I do not recall ever seeing a winning bid for a rental car through Priceline from the NYC airports. Your one experience certainly does not indicate that Priceline is useless for rental cars. In fact, we've seen some fantastic deals through Priceline in Florida as well as other areas.

Just as Priceline can get you fantastic deals on hotels in some cities, that's not the case everywhere.

doc, as far as very little info. on the board I host, frankly, I find that comment rather inaccurate. There's tons of data points for car rentals on the board and there is a category devoted exclusively to asking questions with regard to rental car bids. A simple question would have gotten you a prompt simple answer!!