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

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  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    zanne wrote:
    she said cheapOair. notice the "o"

    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?
    :)
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  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    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. :D
    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
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  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    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!!!
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  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    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 :D
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    we should make a club :D

    Sign me up. I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE doing this stuff though (booking/researching travel).
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    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...
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    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!
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    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!
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    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!
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Also, a GREAT site for anything and everything travel is http://www.tripadvisor.com AWESOME site!
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    Also, a GREAT site for anything and everything travel is http://www.tripadvisor.com AWESOME site!
    def!
    im actually going to go to flight centre and travel cuts right now, my friend got a really good deal to NY (cheaper than i found on expedia or priceline)
    so i'm going to go investigate the matter!
    (seek out our competition)
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    def!
    im actually going to go to flight centre and travel cuts right now, my friend got a really good deal to NY (cheaper than i found on expedia or priceline)
    so i'm going to go investigate the matter!
    (seek out our competition)

    FYI...Expedia prices SUUUUUUUUUUCK. I like them for their pics, vids and reviews...but I never book with them.
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    i have used expedia a couple of times, they were ok!
    i got my flight through STA travel online!
    $100 cheaper than the airline direct!
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    What hotel did you end up with?
    Econo Lodge Sharon in Sharon, MA.
    It looks about a 10 minute drive to Mansfield on mapquest.
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  • GTFLYGIRL wrote:
    You have used the name your own for a rental car?

    I am going to be renting a car for three weeks (a week after buying a brand new car...what a bonehead move, huh? ...ANYWAY...) and I would like to try the name your own. I always do it for hotels. You've done well with rental cars?

    yup I used it in November for a rental car from the San Francisco airport. I think we paid less than $20 a day and it was from one of the big companies, I don't remember which one.
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