukee 2.5* (8/21-8/25) - Bid $50, Received Response - Help

[Nickerbocker]

Milwaukee (Downtown) 3* - 8/21-8/25

On 7/25, I bid the following amounts without success: $35, $40, $43, $45. I am going to attend a conference being held at the US Cellular Arena and I would guess that this has many of the rooms in the downtown area already taken. I will continue to bid daily and am considering attempting a bid on the 2.5* category.

[Nickerbocker]

I bid $50 for the above dates and star rating and received the following response. What does this mean?

We searched hundreds of options to find your hotel room, however we were not able to find a hotel that would accept your price for $50 per room, per night. Your credit card has not been charged for Request Number xxx-xxx-xxx-xx. If you are willing to raise your price by $14, you can try the same request again right now.

Normally you are required to change additional items (add zones, star level, or dates) in order to try your request again. However we are able to extend this one-time opportunity to you because of the zone, quality level and dates you requested.

[thereuare]

This is a counter-offer, and is explained in more detail here: Priceline Suggests Priceline to Pay

Essentially you are almost assured of a win of you raise your bid to $64. As you have no re-bid zones available, you can't undercut this amount. You can either accept their $64 price OR you can wait 24 hours and try a figure in between... we usually recommend cutting the difference in half (in this instance $57).

If you're bidding downtown and are not in a rush, i would wait the 24 hours and try an amount such as $52 or $55.

Any questions feel free to ask.

Good Luck and let us know how it goes.

[Nickerbocker]

Due to the fact that I was unable to find a room at the price and in the area I desired, I chose to cancel the trip. Thanks for your help!