Priceline Hotel: 4* NYC (MTE) Omni Berkshire

[Aroundtheworld]

I used the betterbidding PRICELINE link.

I've been trying for 3 days and finally won a 4* bid for MTE at $270 (10/9-10/14) at the Omni Berkshire Place

I reserved 6 Columbia circle for $285/night as a fallback.

I recorded what Hotwire had and what i bid:

9/25/08 1AM

Priceline

* MTE: 150

* MTE, Central Park South: 160

* MTE, CPS, Time Square: 177

* MTE, CPS, TS, Midtown West: 190

* MTE, CPS, TS, MTW, Chelsea Area:201

* MTE, CPS, TS, MTW, CA, Madison Square Garden:215

Hotwire

* 4* midtown South: 305

* 4* midtown East: 312

* 4.5* Midtown Central: 403

* 4* Midtown Central: 319

* 4* Times Square: 335

9/25/08 6PM

Priceline

* MTE, Brooklyn: 200

* MTE, B, Chelsea, : 210

* MTE, B, C, Long Island: 220

* MTE, Madison Square Garden: 230

* MTE, MSG, B: 240

* MTE, MSG, B, C: 250

* MTE, MSG, B, C, L: 260

9/26/08 6PM

Hotwire

* 4* midtown Central: $259

* 4* midtown East: $299

* 4.5* midtown Central: $409

* 4* downtown SoHo: $278

* 4* Midtown South: $299

* 4* Central Park: $329

Priceline

* MTE, B, Upper East side: 220

* MTE, B, UES, C: 230

* MTE, B, UES, C, LI: 240

* MTE, Upper West side: 250 <---at this point Priceline offered me a second bid for free at $275 (i didnt take it)

* MTE,UWS, B: 255

* MTE, UWS, B, C: 260

* MTE, UWS, B, C, LI: 265

* MTE, MSG, UES:270 Accepted

Seeing the new posts, maybe i should have just gone for time square for $50/night less. Omni looks really nice so i'm happy.

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Congratulations on your win!

I think you paid a little more for this than others have around the same timeframe since you only wanted the MTE zone (it appears from your bidding) so all the other hotels in the midtown zone didn't have an opportunity to accept any of your lower bids. Not sure if your plans dicated you being in this zone, but given the hotel direct price for these dates averages $437/nite, this looks like a very nice deal.

Thank you for sharing your win with the board and using our PRICELINE link to begin your bidding.

Enjoy your stay.

PS- as i often recommend to those staying in this area, you're close to Ess-A-Bagel on Third Ave at 51st St, one of the best bagels in the city and makes for a nice, inexpensive, breakfast among NYers... recommended for breakfast one morning if you have the time.