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phylisrn	Bid Strategy for BWI to San Juan, PR 10/7/01-10/14/01	Lead	[-]
Posts: 7 08/04/01 6:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None I am traveling to San Juan October 7-October 14, can leave as early as October 6. I checked the following rates: Hotwire: 415.00 Travelocity: 447.00 Expedia: 447.00 I would like to spend total out of pocket including taxes is 325. per ticket. I need two tickets. I would like a strategy. Thanks, Phyllis
phylisrn	Re: Bid Strategy for BWI to San Juan, PR 10/7/01-10/14/01	#1	[-]
Posts: 7 08/04/01 7:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	BTW forgot to add Jet only Thanks, Phyllis
lo2e	Re: Bid Strategy for BWI to San Juan, PR 10/7/01-10/14/01	#2	[-]
Posts: 371 08/04/01 9:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm working on a strategy as we speak and will have it up shortly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please consider joining the Ezboard CSC Program or this board's Community Chest. It will help to ensure that our board has a home on the Internet and all users will be able to reap its benefits. Whichever option you choose, all proceeds go directly to Ezboard.
lo2e	Re: Bid Strategy for BWI to San Juan, PR 10/7/01-10/14/01	#3	[-]
Posts: 371 08/04/01 10:04 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	If you follow this strategy exactly as stated, you will only receive a routing departing BWI and arriving in SJU. Bidding through the $25 bonus money link on this board, for your start cities, type in LNS as your departure city, and SJU as your arrival city. Do not select two connections, do NOT select the non-jet option (very important). Select the flexible date option. Bid 1: Select BWI and SJU only, bid $165, if rejected Bid 2: Add LNS (non-jet only, free rebid), bid $185, if rejected Bid 3: Add RDG (non-jet only, free rebid), bid $205 If you are still not successful, start a completely new bid through the $25 bonus money link. For your start cities, type in SBY as your departure city, and SJU as your arrival city. Do not select two connections, do NOT select the non-jet option, select the flexible date option. Bid 1: Select BWI and SJU only, bid $225, if rejected Bid 2: Add SBY (non-jet only, free rebid), bid $235 If you are still not successful, start a completely new bid through the $25 bonus money link. For your start cities, type in SCE as your departure city, and SJU as your arrival city. Allow one connection only, do NOT select the non-jet option, select the flexible date option. Bid 1: Select BWI and SJU only, bid $245, if rejected Bid 2: Add SCE (non-jet only, free rebid), bid $255. At this point, you will have reached your out of pocket limit once Priceline adds their maximum-stated taxes and fees. You MIGHT actually be able to bid higher than that and stay within your limit if you are not successful, I will make sure Sheryl sees this post and responds accordingly on that. In the meantime, try this out and let us know how it goes, and if you are not successful, let us know. Good luck! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please consider joining the Ezboard CSC Program or this board's Community Chest. It will help to ensure that our board has a home on the Internet and all users will be able to reap its benefits. Whichever option you choose, all proceeds go directly to Ezboard.
Sheryl	Re: Bid Strategy for BWI to San Juan, PR 10/7/01-10/14/01	#4	[-]
Posts: 170392 08/04/01 10:50 PM GEAUX SAINTS GEAUX Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hopefully it won't be necessary, but you can bid higher than $255 on this route and still stay within your $325/ticket out-of-pocket limit. Here's a recent winning bid between a mainland city and San Juanpub4.ezboard.com/fpriceli...D=98.topic The total amount added to the bid price was just under $38. I would feel comfortable suggesting a bid up to $285, so if you are not successful with lo2e's strategy, we'll give you a couple more bids to take you up to this limit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please consider joining the Ezboard CSC Program or this board's Community Chest. The Community Chest will allow us to purchase additional services from Ezboard, expanding the usefulness of our board. Whichever option you choose, all proceeds go directly to Ezboard.
phylisrn	Re: Bid Strategy for BWI to San Juan, PR 10/7/01-10/14/01	#5	[-]
Posts: 7 08/05/01 7:25 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hi all, I got my tickets after adding sby and bidding 235$. Thanks a bunch!!!!!! Information Sunday, October 7, 2001 Airline: US Airways Flight Number: Flight-751 Depart: BALTIMORE WASHINGTON INTL Baltimore, MD Time: 4:10 PM Arrive: PHILADELPHIA INTL Philadelphia, PA Time: 5:01 PM Aircraft Type: Boeing 757 (Jet) Booking Class: Economy/Coach Airline: US Airways Flight Number: Flight-1183 Depart: PHILADELPHIA INTL Philadelphia, PA Time: 6:05 PM Arrive: SAN JUAN- LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL San Juan, PR Time: 10:07 PM Aircraft Type: Airbus A320-100/200 (Jet) Booking Class: Economy/Coach RAirline: US Airways Flight Number: Flight-1578 Depart: SAN JUAN - LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL San Juan, PR Time: 1:10 PM Arrive: PHILADELPHIA INTL Philadelphia, PA Time: 5:10 PM Aircraft Type: Boeing 757 (Jet) Booking Class: Economy/Coach Airline: US Airways Flight Number: Flight-331 Depart: PHILADELPHIA INTL Philadelphia, PA Time: 5:40 PM Arrive: BALTIMORE WASHINGTON INTL Baltimore, MD Time: 6:34 PM Aircraft Type: Airbus A319 (Jet) Booking Class: Economy/Coach
phylisrn	Re: Bid Strategy for BWI to San Juan, PR 10/7/01-10/14/01	#6	[-]
Posts: 7 08/05/01 7:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Here are the prices: Your Offer Price: $235.00 (per ticket) Applicable Taxes: $40.60 (per ticket) Ticket Cost: $275.60 (per ticket) Processing Fee: $5.95 (per ticket) Subtotal: $281.55 (per ticket) Number of Tickets: 2 Total Charges: $563.10 Total You Saved: $350.10
lo2e	Re: Bid Strategy for BWI to San Juan, PR 10/7/01-10/14/01	#7	[-]
Posts: 371 08/05/01 8:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Congratulations!!! I'm so glad my strategy worked so well for you, and a pretty decent itinerary as well! Please post your itinerary and cost breakdown in the Winning Bids-Departing from Washington, DC category. Great job! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please consider joining the Ezboard CSC Program or this board's Community Chest. It will help to ensure that our board has a home on the Internet and all users will be able to reap its benefits. Whichever option you choose, all proceeds go directly to Ezboard.

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