How close to time frame should you bid

[penny pincher]

I am looking for 3 airline tickets memorial day weekend and I tried to bids on PRICELINE and both were turned down. Im wandering if I should wait until it gets closer or if my bids are too low.

I am looking at STL to MSP. Currently they offer $139 with fees for each ticket. I bid $69 and $75 with fees and was still turned down.

thank in advance

[thereuare]

Please add the date(s) of your stay to your Priceline St Louis thread so that win can appear in the Priceline and Hotwire Calendar of Wins, as well as follow-up your previous Hotwire St Louis thread with whatever you ended up doing for that stay.

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[thereuare]

What is the breakdown of base fare and taxes/fees for this ticket?

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[penny pincher]

Now it says $224 and $245 with fees.

If I bid a price they add $39.55 per ticket for taxes and fee's.

So I tried $20 and $25 plus the $39.55 taxes and fee's on each ticket.

not sure why the price went up.

[thereuare]

Based upon the current ticket quote the base fare is ~$180/ticket... so you won't be successful with a $20 bid.

Even using the previous ticket price of $139, base fare is ~$100... making your $20 bid an 80% discount to the base fare for that ticket... again, not a high probability bet.

Are current rates still at $200+

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