baliktad Posted April 1, 2010 Report Posted April 1, 2010 The below report is from bidding activity which occurred 28 Mar 2010.Priceline seems to have removed its "only has a small chance of being accepted" warning. I started as low as $25 (just enough to make the red "no chance" warning go away) since every zone is a free rebid zone in Austin 4*! I knew it was unrealistic, but here's what I gleaned: - Bids below $40 will not tell you accepted/declined. You will instead get redirected to Priceline's Fixed Price hotel site, where evidently they want to give you a lesson in what "realistic" hotel rates are. It's a little disconcerting actually because it hardly even tells you your bid was denied, just a small notice on a page plastered with ads. Annoying. - No bid $60 or below will be accepted in this zone for these dates. I bid in dollar increments from $40 all the way up to $60 and didn't get a counter-offer once. This leads me to believe that the lowest winning rate is still at least $5-$10 away. - Hotwire had a $99/night rate for a 4* property here (lowest now seems to be $134). Since Hotwire contractually obligates its vendor hotels to offer rates at least as attractive as other opaque services (ie, Priceline), I estimate the lowest PL rate was about $75/night and may be around $100/night now.I'm not sure what I will end up booking for this stay, but if I generate further PL bids, I will update this thread.
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