Priceline Hotel: 3.5* Los Angeles (Santa Monica-Marina Del Rey) Doubletree Guest Suites

[edana]

I just bid $150 for 4/2/10 Santa Monica 4* & got rejected. I then bid $86 for 3.5 *

and got accepted by Doubletree Guest Suites, Santa Monica (which I thought

was only 3* and accepted bids of $65). Did Doubletree's rating somehow just improve or did I got crossed up?

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Congratulations on your success! This property has been upgraded to the 3.5* level, thank you for sharing your win with the board and helping us update the Priceline Hotel List.

Hope you're happy with the results and this works well for your plans.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

Enjoy your stay.

[edana]

Thank you for your cordial response and invaluable, informative website. However my emoticon and point were to indicate that since this hotel was historically accepting lower bids (i.e. at $65) as a 3* I felt I overpaid a bit when they suddenly "upgraded" (and also just ended self parking and raised their exclusive valet charge to $28), and took my higher ($86) bid with which I intended to try for one of the more traditional 3.5* properties along or closer to the ocean. Ahhh, the uncertainties of bidding....

[thereuare]

With a conventionally booked room at nearly $200/nite for the date above i don't think you overpaid at all :)

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

[edana]

With a conventionally booked room at nearly $200/nite for the date above i don't think you overpaid at all :)

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

By the way, we had a fine stay, and would confirm that this AAA 3* hotel is probably now correctly evaluated at 3.5 stars on Priceline's more generous rating system. Although not our most screaming deal via Priceline, it was well worth what we paid. A lingering curiosity, could someone please explain to me, is there any reason for the difference or sense to be made of AAA rating 3*, Priceline 3.5* and Hotwire 4* for the same property?

[yellowdog]

A lingering curiosity, could someone please explain to me, is there any reason for the difference or sense to be made of AAA rating 3*, Priceline 3.5* and Hotwire 4* for the same property?

Diffrent companies with diffrent criterias when it comes to rating the hotels.

Good to see that you had a nice stay.

Yellowdog.