[Priceline Bidding] New site for Priceline hotel bidding help
May 18, 2011, 7:52 pm
#166
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I much prefer BetterBidding. Friendlier forum. 
If you use the automatic bidding service, it captures the win data automatically. I've found the automatic bidding function enough of a timesaver that I've started using it exclusively, although I wish it would be perfected to work with counteroffers.
He probably gets the same Priceline affiliate spiff that Sheryl so desperately craves...
He probably gets the same Priceline affiliate spiff that Sheryl so desperately craves...
May 24, 2011, 8:17 am
#167
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DON'T BLINDLY ACCEPT SUGGESTED starting bids.
Vegas the suggested starting bid for my dates is $98 yet the site is reporting recent winning bids of $80, $84 and $89. Other internet sites are reporting lower winning bids.
Bidders looking for a 5* property in Vegas have dozens of free rebids. Starting bid should be no higher then $80, probably lower.
I don't think people using autobid have to remember to use his link. I suspect it's automatic.
PL now lets you log in and list a city, * level and price. PL sends you an email when a bidder won a hotel in that zone at or below the price you request. You know the winning bid. You don't know the hotel or dates.
I received an email informing me of a $75 winning bid. The $98 starting bid suggested is much too high.
Vegas the suggested starting bid for my dates is $98 yet the site is reporting recent winning bids of $80, $84 and $89. Other internet sites are reporting lower winning bids.
Bidders looking for a 5* property in Vegas have dozens of free rebids. Starting bid should be no higher then $80, probably lower.
I don't think people using autobid have to remember to use his link. I suspect it's automatic.
PL now lets you log in and list a city, * level and price. PL sends you an email when a bidder won a hotel in that zone at or below the price you request. You know the winning bid. You don't know the hotel or dates.
I received an email informing me of a $75 winning bid. The $98 starting bid suggested is much too high.
Last edited by lewisc; May 24, 2011 at 7:26 pm
May 26, 2011, 7:01 pm
#168
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May 27, 2011, 4:10 am
#169
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Your question was already addressed.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/16380476-post163.html
Your OCD is going to have to live with the wording.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/16380476-post163.html
Your OCD is going to have to live with the wording.
May 27, 2011, 5:19 am
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Interesting discovery from a recent win--
BT thinks the Hotel George is in White House-Downtown, and on the map, it shows it in the very upper right corner of the WH-DT zone (between Logan Circle and Dupont Circle), when it's really a block southwest of Union Station in the Convention Center-Capitol Hill zone (half a block from the Liaison).
BT thinks the Hotel George is in White House-Downtown, and on the map, it shows it in the very upper right corner of the WH-DT zone (between Logan Circle and Dupont Circle), when it's really a block southwest of Union Station in the Convention Center-Capitol Hill zone (half a block from the Liaison).
Jun 1, 2011, 10:28 pm
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Interesting discovery from a recent win--
BT thinks the Hotel George is in White House-Downtown, and on the map, it shows it in the very upper right corner of the WH-DT zone (between Logan Circle and Dupont Circle), when it's really a block southwest of Union Station in the Convention Center-Capitol Hill zone (half a block from the Liaison).
BT thinks the Hotel George is in White House-Downtown, and on the map, it shows it in the very upper right corner of the WH-DT zone (between Logan Circle and Dupont Circle), when it's really a block southwest of Union Station in the Convention Center-Capitol Hill zone (half a block from the Liaison).
Jun 1, 2011, 11:55 pm
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Jun 6, 2011, 7:46 am
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I had a bonus credit available. It was in my account. Log in. Click the offer and indicate I want to use it.
I wasn't sure if the auto bid program would know enough to ask me if I want to use the bonus so I bid manually. I suspect most people would use the bonus. I guess a person who was bidding on a 1 or 2 night stay and knew they'd be bidding on a 4 night (or longer) stay during the period the bonus is valid might not want to use it.
When reporting my winning bid I added the $5 bonus to my winning bid. You might want to change the verbiage to make it suggest bidders using a bonus add the $5 to their bid.
I wasn't sure if the auto bid program would know enough to ask me if I want to use the bonus so I bid manually. I suspect most people would use the bonus. I guess a person who was bidding on a 1 or 2 night stay and knew they'd be bidding on a 4 night (or longer) stay during the period the bonus is valid might not want to use it.
When reporting my winning bid I added the $5 bonus to my winning bid. You might want to change the verbiage to make it suggest bidders using a bonus add the $5 to their bid.
Jun 10, 2011, 12:30 am
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I had a bonus credit available. It was in my account. Log in. Click the offer and indicate I want to use it.
I wasn't sure if the auto bid program would know enough to ask me if I want to use the bonus so I bid manually. I suspect most people would use the bonus. I guess a person who was bidding on a 1 or 2 night stay and knew they'd be bidding on a 4 night (or longer) stay during the period the bonus is valid might not want to use it.
When reporting my winning bid I added the $5 bonus to my winning bid. You might want to change the verbiage to make it suggest bidders using a bonus add the $5 to their bid.
I wasn't sure if the auto bid program would know enough to ask me if I want to use the bonus so I bid manually. I suspect most people would use the bonus. I guess a person who was bidding on a 1 or 2 night stay and knew they'd be bidding on a 4 night (or longer) stay during the period the bonus is valid might not want to use it.
When reporting my winning bid I added the $5 bonus to my winning bid. You might want to change the verbiage to make it suggest bidders using a bonus add the $5 to their bid.
Jul 13, 2011, 10:04 pm
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This is a great website. I used it a few days ago to get a London hotel room. Step by step, clear directions and very helpful. The more people use it, the better (more datapoints - and thus more helpful). Kudos to biddingtraveler, many thanks!
Jul 29, 2011, 12:31 am
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I was bidding for a hotel in SCE. My range was $40-50 and the site told me every bid would increase by $50.
However, a bid for $47 was made and then the below message came up:
However, a bid for $47 was made and then the below message came up:
Priceline counteroffered you at $47 per night, slightly higher than your final offer of $50 per night
Seems like something is wrong with the text.
Jul 29, 2011, 1:17 am
#180
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I was bidding for a hotel in SCE. My range was $40-50 and the site told me every bid would increase by $50.
However, a bid for $47 was made and then the below message came up:
However, a bid for $47 was made and then the below message came up:
Priceline counteroffered you at $47 per night, slightly higher than your final offer of $50 per night
Seems like something is wrong with the text.Keep up the good work and thanks for the site!