Hacking Priceline and Hotwire for Cheaper Travel
2009-06-24 18:10:00 Yesterday I tried "hacking" Priceline, something that has always helped me get great hotel rates in the past when I use a few simple tricks, which I will share in a moment. If you haven't used Priceline or another travel bidding Web site before, the idea is that hotels sell unused inventory at steep discounts without diluting their brand. The way they do this is that they sell you a certain quality (star level) hotel room in a certain location, but they don't reveal the name of the property until you have already bought a nonrefundable room. There are two factors that you, the buyer, can gain a little more control of in this sometimes-scary process: the price and the specific...
PRICELINE.COM OFFERS FUN IN THE SUN WITH A MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
2008-06-12 08:30:00 o celebrate 10 years of making deals, Priceline has unleashed an exclusive Sunshine Guarantee just in time for your summer vacation. For a limited time, when you book vacation packages to more than 100 destinations in the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean and Europe, if it rains a half an inch (0.50 inches) or more on at least half of your vacation days Priceline will pay for you vacation.
Priceline.com Free Round Trip Flight and Cruise Give-away
2008-05-21 10:00:00 Priceline.com is giving away 10 free round-trip flights to anywhere in the United States and 10 Caribbean cruises for two on Carnival Cruise Lines (see site for details) Source: Cheap Stingy Bargains
Priceline.com
2008-05-10 01:05:00 Daily Market Commentary for May 9, 2008 from Millennium-Traders.Com (http://www.millennium-traders.-com) Priceline released 1Q earnings that blew by analyst estimates, creating a surge in the stocks price. First Quarter revenue came in at $403.2 million compared to earnings of $301.3 million a year ago. (read more (http://www.millennium-traders.-com/news/newscommentary.aspx))- At the closing bell on the Stock Exchange, here is how the major world indices and major U.S. indices ended the session on the U.S. Markets: DOW (Dow Jones Industrial Average) triple digit loss of 120.90 points on the day to end the session at 12,745.88 NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain of 49.07 points to end the session at 9,388.54 NASDAQ loss of 5.72 points for a close at 2,445.52 S&P 500 loss of 9.39 points for a close at 1,388.29 FTSE All-World ex-U.S. loss of 1.78 points to close at 251.31 FTSE RAFI 1000 loss of 38.56 points to close at 5,584.73 BEL 20 loss of 46.25 points to close at 3,826.91 CAC 40 lo...
A New Twist on Priceline
2008-03-22 04:16:00 I have been a big fan of the popular web site Priceline.com for several years. If you are not familiar with the web site, it allows you to “name your own price” for hotels, flights, rental cars, etc.. I have used their site to book hotels many times and have had moderate success. ...
By: Geek and Cheap
PriceLine Surges - Tight Trading Session
2008-02-15 23:22:00 Daily Market Commentary for February 15, 2008 from Millennium-Traders.Com At the closing bell on the Stock Exchange, here is how the major indices ended the session on the U.S. Markets: DOW (Dow Jones Industrial Average) loss of 28.77 points on the day to end the session at 12,348.21 NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain of 2.29 points to end the session at 8,970.70 NASDAQ loss of 10.74 points for a close at 2,321.80 S&P 500 gain of 1.12 points for a close at 1,349.98 RUSSELL 2000 loss of 3.77 points to close at 701.55 FTSE All-World ex-U.S. loss of 0.73 points to close at 238.90 FTSE RAFI 1000 gain of 12.73 points to close at 5,554.23 BEL 20 loss of 99.1 points to close at 3,662.78 CAC 40 loss of 86.86 points to close at 4,771.79 FTSE100 loss of 91.7 points to close at 5,787.60 NIKKEI 225 loss of 3.9 points to close at 13,622.60 On the NYSE today, advancers came in at 1,321 decliners totaled 1,803; unchanged came in at 101; new highs came in at 13 and new lows came in at...
