Comments on: How to Get the Best Deal with Priceline http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/10/27/how-to-get-the-best-airline-ticket-deal-with-priceline/ Money Management, Small Business, Career Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:34:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/10/27/how-to-get-the-best-airline-ticket-deal-with-priceline/comment-page-1/#comment-21155 Ryan Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:00:59 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/?p=1110#comment-21155 The $457 should be the final price. The initial listed price is usually without taxes and fees. The $457 should be the final price. The initial listed price is usually without taxes and fees.

]]> By: Daniela http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/10/27/how-to-get-the-best-airline-ticket-deal-with-priceline/comment-page-1/#comment-21154 Daniela Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:58:35 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/?p=1110#comment-21154 I am confused, and cannot find a straight answer, Let's say I bid $ 400 for an international flight. The next page shows 400+50 of taxes+7 of processing fee. If my offer is accepted is my credit card going to be charged 457 or there are more taxes added? I am confused, and cannot find a straight answer, Let’s say I bid $ 400 for an international flight. The next page shows 400+50 of taxes+7 of processing fee. If my offer is accepted is my credit card going to be charged 457 or there are more taxes added?

]]> By: Ryan http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/10/27/how-to-get-the-best-airline-ticket-deal-with-priceline/comment-page-1/#comment-18481 Ryan Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:12:55 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/?p=1110#comment-18481 Thanks for sharing, Jon. :) Thanks for sharing, Jon. :)

]]> By: Jon http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/10/27/how-to-get-the-best-airline-ticket-deal-with-priceline/comment-page-1/#comment-18480 Jon Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:11:39 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/?p=1110#comment-18480 Six years ago, my wife and I decided we were going to get out of town for a weekend. We kept plans very open but we decided we were definately going to Montreal. Right before we got in the car for what we thought would only be a day trip, turned into a great weekend! As my wife was putting the suitcases in the car (She always packs just in case), I jumped on Priceline.com and threw in a bid for a hotel. I wanted to suprise my wife if I could on a low budget. I put in that we wanted a 3 star hotel for $50.00 and it went through! My wife was stoked when I told her! You see, we don't make much money and it was hard to just pick up and go. Then, that first night at the hotel, which turned out much better than we had imagined (They took in your bags, had a gorgeous fireplace in the lobby, very elegant indeed), I decided since we saved good money the first time around that I'd try Priceline again so we could extend our stay; hopefully for the same price or better. I put in for a 4 star hotel for $40.00 never thinking that it would get accepted. It went through. We drove 2 or 3 blocks after we checked out the next morning from the first hotel and checked into an even better hotel and we were catered to more than the previous hotel, and we paid less!!! We had just had our first child (actually we brought Little Jon with us too!) and we needed a great experience on a very low budget. I recommend Priceline. I also recommend putting in a low dollar amount in and aim high. Hey, you never know! Six years ago, my wife and I decided we were going to get out of town for a weekend. We kept plans very open but we decided we were definately going to Montreal. Right before we got in the car for what we thought would only be a day trip, turned into a great weekend! As my wife was putting the suitcases in the car (She always packs just in case), I jumped on Priceline.com and threw in a bid for a hotel. I wanted to suprise my wife if I could on a low budget. I put in that we wanted a 3 star hotel for $50.00 and it went through! My wife was stoked when I told her! You see, we don’t make much money and it was hard to just pick up and go.

Then, that first night at the hotel, which turned out much better than we had imagined (They took in your bags, had a gorgeous fireplace in the lobby, very elegant indeed), I decided since we saved good money the first time around that I’d try Priceline again so we could extend our stay; hopefully for the same price or better. I put in for a 4 star hotel for $40.00 never thinking that it would get accepted. It went through. We drove 2 or 3 blocks after we checked out the next morning from the first hotel and checked into an even better hotel and we were catered to more than the previous hotel, and we paid less!!! We had just had our first child (actually we brought Little Jon with us too!) and we needed a great experience on a very low budget. I recommend Priceline. I also recommend putting in a low dollar amount in and aim high. Hey, you never know!

