Priceline Hotel: Resort Oahu (Waikiki Beach) Marriott

[travelAlot]

FYI that this is the likely resort hotel and pricepoint for this zone currently based on Marriott.com rates ($179), hotwire indicators Sheraton successes posted here (also resort in same zone) and other postings.

Used a $5/night bonus cash (from the June Budget Traveler magazine -- PL hasn't been giving me these lately), and began at with-bonus rate of $85 in $2-$3 increments until total bid reached mid-$90's. Then went in $1 increments (was offered a "generous" LOL $22 counteroffer at $97..meaning Pl would accept $119) until accepted -- knowing that I had approx 10 rebids if I did two sets of bids (which is plenty knowing that mid-$80s on a very lucky day abberation to about $101-102 is the accepted PL resort range). Perfect hotel as well (that's why jumped on this today), as my travel companion is big into beaches (Marriott is right across from a very good one) and me not as much (hey I don't mind sleeping in on vacation mornings LOL).

My apologizes on one thing -- despite my best efforts, I couldn't link to PRICELINE from BB then cut-paste my offer hyperlink (because it wasn't a "bonus offer" on my account) to get both the bonus $5/night and BB the cookie/credit. Tried this 2-3 times...the bonus amount displayed but disappeared when I went to the actual bidding page (no $5 additional added to bid). FYI especially for Thereuare -- feel free to delete this paragraph but i wanted you to realize that i tried as I always do.

[thereuare]

Congratualtions on your success!

Glad to see you received the hote you were hoping for and at a great rate.

Thanks for trying to use our PRICELINE link along with your bonus money. I understand you couldn't use in this situation, but I'll add the following for any lurkers who may not know, you usually can use our PRICELINE link along with your bonus money:

1) use our link to go to PRICELINE

2) go to the MY PROFILE>>MY REWARDS section using the navigation on the top right side of their home page

3) use the bonus money link in the MY REWARDS section of your profile

Enjoy your stay and have a great time in Hawaii.