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December 22nd, 2010, 06:14 AM
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anyone used priceline recently? counteroffer exactly half off published fares
Recently used Priceline for round-trip flights for the first time in a long time (like, nine
years...). My first bid was $100, they countered with $262.75 including taxes, which was precisely 50% off the lowest published fares w/ taxes, down to the penny. Same airports and dates. Decided to accept the offer. Anyone else come across that? 
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December 22nd, 2010, 01:49 PM
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anyone used priceline recently? counteroffer exactly half off published fares
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:14:28 -0600 Trevor Smithson
wrote: :Recently used Priceline for round-trip flights for the first time in a long time (like, nine :years...). My first bid was $100, they countered with $262.75 including taxes, which was precisely :50% off the lowest published fares w/ taxes, down to the penny. Same airports and dates. Decided to :accept the offer. :Anyone else come across that? Couldn't say, because priceline requires a day padding on each side. Say I need to be at X from 1PM to 11AM the next day. To use pricleline, I need to fly out a day early (which may be a morning flight killing a full day) and fly back the next day (which may be a late flight killing two days). -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies.
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December 22nd, 2010, 04:16 PM
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anyone used priceline recently? counteroffer exactly half off published fares
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:49:51 +0200, Binyamin Dissen wrote:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:14:28 -0600 Trevor Smithson wrote: :Recently used Priceline for round-trip flights for the first time in a long time (like, nine :years...). My first bid was $100, they countered with $262.75 including taxes, which was precisely :50% off the lowest published fares w/ taxes, down to the penny. Same airports and dates. Decided to :accept the offer. :Anyone else come across that? Couldn't say, because priceline requires a day padding on each side. Say I need to be at X from 1PM to 11AM the next day. To use pricleline, I need to fly out a day early (which may be a morning flight killing a full day) and fly back the next day (which may be a late flight killing two days). Understood, this was for personal travel and I was able to be really flexible with the dates.
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