athtrasna Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Am very experienced with PRICELINE and am so annoyed that this has happened.Need a room in Chicago for 9/24. Have cancellable reservation for NMA in an all suites hotel but would prefer a nice 4* (Hotwire has a 4* on NMA for $109). Plenty of time to bid and re-bid so started low. From the PRICELINE link on here we selected city and date. Once on PL we selected NMA and bid $81, rejected. Added MDW as a re-bid strategy and went on to the contract page. Now this is where I messed up, I checked the price on the new contract page but didn't double check the areas. Confirmed order and voila 4* in O'HARE!! Went back and O'Hare is on the contract page but I am 100% certain I didn't select it. PL say I initialled the page so my fault.Yes I did mess up by not double checking the contract page but am annoyed that an area I didn't select even made it to the contract page :) Link to comment
thereuare Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Sorry to hear you ended up in a zone that you didn't intend.Can you please add a reply to this thread with the name of the hotel you did receive and the amount of the winning bid so we can add this information to the topic title.When you went back to the contract page was MDW also checked or only OHare?Thank you for sharing your win with the board and using our PRICELINE link to begin your bidding. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
athtrasna Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Sorry it was the Hyatt Regency O'Hare for $86! We already have a booking there for 9/19 which we won on PL for $60!!! Link to comment
AaronJB Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Sorry to hear that this happened - I'd try again to see if you could talk to someone else at PL.Could you post the 9/19 booking in a separate thread? Thanks. Link to comment
thereuare Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 When you went back to the contract page was MDW also checked or only OHare? Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
athtrasna Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 When we went back to the contract page O'Hare was there as O'hAre ...which yes we should have noticed before initialling but I only checked the price. The mix of capitals etc was strange too as our booking for 9/19 has correct type. Link to comment
thereuare Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 I'm asking if MDW was also checked.... is it possible that you selected OHare Airport instead of Midway Airport when you added the re-bid zone? Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
athtrasna Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Process was...accessed PL from this site1st bid $81 NMA2nd bid $86 + MDW - I did NOT select ORDSomehow the contract page says NMA, ORD & MDW..which I initalled. Stupidly only checked the price. Won't make that mistake again. Won't be using the reservation either, why would we want a hotel 18 miles from our preferred area? Link to comment
mrsqueegy Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 How disappointing! Is it possible to have someone else you know use the reservation? Just a thought. Link to comment
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