Online Travel Booking and Bidding Agencies - Business / First Class tickets on Priceline

When I last used Priceline a couple of weeks back I noticed you could bid on J and F tickets now. First time I'd noticed it, although I use Priceline maybe two, three times per year.

Anyone here bid on J/F? cranky routes? Earned miles? ;)

I just tried out a business-class itinerary, and when the screen with the choices came up (and no hot deals BTW) the "name your own price" option (which is there when you specify coach) is gone. Thus I suspect you can't "bid" on J or F flights, only pay their (high-ish) prices.

I just tried out a business-class itinerary, and when the screen with the choices came up (and no hot deals BTW) the "name your own price" option (which is there when you specify coach) is gone. Thus I suspect you can't "bid" on J or F flights, only pay their (high-ish) prices.

I too found the same thing. I was unable to bid on J/F tickets. Was I doing something wrong?

No I don't think so.

PL has morphed itself into a typical on-line reservations service as well as a bidding facility. It's getting harder to get to the "bid" screens even for hotels. I think them offering J/F, multi-stop, etc. air tickets is part of this diversification away from the bidding-only mode.

If there was sufficient spare J/F inventory to warrant airlines selling it off to PL I'd think they'd do I-fare sales first.

No I don't think so.

PL has morphed itself into a typical on-line reservations service as well as a bidding facility. It's getting harder to get to the "bid" screens even for hotels. I think them offering J/F, multi-stop, etc. air tickets is part of this diversification away from the bidding-only mode.

If there was sufficient spare J/F inventory to warrant airlines selling it off to PL I'd think they'd do I-fare sales first.

I don't know what an I fare is, but UA transatlantic probably does not make 20% rev passengers in first class. I usually sit in the first row of C, and 2 out of 12 does not happen. A pilot takes 1, a FA 1, and the chief FA 1. and almost never see more than two revs, and they could be there on miles, not money.

C is usually chocked full of employees, as is domestic F, particularly to Hawaii

I missed this, thanks for pointing it out.