Priceline Hotel: 3* New Orleans (Metairie-Harahan) Sheraton

[hl23]

Sheraton - Metairie $72 12/25/07-12/28/07 2 rooms

bid same day (12/25) rejected @ 69 or 70, accepted @72. i am posting this better late than never as i was charged by both priceline and the hotel. the sheraton told me that priceline's credit card didn't go through so they charged my CC. the offer was for $72 for 3 nights, 2 rooms for a total of $432

taxes/fees 78.34

total 510.34

priceline was charged EXACTLY $480.30. i did get the charges reversed but, i was a bit surprised at the spread between what i paid priceline and what they paid for the rooms. i only overpaid by a max of $2 per room per night. their pricing structure of what they need to make per res or room may have changed quite a bit!

[thereuare]

Thank you for sharing your previous win with the board.

The 'spread' really isn't as large as you think it is...

The tax rate in this area is 12.75%.

Your rate: $432

Taxes (12.75%): 55.08

Total: $487.08 (vs Priceline's $480.30)

So the difference is really the amount of fees, which in the case above is about $23... which comes to about $4 per room per nite (given your '6 room nites), which doesn't seem out of line at all, imo.