Hotwire's Reference Guide

[dc3]

This document explains every detail of Hotwire's process for a vendor.

http://www.utellportal.com/Marketing/hotwi...20-vApril03.pdf

It follows from links peviously posted here for priceline and hotwire.

http://www.utellportal.com/Marketing/priceline

http://www.utellportal.com/Marketing/hotwire/

The current owner of Hotwire is Expedia, not the airlines and travel groups in the document but this would not change things for the user.

[Colfax]

Interesting, dc3. Thanks for posting.

The document is from 2003 and no doubt some Hotwire policies have changed since then. I didn't read the whole 11-page document but the new thing I learned--if it's still true--is that the one hotel Hotwire displays for a certain zone and quality level might not be the lowest price hotel available to Hotwire.

Here's what the utell document says on page 4:

With Hotwire, the lowest price wins - with one key exception (below).

In a given search, if you are the lowest priced hotel in your star category, Hotwire shows the customer a price that includes your rate plus Hotwire