Pros: Can find a good price close to flight date. Cons: Better deals can be found elsewhere if you plan ahead.
I am an affiliate for priceline and I have also purchased tickets from priceline. I want to offer some help if you choose priceline to purchase your tickets, some advice if you are thinking of becoming an affiliate, and some alternatives to...
Pros: Ease of use, Will get you the lowest price Cons: You have no decision in Airline, times of travel
I used Priceline.com to purchase an airline ticket back in October. I paid far less than what I would normally pay under $100 for a round trip ticket from one side of the country to the other (California - Ohio).
Pros: Sometimes cheaper. Cons: Their terms or no terms.
Priceline.com sounds like a really good deal. I personally do not care for it. I have used it once. It is just another place to make money off of you. Everyone thinks its cheaper but what about the things you do not know?
Pros: save money, easy to learn Cons: time consuming, must offer credit card
Background
Priceline.com is a site on the web that allows you to name your price on different types of items. Their main targets have been airline tickets and hotel rooms in the past. Recently, priceline.com has begun to bombard the...
Pros: Easy site to navigate Cons: Shady practices; low level of customer care
I recently bid on two roundtrip tickets from San Francisco to
Santa Barbara. My bid was accepted, but when it came time to pay, the total price was nearly 30% more than my bid. In addition, the departure/arrival times were worse that I could have...
Pros: deep discounts, the adventure of mystery hotels Cons: no control over where you stay
It should first be said that there is no free lunch. There is a price for everything, even deep discounts. As long as one keeps that in mind, and is realistic about what Priceline does and does not do, I think it's possible to put them in your...
Pros: You can put in your own price offer. Cons: You are not allowed to preview the plans before agreeing to them. Inconsistent staff interpretation of policies. Long wait to reach customer service by phone.
I DO NOT recommend Priceline.com based on the experience I had with them. If a consumer wants to name their own price, this site will allow that. However, READ ALL THE FINE PRINT FIRST! And even when you've read the fine print, please be aware of...
Pros: cheap flights are possible Cons: No choice of airlines or times!
Priceline has a good concept, but the reality is that it doesn't work, at least not as advertised. You can bid on prices for airline tickets, but they may or may not be accepted. If they are accepted, you do not have the right of refusal, you're just...
Pros: Good prices Cons: You have to get lucky to get what you want.
You might get lucky.... I didn't
I ordered tickets to go to a computer conference on January 22-23, 2000 in Phoenix AZ. I asked to Leave early am on Jan.22, from San Francisco and to return Late pm on Jan.23 . What I got were tickets to leave San...
Pros: Great discounts Cons: No specific times/airlines/cars/hotels
By now many people know of all the drawbacks to using Priceline.com. No airline or time choices, no make/model of car or choice of hotel are a few. This can be nerve wracking to some people but my wife and I enjoy the savings and just go with the flow....
Pros: None whatsoever. Worst travel company I ever dealt with Cons: Everything you can think of
...if you don't want to get tricked and defrauded! We tried to book a vacation package with Priceline.com in July 2009. This was our first and positively the last "encounter" with this bunch of con artists. We found a package on their website but ...
I was planning to purchase tickets from priceline but decided not to based on an experience my mother had with them. My parents were trying to take a small vacation to the midwest in the spring and they had heard about priceline and how it was such a...
My experience with priceline was one of the worst online experiences I ever had.
Basically, I offered $150 for three round trip tickets--$50 per ticket. The next day, I discovered my credit card was charged $282 for the three tickets. I was...
Pros: In rare cases, can be the cheapest way to fly Cons: Extreme flexibility and misrepresentation of fees
I consider myself very well-versed in how to find great travel deals. And I consider Priceline a sour deal. Here's why: Flexibility:The key to using Priceline in the first place is be extremely flexible in your flight plans. You must be...
Pros: You might get a low price. Cons: The price you bid is subject to additional charges.
"Customer Care" really doesn't care.
I have used PriceLine for several hotel bookings, and have obtained decent prices until now. In planning for a trip to Rome 10 weeks ahead, I started putting in low bids for four and five star hotels, raising them slowly after three days, as ...
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