tkpaul Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 I have only a minute to post this, so I'll try to give you the full history briefly. I began bidding about 8/1/09. Started with USE and went from $76 to $90 by $2 increments using the permutations of the 4 free re-bid zones. A few days ago, I began bidding for SoMa/Moscone Center first, going from $76 - $100 (and then $106 yesterday) because I saw a win for Hotel Paloma. I then did the same permutation bidding for USE going up to $106 yesterday. I bid for USW a little yesterday, but only went up to $90. SoMa PL hotels all seem good; USE has Grand Hyatt, which seems good to PL customers; Hilton (USW) seems to treat PL customers a little differently. This is the reason for my multi-layered (and convoluted) bidding.So today, I began with SoMa/Moscone at $82, raising by $2 increments, got to $90 and got the "raise your bid by $20" message, which I ignored. I kept with the plan, got to $94 and got the "raise your bid by $22" message ($2 more than last time when I bid $4 less...hmm...doesn't that prove that it's random?) , which I ignored again. I hit at $96 for the Marriott, which is the same hotel where I'm staying for a conference beginning on 8/18.Check-In: Friday, August 14, 2009 Check-Out: Monday, August 17, 2009 Hotel Name: San Francisco Marriott55 Fourth Street San Francisco, California 94103 Your Offer Price: $96.00 Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Nights: 3 Subtotal: $288.00 Taxes and Service Fees: $53.40 Total Charges*: $341.40 Marriott website rate is $169 and my conference rate is $135 (assuming they'd let me add 4 days to the beginning of my stay). I bid using the PRICELINE link. Thanks to everyone for your help. I couldn't bid successfully without all the support from other posters and from the BetterBidding team. Link to comment
yellowdog Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 Congratulations on your success!Thank you for sharing your win with the board and using our PRICELINE link to begin your bidding :) Great to see that you find the board useful.Have a nice stay.Yellowdog. Link to comment
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