Originally Posted by
iahphx
Ironically, one of the area's where priceline HAS improved for me is with car rentals. Rental prices seem to have been jacked up of late (I guess the agencies are cutting their fleets), so priceline is better than the discount codes in more situations (still no more than 25% of the time).
I agree with you 100%^
Sorta last minute trip to MCI, booked plane tickets yesterday, so I needed to find a car. Was searching the last two hours and couldn'tfind anything less than $300 ai, granted I'm not the best car rental deals searcher, but I'm no slough either.
Decided to give PL a go as I got an excellent deal at LAS last week, plus because all economy cars were gone, I got a free upgrade to a Prius from hertz.
To make a long story short, Avis accepted my bid of $22 a day:
Total Charges: $185.00
Lowest Published Price: $383.99 (USD)
Total Savings:* $198.99 (USD) (You saved 52%)
And here's hoping for a nice free upgrade.