"Name your own price" bidding on Priceline.com... any good guidelines for how to bid succesfully?

[glenn1]

Going to give the Priceline.com "name your own price" a try. Does anyone know if there's a good rule of thumb to apply to have maximum success in lowballing the site and getting your bid accepted? I figure I'll take the lowest fare shown and knock an additional percentage off that, but what percentage?

 

[mikebb]

Go to these forums. Lots of great info on how to bid on Priceline.

 

[Triumph]

Used it once for an airline, never again. Found flights on expedia as cheap as what Priceline offered, and I wasn't beholden to that, "You will fly anywhere between 6 am and 12 pm on the day of travel" garbage. If you actually do find a flight for cheaper than expedia, I'd like to hear about it.

 

[fredtam]

Originally posted by: Triumph
Used it once for an airline, never again. Found flights on expedia as cheap as what Priceline offered, and I wasn't beholden to that, "You will fly anywhere between 6 am and 12 pm on the day of travel" garbage. If you actually do find a flight for cheaper than expedia, I'd like to hear about it.

expedia rocks

 

[Pliablemoose]

I like Sidestep, made a couple of reservations through it, got really frustrated using Priceline...

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I like Sidestep, made a couple of reservations through it, got really frustrated using Priceline...

sidestep comes up as spyware on my dad's computer, but he won't let me remove it.

 

[cronos]

Originally posted by: mikebb
Go to these forums. Lots of great info on how to bid on Priceline.

^^ the guy speaks the truth.

check the forums out. you won't be sorry.