Priceline Hotel: failing with 10/3 bid so far

[tekob]

I am bidding for 1 night 10/3 in SF anywhere downtown. I have way too many bids to show, 20 in all as I break them up by zones for as many options as possible and for knowing what zone the win is in at the lowest price. In a nut shell here is what I have already bid on when I summarize the whole process. . .

4* USE, USW, SOMA, EMB $75

4* USE, USW, SOMA,EMB,CC $85

4* USE, USW, SOMA,EMB,CC,MAR $95

4* USE, USW, SOMA,EMB,CC,MAR,FW $103

4* USE, USW, SOMA,EMB,CC,MAR,FW,SSF $110

Any suggestions?

[thereuare]

What is the best deal you're able to find thru conventional booking channels? What is your maximum bid for this stay (or before you consider lowering to the 3.5* level)

HOTWIRE has a 4* in the Embarcadero zone for $155/nite and other 4* properties at $185+ (although i haven't yet checked to see if any/all of these are likley 4* rated by PRICELINE as well)

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.

[tekob]

I have found the same option that you are quoting of $155 for 4* Embarcadero and $189 for 4* USW thru Hotwire. Expedia has the best seen deal of $159 for the Grand Hyatt (USE) next best is $199 Nikko (USW) and the Palomar (Soma?) $239 the Clift (USW) is $256, Park 55 (USW) $259 and the Palace (Soma) $269 as of this moment.

[tekob]

I am open on the 3.5* bid. It seems there would only be Sir Francis Drake and Club Quarters available in the downtown area. Sir Francis Drake is actually higer through conventional avenues at this time, Expedia $309 but Club Quarters is $114 for a standard room. So I guess I only want to bid to around $120 for a 4* befor I cut back on the bid price for the 3.5 * assuming I would only get Club Quarters for lower than $114.

[thereuare]

On my search at Expedia i'm not seeing the Grand Hyatt for your nite.

To bid at the 4* level you have FOUR re-bid zones available. If you're not familiar with re-bidding please read Priceline Re-Bidding Explained and feel free to ask questions and/or confirm your re-bid zones with the board before proceeding.

(NOTE: 're-bid zone1' is not the same as priceline's Zone1, 're-bid zone2' is not the same as priceline's Zone2, etc, etc)

Select 4* USE, USW, SOMA, EMB...

Bid $80, if rejected add re-bid zone1...

Bid $90, if rejected add re-bid zone2...

Bid $95, if rejected add re-bid zone3...

Bid $100, if rejected close browser and use our link to re-access PRICELINE

Select 4* USE, USW, SOMA, EMB and re-bid zone4...

Bid $105, if rejected add re-bid zone1...

Bid $110, if rejected add re-bid zone2...

Bid $115, if rejected add re-bid zone3...

Bid $120

Any questions feel free to ask.

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

[thombaugh]

Bad weekend for San Francisco, as there is free concert in the park which draws about 300,000 people. The whole city is booked up, but I did get wharf 90$ radisson sat night and was happy for that

[tekob]

I tried on PRICELINE again yesterday.

4* USE, USW, SOMA, EMB

I started at $90 and using free rebids along with checking out and changing combos bidding up to $130.

I also tried for a 3-1/2* for up to $115.

No luck so far! I may or may not try again.

What is lucky is I booked a backup room with Club Quarters through Club Quarters for $114 two days ago.

That went up to $269 as of yesterday on Expedia!

[AaronJB]

Nice timing on your CQ booking! :) Must be something going on during this time period in San Fran.

HOTWIRE is showing a 4* in USW for $145, which may be an option if you go any higher on PRICELINE and continue to have bids rejected.

Thank you for using the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links.