]]> By: Ryan http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/10/27/how-to-get-the-best-airline-ticket-deal-with-priceline/comment-page-1/#comment-14791 Ryan Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:30:19 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/?p=1110#comment-14791 Great tips, Doc and Marc! Thanks for sharing. :-) Great tips, Doc and Marc! Thanks for sharing. :-)

]]> By: doctor S http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/10/27/how-to-get-the-best-airline-ticket-deal-with-priceline/comment-page-1/#comment-14758 doctor S Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:09:27 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/?p=1110#comment-14758 I am an expert with the "Name Your Price" option. For the past few years, my friends and I would go out in Philadelphia and use this option the morning of the day we are going out in the city. We usualyl enter in about 70 bucks for the room and end up getting very nice hotels. The closer to the evening hours you do it, the better chance of getting a cheaper price as hotels are just trying to get rid of rooms for whatever they can get. Amazing!!! I am an expert with the “Name Your Price” option. For the past few years, my friends and I would go out in Philadelphia and use this option the morning of the day we are going out in the city. We usualyl enter in about 70 bucks for the room and end up getting very nice hotels. The closer to the evening hours you do it, the better chance of getting a cheaper price as hotels are just trying to get rid of rooms for whatever they can get. Amazing!!!

]]> By: Marc @ JustThrive http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/10/27/how-to-get-the-best-airline-ticket-deal-with-priceline/comment-page-1/#comment-14753 Marc @ JustThrive Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:29:56 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/?p=1110#comment-14753 Great tips Ryan, I don't use their "name your own price" for airlines much because of time/date constraints when I travel, but I used them all the time for renting cars and booking hotels. One thing I like to do there is to start with a low bid that 30-50% below retail for a midsize car or 2 star hotel, except I put the bid in for a luxury car, or 4 star hotel. This usually gets rejected, but sometimes I get lucky (I once got a Cadillac CTS for $20 a day in Vegas). When it gets rejected, you can rebid the same amount if you change the class of car or star rating of the hotel, so I'll go resubmit the bid for a Premium or 3.5 star hotel, then on down the line until I get a hotel/car that is accepted. Great tips Ryan, I don’t use their “name your own price” for airlines much because of time/date constraints when I travel, but I used them all the time for renting cars and booking hotels.

One thing I like to do there is to start with a low bid that 30-50% below retail for a midsize car or 2 star hotel, except I put the bid in for a luxury car, or 4 star hotel. This usually gets rejected, but sometimes I get lucky (I once got a Cadillac CTS for $20 a day in Vegas). When it gets rejected, you can rebid the same amount if you change the class of car or star rating of the hotel, so I’ll go resubmit the bid for a Premium or 3.5 star hotel, then on down the line until I get a hotel/car that is accepted.

]]> By: Katie http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/10/27/how-to-get-the-best-airline-ticket-deal-with-priceline/comment-page-1/#comment-14742 Katie Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:23:16 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/?p=1110#comment-14742 A year ago I used Priceline's Name your own price option for a round trip ticket from Oklahoma City to Frankfurt Germany... I bid $250. I was accepted. I flew American Airlines, had no hassels, and even after taxes and fees the ticket only came to $489, which was $500 cheaper than I was being quoted on other websites. Did I mention that my flight date was 2 days before the departure date? Yes, I had flexible travel plans as far as times of departures and arrivals on both ends of the flight and maybe it only worked because I was bidding so close to flight time that the airline was just trying to fill an empty seat since the plane was going anyway and they were most likely not going to sell the seat for that flight, but I was actually suprised to see my bid was accepted. Happily, suprised. A year ago I used Priceline’s Name your own price option for a round trip ticket from Oklahoma City to Frankfurt Germany… I bid $250. I was accepted. I flew American Airlines, had no hassels, and even after taxes and fees the ticket only came to $489, which was $500 cheaper than I was being quoted on other websites. Did I mention that my flight date was 2 days before the departure date? Yes, I had flexible travel plans as far as times of departures and arrivals on both ends of the flight and maybe it only worked because I was bidding so close to flight time that the airline was just trying to fill an empty seat since the plane was going anyway and they were most likely not going to sell the seat for that flight, but I was actually suprised to see my bid was accepted. Happily, suprised.

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