Charles, Your patience with Priceline certainly paid off. And I like the
idea of booking a backup hotel that I can cancel. Maybe I'll learn a little
patience at some point! You're right--I am waiting for Southwest to open up
bookings for October. I'm thinking it should be very soon. I check every
day. AirTran is currently booking for October, but not at prices I'm
willing to pay right now. Where in Miami are you looking to stay for your
December cruise? I can't help you with Miami proper, but if you are
interested in South Beach, let me know and I can lead you in some good
directions. We've stayed there several times both for land vacations, as
well as pre-cruise.
Karen
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> In article , Karen
> Henelde wrote:
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>> Charles, You are totally right about that. The decision to jump right
>> up
>> to $120 was based on a previous Priceline experience where our bids kept
>> being rejected, even at $5 - $10 increases. Bottom line is we're not
>> unhappy with the outcome, and one more piece of this is put to bed. Now
>> I'm
>> waiting for a deal for airfare between BWI and FLL.
>
> You are probably waiting for Southwest to open up. I am in the opposite
> situation. I have my air to Miami for a December cruise, got a good
> deal when flights opened up at 330 days out but I don't have a Hotel
> yet. I will wait a little while before starting to bid on Priceline.
>
> I have had a lot of bids rejected on Priceline but with patience I
> always got one and a good hotel at a good price. For Fort Lauderdale I
> got the Embassy Suites for $60 or $70 several times and I got the
> Renaissance for $85. Some times it took a couple of weeks but in the
> end I got an accepted bid. I always book a backup hotel but never had
> to use them.
>
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> Charles
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