Priceline Hotel: 4* NYC (MTE) Grand Hyatt

[Chnou]

Hi,

I'm just wondering: in the "Calendar of Wins" someone won the Benjamin for the week of 4/27 at 111$ with Priceline. Now, on Priceline, the Benjamin is advertised at 345$ for this period.

Is it realy possible that they give 65% discount on that???

Thanks a lot for your help!

[blagga]

Having just been through this, yes, it really is possible. See my Benjamin Hotel NYC post earlier. Good luck!

[jxv]

The winning bid of $111 is not for April dates but for January dates, if you click on that link you will see it. I don't know why that appeared in April.

[thereuare]

The date of that thread was in the wrong format, this has been fixed and that thread should no longer appear for dates other than the actual dates of that stay.

[Chnou]

Hi,

I was wondering: I have seen on the calendar of wins that for one particular day, two different hotels, from the same bid-zone, had been won at different prices (in this case MTE: The Barclay @ 115$ and The Benjamin @ 136$ on 4/27).

Now, let say I want to stay at the Benjamin: By bidding 140$, will I end up at this one, or is there a big chance I still end up at the Barclay (and obviously paying 25$ more than needed...)

Thanks a lot for your help on this matter.

Best regards,

Ronald

[AaronJB]

There's a big chance of the latter - paying more than needed for the Barclay.

Please use the site's PRICELINE link to start your bidding.

[dahammer]

Now, let say I want to stay at the Benjamin: By bidding 140$, will I end up at this one, or is there a big chance I still end up at the Barclay (and obviously paying 25$ more than needed...)

Priceline encourages its participating hotels to load multiple price points to maximize revenue, so its unwise to increase your bid for a specific hotel. In addition, since each hotel's room inventory changes daily because of new bookings and cancellations, prices that were accepted weeks or months ago may not be accepted (or may be higher) than bids submitted now.

[Chnou]

Hi,

Started at 100$ MTE....Refused

Added Long Island at 105$...Refused

Added Brooklyn at 110$....Refused

Added Chelsea at 115$...Accepted.

Of course, I used the PRICELINE link...

I have already found my reservation on the Hyatt Website and apparently I received an Executive Room...I have no idea if this is better than normal ones. Maybe someone knows more?

Cheers

Ronald

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

Looks like an excellent deal for this stay... hope you're happy with the results and this property works well for your needs.

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

Enjoy your stay.

[Chnou]

Hi,

As we are heading to NY as part of our Honeymoon, I was looking to contact the hotel directly by email to see if they could arrange us some special things...

Would someone of you guys have an email address of the sales/marketing/reservation department of the Grand Hyatt?

Thanks in advance,

Ronald

[thereuare]

If you call central reservations they should be able to give you whatever email contact info you need.

[Chnou]

Hi,

Thanks for the info. I sent an email with the request. We'll see if I get an upgrade...

Something different now (I'm not sure I have to post it here, but I don't know where else, and it's still related to my trip): We want to go to a musical/play.

What is the best in town for the moment? (I know it's kind of subjective, but I really would like your opinion.). We have already seen mamma mia and the lion king.

Thanks a lot !

Cheers

Ronald

[AaronJB]

I'm not sure regarding musicals, but I'd also consider calling Hyatt's reservation line to discuss with them. Given that this is a HOTWIRE reservation, they may not be able to grant any major requests, I've always found Hyatt's phone customer service to be pretty nice.

[Chnou]

Thanks for the advice!