Priceline Hotel: South SF REJECTED 6-24 thru 6-28

[socaldave]

I travel to SF monthly. Have always had instant success with South SF Homewood Suites by Hilton. I was rejected this time. I thought it was a fluke so I tried again with a friend's account. 2nd Rejection. I liked it because of the kitchenette. Anyone heard if Hilton is raising their prices?

[socaldave]

I have had several stays at the SFO Marriott 3* hotel for $30/night (especially weekends). I was rejected this time for 6-24 thru 6-28. Has Priceline raised their lowest bid limit?

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Checking the MARRIOTT website shows a much higher rate for the first and last nite of your stay vs. the middle nites. As for the Homewood Suites i found promo rates (cheap by 'conventional booking' standards) that were not available for the first nite of your stay... this 'high' nites may likely be what is preventing your bids from being accepted.

I have merged your two posts in order to keep all bids for the same dates in the same thread.

[djohannw]

Seems to me like yield management at work. The hotel seems to be very full on thurday and pretty full over friday and saturday. My take would be that they do not release any rooms to priceline for the whole time and probably even only at higher prices for friday and saturday.

My suggestion: If you split your stay, try thursday in a different zone (e.g. the airport) and bid 6/25-6/28 in one go starting for South San Francisco at 40$ per night for a 2.5* raising 3$ each re-bid if rejected by adding San Francisco Downtown zones (note the risk that they could also have 2.5* or better hotels, but my assumption would be that these are substantially higher).

Stop at 49$ if you are not successful and reconsider the airport zone at that point which even with parking and breakfast should be in the same range. Good luck, and let us know about the outcome!

Greetings - Dirk