Priceline Hotel: 3 or 4* for under $135

[johnkane]

I will be travelling to Boston to see the Bruins play the Canadiens on Tuesday and wanted to stay in the downtown area. I am new to priceline and dont quite know how to work out the bidding process. I have read other posts but dont understand the rebid process since priceline does not allow me to rebid. Can someone help me out with this? I guess the Copley or Quincy areas would be best for getting to and from the Garden. Suggestions would be appreciated.

john

[allybunnie]

John - If you look at my post for my win for the 4* Westin Waterfront for $115.00 on 5/24 - 5/25 - you will see a great bidding strategy that thereuare gave me - we did not use the Copley Sq area though as we were trying not to stay there - I will give you what I THINK would be the strategy to use (although I am sort of new to this also)which is only for a 4*, or you could wait until thereuare or someone else who is great at this responds...the Westin Waterfront is down by the Convention Center which is just a short distance I think from Quincy Mkt (off the silver line - world trade ctr stop) which is on the "T" line also, so if you DONT want to stay there DONT use this bidding strategy - also when the strategy says close your browser - close both web pages - (the savings barn link & this forum link & then start everything over & it will let you do the next step) - you wont be able to rebid before 24 hrs of your rejected offer from priceline if you have already tried to bid today for these areas....I just checked & the free rebid zones I used to get the 4* hotel are still there, but that could change if you cant bid now as you should always check the rebid zones before you start...if you are not familiar with re-bidding read Priceline re-Bidding Explained on this forum....

use PRICELINE link...

select 4* Quincy Market...

Bid $80, if rejected add re-bid zone1...(brighton)

Bid $85, if rejected add re-bid zone2...(s. boston)

Bid $90, if rejected close browser and re-access thru our link to PRICELINE

Select 4* Copley...

Bid $80, if rejected add re-bid zone1...(brighton)

Bid $85, if rejected add re-bid zone2...(s.boston)

Bid $90, if rejected close browser and re-access thru our link to PRICELINE

Select 4* Waterfront

Bid $80, if rejected add re-bid zone1...(brighton)

Bid $85, if rejected add re-bid zone2...(s.boston)

Bid $90, if rejected close browser and re-access thru our link to PRICELINE

Select 4* Quincy Mkt and re-bid zone3...(medford)

Bid $95, if rejected add re-bid zone1...(brighton)

Bid $100, if rejected add re-bid zone2...(s. boston)

Bid $105, if rejected close browser and re-access thru our link to PRICELINE

Select 4* Copley and re-bid zone3...(medford)

Bid $95, if rejected add re-bid zone1...(brighton)

Bid $100, if rejected add re-bid zone2...(s. boston)

Bid $105, if rejected close browser and re-access thru our link to PRICELINE

Select 4* Waterfront and re-bid zone3...(medford)

Bid $95, if rejected add re-bid zone1...(brighton)

Bid $100, if rejected add re-bid zone2...(s. boston)

Bid $105, if rejected close browser and re-access thru our link to PRICELINE

Select 4* Quincy, Copley & Waterfront

Bid $110, if rejected add re-bid zone...(medford)

Bid $115, if rejected add re-bid zone...(s boston)

Bid $120, if rejected add re-bid zone...(brighton)

Bid $125.00

This only gets you to the $125.00 point as that is as far as I went....this is what I THINK will work for you, but if you want to wait for thereuare or another "expert" on this feel free to do so....... I hope this helps or at least gets you started in the right direction as this forum is the best to learn about priceline etc........good luck - allie

[johnkane]

the PRICELINE link does not work.

[johnkane]

well went through the detailed bidding and no go up to 125$. Should i lower the star rating to 3?

Do i have to change names and credit card to rebid with slightly higher pricing?

[allybunnie]

John - If I were you I would wait until one of the "experts" replies that will give you the best bidding strategy at this point to lower the star rating to a 3* - I would be guessing that by adding the 3* at this point they will be using your $125.00 max bid on the 4* which I can only guess is too high for possibly getting a 3* hotel....I would hope you might do much better than that price although when I look on Quickbook.com it does say that there is limited availability for 4/15 - maybe there is a big convetion or something going on this week?????? I'm sure someone has some better strategies for you to try at this point....good luck - allie

[johnkane]

Thanks allie I appreciate the help. If anyone has a strategy that i could use i would greatly appreciate it.

John

[allybunnie]

John - I see no one has replied to your question - my suggestion to you at this point would be that if you are comfortable in trying for a 3* - when I just looked at priceline, all 3 zones you were trying for before (Quincy, Copley, & Waterfront) have 3* hotels also in their zones & the 3 "free rebid zones" you were using before all still look OK to use (although before you bid you should recheck to be sure nothing changed), so I would try again after your 24hr waiting period for priceline is up today & use the same strategy as before only use 3* instead of 4* like you tried yesterday. I don't know much about what hotels are the 3* on priceline, as I have only won 4* (& I am still learning about these bidding strategies myself!!) - but if you are comfortable in trying this I hope it works for you....allie

[johnkane]

Well, i gave up on PRICELINE and booked via HOTWIRE and got the airport hilton for $100 everything in. Not bad i guess. I would really like to try priceline again.

john

[thereuare]

Can you share your HOTWIRE results with the board?

Please provide the star rating, zone, hotel received, price paid, dates of your stay, and amenities shown before your purchase. You can still view all of this information by going to HOTWIRE and clicking the MY ACCOUNT link near the top of their home page.

You can post the information in this thread and we'll then adjust your topic title and move to the HOTWIRE section of the board.

Thanks.