Priceline Hotel: 2.5* Oakland-East Bay (Oakland) Courtyard Downtown

[Mannedorf]

Thought I would get airport Hilton based upon previous posts, but got Courtyard Marriott. Initial bid of $42, and received counter-offer to increase by $22 to $64. One night 7/21/07, $78.84 after taxes and service fees . Turned out to be a better location since I am going to a wedding reception down the street at the Oakland Marriott City Center.

[thereuare]

Thank you for sharing your winning bid with the board and helping us add this property to the Priceline Hotel List.

The Hilton is 3* rated and usually goes for a bit more than this, so probably wasn't a very likely scenario based upon you bidding 2.5* and an amount lower than it has usually been won for... but all is well that ends well, glad to hear this works out even better for your plans :)

Also, priceline's counter-offers can almost always be under-cut, when you have some time give this thrad a read: Priceline Suggests Priceline to Pay

Thanks again for sharing yoru win(s) and have a great trip.

[Mannedorf]

I think I unsuccessfully bid for a 3* in Oakland, and then decided that I was not willing to pay too much for it. So I started a new bid for 2 1/2*. I don't think there were too many re-bid zones, and I didn't want to drag out the bidding process another day, so I accepted the counter-offer. We got a king bed with a pullout sofa, neither of which was very comfortable. There was free valet parking and the room was nice and quiet. Okay and economical for a one night stay.