Las Vegas LAS Compact Avis

[jdmss]

Usually bid at $13 but I thought I would start at $10 and got accepted !! Whoo Hoo

Total Charges to your Credit Card:

Your Offer Price: $10.00

Total Rental Days: 4

Subtotal: $40.00

Taxes & Fees: $32.19

Total Charges: $72.19

Lowest Published Price: $207.73

Total Savings:* $135.54

[thereuare]

Nicely done... congratulations on your win!

Looks like a GREAT rate.

[irobot]

Ok, maybe I'm not seeing the big picture here, but I have never tried priceline for a car rental because I've had the impression that it just didn't save you much (if anything) over renting directly. For example, I've got a reservation through Thrifty for Jan 10 - 18 in LAS for a mid-size car. Total cost was $181. That's without coupons, discounts or anything. Based on the best rates I've seen posted here, how would a PL reservation be worthwhile?

[A Bradley]

irobot,

I agree with you. I'm on this board today because this is the first time I actually booked a car with priceline. Usually I find a better deal with Hertz, Budget or Enterprise. This time priceline beat my lowest cancellable reservation by $10 for a three day reservation, and I went up from compact to midsize.

[eagle1584]

I've used Priceline a few times in Las Vegas and almost always been around half the best rate with a coupon that I've found. I generally have always gotten mid-size cars around $13 without working it very hard. I'm sure that with a bit of strategy it can be done cheaper as this post suggests. But for some reason I've always done well at $13 a day. I also seem to do better booking about 2 weeks out from my trip. I do however usually book a cancellable vehicle early trying to find a discount coupon or special online as a back up.

I've been really happy with priceline results on cars.