Priceline Hotel: 3* Cleveland (Downtown) Doubletree Downtown Lakeside

[Aussie_Nat]

3* Cleveland (Downtown/Lakeside) Doubletree Hotel May 6 2009 - May 9 2009

Tried on one day to get a 3.5* hotel for $40 with no success and raised my bid to $55 for a 3.5* and got this response

Try Again Right Now

We searched hundreds of options to find your hotel room, however we can't accept your offer of $55 per room, per night. Your credit card has not been charged for Request Number XXXXXXXXX. If you are willing to raise your price by $15, you can try the same request again right now.

Normally you are required to change additional items (add zones, star level, or dates) in order to try your request again. However we are able to extend this one-time opportunity to you because of the zone, quality level and dates you requested.

The Australian dollar's exchange rate to the US dollar is bad at the moment and with more hotels to book I didn't really want to spend much more money so lowered my star rating to 2*, changed my amount to $45 and won the bid on a 3* hotel.

Congratulations, we

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Congratulations on your success! Nice to see you got upgraded on your 2* bid as that could have been "iffy" and i woudl think you're certainly much better with a Doubletree branded property! :)

Thank you for sharing your results with the board.

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Enjoy your stay.

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