Just scored a 30 percent discount -- more or less $460 down to $333 -- on a Priceline roundtrip flight bid.
I travel this route occasionally and have always been able to knock 30/40 percent off the price and I always get the 6 a.m. flight leaving and the 5:30 a.m. flight returning. Fine for me, those would be the times I would pick if I were paying full price.
Leave Saturday, bid last night. My departure airport is tiny -- the arrival airport is Ontario, CA.
I checked the handful of flight possibilities and saw they were all pretty solidly booked as far as I could tell.
So, decided to bid $350 with all taxes and fees. Priceline came back and said "sorry, no go." But I was offered $333 guaranteed with taxes and fees if agreed to fly off-peak. I know the off-peak times for this particular flight so, I said sure.
My question, I have done this maybe a half-dozen times over the past five years and I have always "won" straight out and never had this offer before, which was the flight I wanted anyway and cheaper than I bid to boot.
Anyone else had this?
I travel this route occasionally and have always been able to knock 30/40 percent off the price and I always get the 6 a.m. flight leaving and the 5:30 a.m. flight returning. Fine for me, those would be the times I would pick if I were paying full price.
Leave Saturday, bid last night. My departure airport is tiny -- the arrival airport is Ontario, CA.
I checked the handful of flight possibilities and saw they were all pretty solidly booked as far as I could tell.
So, decided to bid $350 with all taxes and fees. Priceline came back and said "sorry, no go." But I was offered $333 guaranteed with taxes and fees if agreed to fly off-peak. I know the off-peak times for this particular flight so, I said sure.
My question, I have done this maybe a half-dozen times over the past five years and I have always "won" straight out and never had this offer before, which was the flight I wanted anyway and cheaper than I bid to boot.
Anyone else had this?