Priceline Hotel: Looking for 4* Chicago - River North - 12/22

[BeckyBC03]

I want to bid for a 4 star in the River North area for Friday December 22. Any ideas on where to start my bid? I bid back in August and got the Millenium Knickerbocker for $75 for Sunday night stay in August so I'm not really sure where to start for this bid. Any ideas??

Thanks!

[thereuare]

What is your maximum bid?

Is the NMA-River North area the only area you want and the Loop is not acceptable?

Let us know the above and we'll suggest a strategy to proceed.

[BeckyBC03]

Hi, maximum bid would probably have to be $90 because I know that I can book some of the likely 4* hotels for around $100 through their website. River North is the only acceptable zone. I was just not really even sure where to start on this one. After checking out sites like Travelocity, etc. it seems that rates are on the low side.

[thereuare]

Only one re-bid zone available at the 4* level in Chicago. If you're not familiar with re-bidding please read Priceline Re-Bidding Explained and feel free to ask questions and/or confirm your re-bid zones with the board before proceeding.

Select 4* NMA-River North...

Bid $55, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $60.

If the above is rejected i'd then try again every 24 hours, increasing each bid by $5. I suspect you'll be successful within a day or two.

Any questions feel free to ask.

Good Luck and let us know how it goes.

[BeckyBC03]

Thanks for the strategy! I actually had just tried $58 in River North, rejected and then tried $65 with the rebid zone and I was still rejected. I will try again tomorow. I'll let you know when I'm successful.

Thanks again for confirming that I was pretty close with my starting bid!

[BeckyBC03]

I didn't have any luck for two days but then I found a great deal on Travelzoo for the Omni Suites on Michigan Ave for $129/night including $25 breakfast credit so I thought that was a pretty good deal and just went ahead with that

Thanks for your help as always!