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Sep 14, 2005, 1:51 pm

#16

ecaarch

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Originally Posted by RichLond

Anyone use priceline to secure their room? Any hints on what you needed to bid. Posts in BFT indicate 95usd is the going rate and gets the Marriott?

I consulted BFT and used priceline. I bid for Union Square East & Union Square West zones yesterday and went up to $90 but got rejected. If $95 if the going rate, then I'll try that on my next rebid after 72 hrs.

Sep 14, 2005, 2:06 pm

#17

RichLond

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ecaarch

I based my statement on these posts:

http://www.betterbidding.com/index.p...f=432&t=17710&

http://www.betterbidding.com/index.p...f=432&t=17155&

and actually your post:

http://p070.ezboard.com/fpricelinean...cID=4017.topic

I am really amazed as usually 75-80 is enough for a weekend 4 star.

rich

Sep 14, 2005, 3:47 pm

#18

ecaarch

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Originally Posted by RichLond

Yeah, I got 4* Hyatt Regency for $70 on a weekend in July.

Sep 15, 2005, 12:45 pm

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Last edited by RichLond; Sep 17, 2005 at 3:52 pm

Sep 15, 2005, 4:20 pm

#20

ecaarch

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RichLond

Just tried priceline now. Noticed that hotwire now has a 120usd 4 star USE room that was not there yesterday.

70USD USE/USE 4 star rejected
75USD USE/USE/Civic Centre 4 star rejected
80USD USE/USE/Ciciv/Cathedral Accepted

Grand Hyatt San Francisco
Check-In Date: Friday, September 23, 2005
Check-Out Date: Sunday, September 25, 2005
Union Square East - Embarcadero
345 Stockton Street
San Francisco, California 94108
415-398-1234

I used all my rebids so I have to wait until tomorrow (Friday) afternoon. Glad that you got lucky. Make sure that you post on BFT.

Sep 16, 2005, 5:56 am

#21

Aluminum tubing

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I'll be there

Sep 17, 2005, 10:20 am

#22

sfbarry

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May schlep in through the tunnels from COCO County (shouldn't that be CO cubed?)

Took my niece and her cousin from Kentucky a few years back. Niece (21 at the time) was fine with it - the cousin, also 21, thought she had descended into (in her words) "The GATES OF HELL"..!!!!

Sep 17, 2005, 3:23 pm

#23

StudentExplorer

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Just moved to SF, so I really should check it out though it's not my scene.

If anyone is meeting up, I'd be game.

Sep 18, 2005, 2:06 am

#24

ecaarch

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RichLond

The Priceline gods are not smiling on me.

I bid on 4* for USE & USW starting at $80 and used all four rebids up to $100 and was rejected.

I tried botique for USE & USW starting at $70 and used all six of my rebids up to $100 and was rejected.

I tried 3* for USE & USW for $95 and used my only rebid to try $100 and was rejected.

I didn't get a single counter offer, which is pretty unusal lately. The moderator even asked if I had had a previous issue with Priceline, like maybe a chargeback or something. It is very frustrating, especially since you scored at $80.

Sep 18, 2005, 6:34 am

#25

RichLond

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ecaarch

The Priceline gods are not smiling on me.

I bid on 4* for USE & USW starting at $80 and used all four rebids up to $100 and was rejected.

I tried botique for USE & USW starting at $70 and used all six of my rebids up to $100 and was rejected.

I tried 3* for USE & USW for $95 and used my only rebid to try $100 and was rejected.

i just looked and the 4 star on hotwire at 120usd that i saw before i bid is now gone. my suggestion is to keep checking hotwire to see when a 4 star in the 120 range pops up. then hit priceline with an 80usd bid.

Sep 18, 2005, 9:28 am

#26

peteropny

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I'm actually in SF right now - and the hotel (Park Hyatt) says they've been very busy the last couple of weeks (and next couple of weeks) - I didn't get my usual suite

Sep 19, 2005, 12:29 am

#27

wolves27

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Flying in on Saturday and leaving Monday, as part of a bigger US trip.
Staying at the Argent through priceline.

Dean

Sep 19, 2005, 7:41 am

#28

ecaarch

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Quote:

Originally Posted by wolves27

Flying in on Saturday and leaving Monday, as part of a bigger US trip.
Staying at the Argent through priceline.

Dean

Just outta curiosity, what did you get the Argent for? Priceline seems to not like me these days. :-(

Sep 25, 2005, 7:44 pm

#29

ecaarch

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OK, I went to Folsom Street Fair today. Glad that I went. Prolly not gonna do it again. WAY too many yuppies gawking at everything. This isn't the dogwood festival. I'm Mr. Vanilla, and when I'm halfway up the freak scale of the event, there are some people attending that shouldn't be there.