How to get the LOWEST price at Priceline.com
2008-01-03 09:22:00 Rating: 0 Posted By: hondaman82 Views: 6 Replies: 0 Thanks to Wavek9 at "the other site". I find the info are quite interesting to share.Before you try this I will give a risk factor for the method you choose to go with.No Risk: Use MBNA/Bank of America Credit Card or CitiBank Online Safe Shop feature which will allow you to create your own virtual temporary credit card number which you can just assign $1.00 to and it will get decline since there will be insufficient funds. OR get an expired credit card or debit card number that you may have as long as it doesn't match your current number and then just make up a date which should get declined. OR use an account number that you already closed and is no longer available for use which should also get declined. OR Use a visa/mastercard gift card and make sure to already spend some of the money off the card so there should be about a $5 or less on it so Priceline will have to decline the card since there will be no funds on it. I have...
Priceline, Continental, Delta shake it up
2007-11-19 22:40:00 Just when you think you know how to book the cheapest flight to Europe from the States, the airlines and agency websites shake things up. Again. Budget-savvy author Tim Leffel notes on his budget travel blog a number of recent changes in booking policies and fees. These include: Effective December 1, Continental is dropping its 500 bonus mile award for booking flights through Continental.com for passengers booking within the United States. Similarly, Delta announced it, too was dropping mileage bonuses. So why book directly through the airlines’ websites? Cheaper fares than the agency sites, who tack on an extra booking fee, right? Well… Priceline announced this month that they were dropping their booking fees when you book a flight through their direct-purchase service (not through their “name your own price” service). Might this force other agencies, such as Orbitz and Expedia, to drop their five-spot charges? Stay tuned!
By: EuroCheapo Blog
Priceline.com Inc. (PCLN) Stock Soars on Strong Earnings
2007-11-09 15:52:00 Shares in online travel company Priceline.com Inc. surged more than 14 percent in after-hours trading Thursday after it said its third-quarter profits jumped on tax benefits and strong European sales.The company said it earned $104.4 million or $2.27 per share, compared to $47.8 million or $1.05 per share in the same quarter last year.Excluding stock-based compensation, amortization and other expenses, the company earned $71.5 million or $1.58 per share, compared to $30.2 million or 72 cents per share last year.Revenue increased 33 percent to $417.3 million.Analysts on average, were expecting earnings of $1.28 per share on revenue of $387.5 million, according to a poll by Thomson Financial.
By: Jim Cramer Blog
Priceline.com Inc. (PCLN) Stock Soars in the Aftermarket
2007-11-08 22:53:00 Priceline.com Incorporated (Nasdaq: PCLN - News) today reported its financial results for the 3rd quarter 2007. Gross travel bookings for the 3rd quarter, which refers to the total dollar value, inclusive of all taxes and fees, of all travel services purchased by consumers, rose 54.0% year-over-year to $1.39 billion.Priceline.com had GAAP revenues in the 3rd quarter of $417.3 million, a 33.1% increase over a year ago. Priceline.com?s GAAP gross profit for the 3rd quarter was $202.3 million, a 63.8% increase from the prior year. Priceline.com had GAAP net income for the 3rd quarter 2007 of $104.4 million or $2.27 per diluted share, which compares to $47.8 million or $1.05 per diluted share in the same period a year ago. GAAP net income for the 3rd quarter 2007 was positively affected by a $47.9 million non-cash tax benefit from reversing a portion of priceline.com?s deferred tax asset valuation allowance in the period. GAAP net income for the 3rd quarter 2006 was positively affected ...
By: Jim Cramer Blog
October 19th Holidays - Save $75 on the trip of your life with Orbitz coupo
2007-10-19 12:00:00 Evaluate Your Life Day - I don’t know about you, but every time I evaluate my life I come to the same conclusion: I need to travel more. With exclusive FabulousSavings coupons, I can save enough on hotel reservations to make any trip fit my budget. Book with Orbitz and get $75 off a hotel ...
