Originally Posted by divaof travel
It depends on where you travel, as well. I can tell you that Priceline is useless in expensive cities throughout Asia and Europe.
Priceline works well for the major European financial centers/airport hubs. And the same for a few Asian "hubs".
It's certainly worked out rather well enough for London, Paris, Zurich, Frankfurt, Rome, Amsterdam, Vienna, Tokyo, Bangkok, Hong Kong and more. And the Asia Miles were icing on the cake (when the going was good).
That said, your point is spot-on: most business travellers seem rather clueless about the hotel programs.