How to Use Priceline to Bid for Cheap Airfares and Hotel Rates – find a successful bidding strategy and place your bid.
Priceline allows you to bid for cheap airfares and hotel rates. You may wish to consider this option if:
• You feel lucky.
• Your travel plans are flexible.
• You have time to implement a successful bidding strategy.
Pros of Bidding
• The bidding process is simple and straightforward. Type in your travel date(s) and your bid.
• Considerable airfare and hotel rate savings are available.
Cons of Bidding
• You must provide your credit card number before bidding. If your search criteria are met, your credit card is charged. This is non-refundable. You cannot cancel your winning bid.
• There is no choice of flights or lodging involved. You will not know the airline or hotel (or even the type of room – smoking vs. non-smoking, single vs double bed) on which you are bidding until your bid is accepted. Your flight time in particular can be any time between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.
• You are not guaranteed to obtain the same successful results as those listed on the websites below. Prices are dependent upon external factors like the price of oil, normal seasonal variation, world events etc.
• Additional fees are tacked on including processing charges, taxes, parking etc.
• You cannot collect frequent flier miles.
How to Bid for Cheap Airfares and Hotel Rates
1) Find your best deal on websites like Travelocity, Expedia, Orbitz etc.
2) Find your best deal from the individual airline and hotel websites.
3) Search for
Priceline coupons
4) Find successful and unsuccessful bids for your destination at
Better Bidding,
Bidding for Travel
and
Farechase.
5) Set a bidding range for your destination.
6) Review bidding strategies (both successful and unsuccessful) at Bidding for Travel to see what does and does not seem to work then be prepared to experiment.
7) Place your bid.
Limits on Bidding
• You can purchase up to 8 airline tickets.
• You can only bid on one hotel per location within a 24 hour period if you fail to find a room. However you can re-bid immediately if you change dates and locations within that location.
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