Originally Posted by
MDtR-Chicago
For the record, it IS possible to receive a refund on a priceline stay. A colleague has had to walk priceline guests before and was able to call priceline and convince them to refund at least the room charge. It's not typical but it's also not impossible.
I don't know if it would still work but in 2003 I managed to cancel a Priceline hotel stay because my father had a health problem preventing him from traveling. At that time advertised policy was no refund with no exception...it appears they did (and maybe they do) exceptions.