Priceline Hotel: 3* NYC (LGA) Holiday Inn

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Had late flight in and early out with a daylong meeting in between, so decided to stay right at LGA instead of staying in the city this time. Because LGA hotels are so close to the airport, getting in will be a breeze on the subway. And not bad saying in NYC for $75 a night anyway.

I was going for as low a price as possible, and would have been very satisfied with either of the 2.5* LGA hotels usually sold on Priceline, and there had been very little reported bid activity on Betterbidding, so I bid low and hoped for the best. For a 2.5* my only re-bid zone was Bayside, which only has 2* hotels. As always used the link at top right of betterbidding to start my bids.

So I bid $65, rejected

bid $70, rejected

waited a day

bid $70, rejected but got a counteroffer of $92. I never accept counteroffers.

bid $75, got it. They upgraded me to a 3* - Holiday Inn.

Turns out the Holiday Inn is even more convenient - it's across from Shea and just a couple blocks from the 7 line, so I don't even need to take a bus - just straight shot subway in. Should be smooth. Gets great ratings too.

Check-In Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Check-Out Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009

Priceline Customer Service Number: 1-800-657-9168

Hotel Name: Holiday Inn Laguardia Airport

37-10 114th Street

Corona, New York 11368

718-651-2100

Your Offer Price: $75.00

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 2

Subtotal: $150.00

Taxes: $29.54

Fees: $10.18

Total Charges*: $189.72