BOS to RAP 10/22/09 - 10/26/09

[giadav]

Hello....I have never used priceline to bid for airfare, but i have successfully used it for hotels. The going rate for a 1 stop round trip ticket is $515 with taxes ($466 w/out taxes). how do I go about bidding?

Could I possible get a ticket for around $200-250? is that reasonable? Boston to Rapid City, SD.

Thanks.

[thereuare]

It hasn't been a great market for deep discuonts in airfare, but given the prices above, how much of a discount would you need to make an opaque airfare purhase (where you can't choose the times of depature/arrival, length or city of layover, etc) worthwhile?

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[giadav]

Probably not more than $300 per ticket including taxes. What do you think?

Thanks for moving this thread, I posted it in the wrong spot and couldn't correct it.

[thereuare]

So you're looking at a maximum bid of ~$250/tix (given the $50 fees/taxes above)

While deep airfare discounts have generally been tough to come by lately, you can start at $150 (or whatever price you choose) and increase in $10 increments (or whatever amount you choose) by using airfare re-bids, using different cities as your departing/arrival airport. See this Priceline Airfare Re-Bidding thread for further info and ask any questions that you may have.

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Good luck and let us know how it goes.

[giadav]

Thanks...I'll keep you posted.