Priceline.com's Name Your Own Price... anyone ever used this?

patrickredeyes

Zanne wrote:

I've used Priceline A LOT. Hotels and rental cars are a no-brainer.. Flights require that you have an extra day at the beginning and end in case they do something nutty, like have to reach your destination an hour after the show starts, or worse, have to miss the show to catch your red-eye flight out. Don't get me wrong, I love red-eyes.. Xanax is your friend.. but not when it cuts into the purpose for my flight to begin with. I have never once (knock on wood) got a flight that was anything but non-stop. A friend of mine, however, did.

Peace

Are you all set for this weekend Sue?

decides2dream

doin'the-evolution wrote:

you, of all people, know what i'll do, the lengths i'll go, and why. HAHA.

i just need to figure out how to get cheap airfare! :eek:

try cheapair.com

they have excellent prices for flights.
i've used priceline quite a few times for hotels. with a bit of research beforehand, you can properly narrow down the area you want to be in, and get a good idea what hotels are in the area, and thus what you may be offered. however, for airfare, i like to know when i am flying, so i would never use priceline. however, if you have a completely open schedule, don't care about the time it may take, layovers, etc, go for it. me, i'll stick with cheapair. i've searched many sites, and never do better than with them.

AmentsChick

decides2dream wrote:

try cheapair.com

they have excellent prices for flights.
i've used priceline quite a few times for hotels. with a bit of research beforehand, you can properly narrow down the area you want to be in, and get a good idea what hotels are in the area, and thus what you may be offered. however, for airfare, i like to know when i am flying, so i would never use priceline. however, if you have a completely open schedule, don't care about the time it may take, layovers, etc, go for it. me, i'll stick with cheapair. i've searched many sites, and never do better than with them.

I use http://www.cheapoair.com. It's some of the lowest prices I've found!

Also, another good one is http://www.kayak.com which searches ALLLLLLL the major travel sites as well as airlines for the best deals.

haffajappa

well i've found that different times i've found cheaper flights thru different sites. when i went to europe last month i used expedia, but last year for lollapalooza i used priceline (both were really good deals)

i've just never tried the 'name your own flight' thing and i'm a bit weary, like you've all said of getting weird flight times.

thanks for the input everyone, btw.

Zanne

patrickredeyes wrote:

Are you all set for this weekend Sue?

Oh hell yeah!

decides2dream

AmentsChick wrote:

I use http://www.cheapoair.com. It's some of the lowest prices I've found!

Also, another good one is http://www.kayak.com which searches ALLLLLLL the major travel sites as well as airlines for the best deals.

kayak is good...never heard of cheapoair, have to look into it. just saying from my own personal experience, i have always gotten the best dels, and the best flights that suited my travel arrangements and desires for non-stop, better connections, etc, thru cheapair. there are soooo many sites nowadays, bound to find a good deal somewhere!

Zanne

AmentsChick wrote:

I use http://www.cheapoair.com. It's some of the lowest prices I've found!

Also, another good one is http://www.kayak.com which searches ALLLLLLL the major travel sites as well as airlines for the best deals.

I've used kayak too.. Every single time I've purchased cheaper flights through Priceline. If the price you find at another site is a good deal for you, I say go for it, because Priceline has no room for adjustment should your plans change in the slightest.

haffajappa

i just went to cheapair.com...
"We're sorry.
We are experiencing technical difficulties right now."

noooOooOooOOooOOooooo! im so curious - and the site is down! :eek:

Zanne

doin'the-evolution wrote:

i just went to cheapair.com...
"We're sorry.
We are experiencing technical difficulties right now."

noooOooOooOOooOOooooo! im so curious - and the site is down! :eek:

she said cheapOair. notice the "o"

AmentsChick

For my June PJ adventure I used Priceline on both legs of my trip. Since my itinerary isn't "typical" I found it best to book the first leg via a package on Priceline. Then I'm flying one-way home from Philly. I did literally WEEKS of research to find the absolute best price. Even after searching http://www.cheapair.com http://www.cheapOair.com http://www.kayak.com http://www.expedia.com http://www.hotwire.com and a multitude of others (including booking directly with the airlines) Priceline was STILL the cheapest even after taxes/fees, cheaper in fact than I found on Frontier Air's website.

