ZBigFam

No not prepaid and priceline hasn't contacted me. I guess I am safe?

shellyone

I think you are fine if priceline doesn't contact you. In the worst case you can pay higher and dispute with your credit card company. Your reservation is not directly with the hotel. Priceline is getting a cut. They can't change price on you without any notice. I would recommend reading this if you are new to booking. http://extremehoteldeals.com/faq/

Adam1222

Do not trust anyone who tells you your reservation will be honored if you ignore a call from the hotel. They may, they may not. You risk showing up at the hotel and having no reservation at all.

They corrected it within 30 minutes and reached out to you. That is pretty darn fast.

As for a chargeback, it may work, it may not. You would likely have to sign and acknowledge the correct rate at the property, which, combined with fair notice from the hotel, gives you little recourse. A reservation is trumped by your signing the credit card slip.

I also think an above poster misspoke. If it is prepaid, then the hotel might not be able to see what you paid. If it isn't prepaid, of course the hotel sees the price, as you are paying the hotel directly.

But again, read this thread, as otherwise everyone is going to trot out their same opinions as have been covered in detail. The point of this thread was that people could come here and see the collective wisdom, not that every time someone booked a mistake rate it could be rehashed over and over again. People have had different experiences, and have very strong opinions on what is morally and legally correct.

Big4Flyer

That was me, I had a reservation for a independent hotel a few months back and booked through priceline's pay later option. When I arrived at the hotel I asked if I could pay the difference for an upgraded room but was told that because I made my reservation through priceline they couldn't see it. Perhaps that was just a one-off, but that's where I made that assumption from.

Additionally, Adam's advice about ignoring calls from the hotel is spot-on. If they've made a good faith effort to contact you and you just ignore them, you'll either get a cancellation email or show up at the hotel without a reservation.

jayer

If it were a auction bid and accepted offer you would be golden. Were it a mistake price on Hyatt.com it should work. But you booked through Priceline as a travel agent. I have this concern Priceline, the hotel, and you are all on different pages. Things could get involved in the lobby. Maybe fight your battle with Priceline now

El_Duderito

So I have a couple of nice hotel deals but the first post says "Don't post on FT" and based on prior experience I believe that a few bookings of a nice deal would go unnoticed but anything posted on FT might end up on money-making blogs.
How should I do with the deals? Keep 'em to myself?
Feel free to PM me links/invitations/... to other groups. I can share some screenshots.

Adam1222

Whether to post on FT or not is a personal choice. Theoretically, sharing your "nice deal" with a lot of people makes it more likely that t he hotel would realize it's a mistake and fix it quickly. But if no one shared mistake deals, this forum would die. Essentially the Collective Action Problem. If people only take deals from others, and keep silent on one's they find, it's a classic freeloader problem.

cyclotron

How did it turn out? Was the rate honored? Any other details?

echino

I was looking for a hotel on an Indonesian island and found one fabulous deal for a presidential villa at ~$100 per night, when the correct price is ~$1,000 per night. I went to the hotel website directly and the price error there is obvious since they omitted one digit in the IDR rate. I booked via Expedia using prepaid non-refundable rate for the whole stay, my credit card was charged and booking confirmed on expedia website.

Now, what happens when the hotel realizes they made an error? Do they have to honor the mistake rate? Does expedia have to honor it? Any experience with expedia on mistake rates?

bearbb7

since you make a post here how about tell us what the deal is? probably few more of us will book it and have a higher chance to get honored.

Doc Savage

Or a bunch more book and the hotel decides it can't lose that much money and cancels them all.

OP, screenshot everything and keep checking on your reservation on Expedia. I would probably also try to book a refundable backup hotel, too.

bearbb7

That's true. Just my experience something like this a few more people is better. It isn't like presidential villa for $1 or something.....

Jaimito Cartero

Good luck on them honoring your stay. Expedia can be hit or miss. If the hotel is part of a large chain, you have a slightly better chance.

I've also seen a lot of hotels advertise a "Presidential Suite" that was anything but. Normally 1500-3000 square feet. Living room, kitchen, formal dining room, sometimes a meeting room.

My last two Presidential Suites in Indonesia all had the above. One had a grand piano and huge 1000 sf balcony. If in Bali/Lombok, then very likely a swimming pool, too.

eunduklee

i do have a trip coming up next year.... let me see wht i can find good luck OP!


UPDATE:

cant find anything jan - march 2015 expedia first 3 pages

SK AAR

Expedia will do whatever the hotel asks Exp to do. If the hotel decides to cancel Exp will cancel your booking and make a refund without warning. Rest assured that Exp. will not side with you on this one.