By: Fabu Daily
Priceline.com Inc. (PCLN) Stock Downgraded
2007-09-20 21:37:00 Shares of online travel service Priceline.com Inc. declined after a Thomas Weisel Partners analyst downgraded the stock to "Market Perform" now that its value has surpassed his price target.Priceline shares shed $1.76, or 2 percent, to $88.11 in afternoon trading.In a note to clients late Wednesday, Thomas Weisel analyst Jake Fuller downgraded the shares to "Market Perform" from "Market Outperform" but raised his price target to $92 from $82.The analyst said Priceline's shares have already passed his prior 12-month target price, and he thinks the company could report results ahead of predictions in its third quarter. However, he noted that expectations for Priceline are quite high. var dc_UnitID = 14; var dc_PublisherID = 18712; var dc_AdLinkColor = 'blue'; var dc_isBoldActive= 'no'; var dc_adprod='ADL'; ;
By: Jim Cramer Blog
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By: Fabu Daily
Instead Of PriceLine, Well, Don't Use PriceLine
2007-07-03 08:55:00 PriceLine. You know. It's the online hotel and travel website best known for being represented by William Shatner of Star Trek. But I've had a bad experience with PriceLine and because of it I can just tell you I consider it to be a fraud, period. It's better to use a firm like Hotel Reservations.com, which promises Cheap Hotelsbut without the bait-and switch that Priceline gives you. In a matter of time, maybe Shat will switch to Hotel Reservations.com. Why not?Don't you think it's better than going to PriceLine and signing up for a hotel you're supposed to get, only to have another one? Geez!Well that's what happened to me. I'll never forget it and it explains all of those websites that label PriceLine as a fraud. Watch out there!Think I'm kidding?Look at this:Today I had some real fun and wrote formal complaints against priceline at- The Federal Trade Commission(FTC)- The FBI Internet Fraud Complaints Center (FICC)- The National Fraud Center- National Internet ...
The Priceline is Right?
2007-02-27 14:51:01 Though he calls the firm ?much-maligned,? Mark Skousen in Forecast & Strategies issues a buy on Priceline (NASDAQ: PCLN), which he says is ?coming back with a vengeance.? ?There's probably no larger group of stocks that fit the turnaround mode than technology, especially the ?dot com? companies that were decimated by the tech wreck in the early 2000s. ?One such stock is Priceline.com, the online travel agency that lows customers to ?name their own price.? Its service offers retail airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, vacation packages, destination services, cruises trips, and travel insurance. ?And, the company's strategy is working. Priceline yesterday reported that its fourth-quarter earnings more than tripled from the prior year. It earned $13.2 million, or 33 cents a share, compared to $3.8 million, or 9 cents a share, in the fourth-quarter of 2005. ?Revenue rose 28% to $260 million in fourth quarter 2006, compared with $203.9 million in the year-ago quart...
Use Priceline.com for Up to 70% Hotel Discount Reservations
2007-02-12 11:06:06 Priceline.com is a travel reservation site and it’s perfect for those who are in a budget plan. I booked a hotel for several nights for $85 a night in New York City. I only booked for hotels on the site but I haven’t tried the car rentals and booking flights service. Don’t stop in just NYC, you can do this for all USA cities. How to reserve a hotel for a cheap price? 1. Click on the hotels tab. 2. Fill in the fields they ask and press Search Hotels. 3. You may come up to a page that lets you choose the exct city from a choice of different states, chose it and click next. 4. On the top left, click on the best deals. 5. From that page, follow the directions and you should end up with a reservations up to 70% off of the regular price. Bookmark to:
By: Desi Notes
Use Priceline.com for Up to 70% Hotel Discount Reservation
2007-02-12 05:05:02 Priceline.com is a travel reservation site and it’s perfect for those who are in a budget plan. I booked a hotel for several nights for $85 a night in New York City. I only booked for hotels on the site but I haven’t tried the car rentals and booking flights service. Don’t stop in just NYC, you can do this for all USA cities. How to reserve a hotel for a cheap price? 1. Click on the hotels tab. 2. Fill in the fields they ask and press Search Hotels. 3. You may come up to a page that lets you choose the exct city from a choice of different states, chose it and click next. 4. On the top left, click on the best deals. 5. From that page, follow the directions and you should end up with a reservations up to 70% off of the regular price. Bookmark to:
By: Desi Notes
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