to begin... im looking for cheap tickets to london at the end of this month...

anyway...priceline. com has this "name your own price thing"...does anyone know anything about this??...can i really enter like...$300 and just pay that amount??

if not...does anyone have any suggestions for where to get cheap tickets??

5/12/2006 10:23:59 AM

you name yoru price, then you have to fly when THEY tell you to.

5/12/2006 10:28:43 AM

wow....umm....would it be like...on that day sometime??

5/12/2006 10:32:37 AM

Its a reverse auction... the amount you are asking is floated out to ticket agencies and they decide if they want to sell it to you at that price.

5/12/2006 10:33:23 AM

ok so basically...if i want to legitimatly make some plans...i shouldnt do it??

5/12/2006 10:34:11 AM

[Edited on May 12, 2006 at 10:35 AM. Reason : a]

5/12/2006 10:34:16 AM

Its not the route to go if you have an itinerary. Its more for like a random trip.

5/12/2006 10:34:20 AM

hmmm...thanks....well..then any suggestions for somewhere else to look for some cheap tickets??

5/12/2006 10:35:31 AM

trikk,

you say 300 for a ticket leaving between the days of xx/xx and xx/xx, and then they float it out. you may leave on sunday, maybe on thursday. whatever you define. but the trick you must accept what they sell it for. resubmit it a day later and sometimes it will be accepted.

if not bump it up for 350. you can save $texas if you dont bid too high or eagerly. bid low, be flexible and retry.

5/12/2006 11:03:58 AM

hotwire.com lets you pick the dates... but you have to be kinda flexible on the times

5/12/2006 11:04:08 AM

Ya, unless you don't care if you leave at midnight or 6:00am, priceline isn't good for tickets. (Because that's when you're most likely to get a ticket since no one else wants those flights) Priceline is great for hotel discounts though. I've used it several times for that & stayed at places for less than half price. Only works if it's not a busy time though, of course.

5/12/2006 11:05:38 AM

does anyone have more information on hotwire? I really want to use it for my trip, but it looks sooooo sketch.

5/12/2006 11:10:48 AM

I have used priceline just once and am very happy with it. They got me round trip tickets from MSP to RDU for $300 less than 24 hours before the flight, when the price at all the travel websites was more than $580. I did have to fly at 6AM but that's only because I mentioned I am flexible about times. The airline was United all the way, and I didn't have to stop for more than an hour.

Excellent customer serrvice, too

5/12/2006 11:11:26 AM

sweeet..thanks guys...ill give them a shot

5/12/2006 12:49:25 PM