Hotwire Hotel: 4* Atlanta (Downtown) Hyatt Regency

[cfprunner]

Hyatt Regency Atlanta

HotelAddress: 265 Peachtree Street NE,

HotelCityStateZip: Atlanta, GA, 30303

HotelPhone: (404) 577-1234

Exercise, Pool, Rest, Business, Internet

4-star hotel in Downtown Atlanta Area

This hotel features the following amenities:

• Fitness Center
  
• Pool
  
• Restaurant
  
• Business Center
  
• High-speed Internet Access
  

[cfprunner]

Here is what happened:

1. I booked my Hotwire Trip by starting at www.betterbidding.com and entering my dates.
   
2. My PC has a cookie installed for Hotwire so it recognized my account.
   
3. I booked the Hyatt Downtown Atlanta for 10/6/2009-10/7/2009 for $69.
   
4. My friend then went to www.betterbidding.com and entering the same date dates.
   
5. Hotwire quoted $72. She booked her room and confirmed it was the Hyatt as well.
   
6. I forgot to write down the amenities so I went back to Hotwire and searched the dates again--still logged in--and was quoted $69 again.
   

The only thing we did differently is that I booked while logged into hotwire but she booked as a 'guest'.

Has anyone seen this before? Is there some other explaination?

[yellowdog]

Thank you for sharing your win with the board

Enjoy your stay.

Please use the site's HOTWIRE and PRICELINE links to start future purchases.

Yellowdog.

[thereuare]

The hotel sets the price and then HOTWIRE adds a variable mark-up... the mark-up is variable so that the $68 hotel is not always 'Hotel X' and the $71 hotel is not always 'Hotel Y'. The difference in the two prices between your and your friend is simply the difference in mark-up and could have just as easily been the other way around.