I'm a priceline convert.

P.S. As you can tell I'm pretty obsessive (and a big fan of) booking travel!! If I could make a career out of it I would.

haffajappa

zanne wrote:

she said cheapOair. notice the "o"

decides2dream wrote:

kayak is good...never heard of cheapoair, have to look into it. just saying from my own personal experience, i have always gotten the best dels, and the best flights that suited my travel arrangements and desires for non-stop, better connections, etc, thru cheapair . there are soooo many sites nowadays, bound to find a good deal somewhere!

i've tried both sites. notice the lack of O?

haffajappa

AmentsChick wrote:

For my June PJ adventure I used Priceline on both legs of my trip. Since my itinerary isn't "typical" I found it best to book the first leg via a package on Priceline. Then I'm flying one-way home from Philly. I did literally WEEKS of research to find the absolute best price. Even after searching http://www.cheapair.com http://www.cheapOair.com http://www.kayak.com http://www.expedia.com http://www.hotwire.com and a multitude of others (including booking directly with the airlines) Priceline was STILL the cheapest even after taxes/fees, cheaper in fact than I found on Frontier Air's website.

I'm a priceline convert.

P.S. As you can tell I'm pretty obsessive (and a big fan of) booking travel!! If I could make a career out of it I would.

haha i've found the best thru priceline as well. it feels like this entire year all i've been doing is researching flights every day :eek:
for some reason, however, the priceline multi-destination function wont work for me. its really frustrating, like some sort of glitch.

i'm trying to go from vancouver/seattle to west palm beach leaving the 10th of june and returning the 12th of june, then vancouver/seattle to philly/new jersey on the 18th

AmentsChick

doin'the-evolution wrote:

haha i've found the best thru priceline as well. it feels like this entire year all i've been doing is researching flights every day :eek:
for some reason, however, the priceline multi-destination function wont work for me. its really frustrating, like some sort of glitch.

i'm trying to go from vancouver/seattle to west palm beach leaving the 10th of june and returning the 12th of june, then vancouver/seattle to philly/new jersey on the 18th

Yeah, I experienced that as well. After ending up on the phone with a very friendly dude at Priceline for 45 minutes, I found it best, and surprisingly, CHEAPEST to do the following:

I booked a package with roundtrip air (into and out of NYC) and 3 nights hotel. Well, I will be flying home out of Philly so I just booked a seperate one-way flight home. Seriously, it was much cheaper than anything else I found. And, like you said, I researched honestly EVERY DAY for weeks!!!

haffajappa

AmentsChick wrote:

Yeah, I experienced that as well. After ending up on the phone with a very friendly dude at Priceline for 45 minutes, I found it best, and surprisingly, CHEAPEST to do the following:

I booked a package with roundtrip air (into and out of NYC) and 3 nights hotel. Well, I will be flying home out of Philly so I just booked a seperate one-way flight home. Seriously, it was much cheaper than anything else I found. And, like you said, I researched honestly EVERY DAY for weeks!!!

we should make a club

AmentsChick

doin'the-evolution wrote:

we should make a club

Sign me up. I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE doing this stuff though (booking/researching travel).

haffajappa

AmentsChick wrote:

Sign me up. I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE doing this stuff though (booking/researching travel).

haha, the cheap flights club?
we can book pearl jam adventures and then charge a bit of commission...

AmentsChick

doin'the-evolution wrote:

haha, the cheap flights club?
we can book pearl jam adventures and then charge a bit of commission...

I'm on board. LOL I do it for my parents for free, why not!

haffajappa

AmentsChick wrote:

I'm on board. LOL I do it for my parents for free, why not!

HAHAHA i've found stuff for my friends too!
its the pearl jam travel service that we've all dreamed of!

AmentsChick

doin'the-evolution wrote:

HAHAHA i've found stuff for my friends too!
its the pearl jam travel service that we've all dreamed of!

When I was younger I always dreamed of being a travel agent ...and then the stupid internet came along and made them obsolete...damn technology!

AmentsChick

Also, a GREAT site for anything and everything travel is http://www.tripadvisor.com AWESOME site!