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Reviewed Oct. 11, 2017
I have been waiting for two days to hear back from Priceline regarding an issue I had with them over this past weekend. The hotel that I had originally booked informed us that the hotel will be closed on the DAY we were checking in. This was a family vacation and we drove over 7 hours to the location. After talking with Cindy at the relocation center for almost 2 hours. She was able to find us new rooms, but they were not as big as the rooms as we had originally booked. She told me that these were the biggest rooms this hotel had to offer (which I called and found out was NOT true), and then she made the second reservation we had incorrectly and told me that we had to pay at the time of check in that we will be reimbursed if I contact them with the receipt which I did on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. After that I found out that we had additional fees that should have been part of our reservations for the hotel.
I called Priceline again and spoke with a supervisor named Jeff and he assured me that they will reimburse us for the fee costs, and the upcharge for the bigger room as long as email them with the receipts. It has been two days and I have not heard anything from them. I am very dissatisfied with their service and this is causing a huge problem. Their lack of communication is alarming. If something happens with your booking, be aware that it might take a while for them to resolve the issue and even getting reimbursed for something that they made the mistake in is taking this long to resolve.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2017
My family and I decided to take a weekend trip to San Diego for my husband and I's anniversary. Hotels that weekend were insanely expensive, so I decided to book a room using Priceline to save a few bucks. I normally go directly through hotels and not third party websites and after our experience I can see that was a good idea. We are a family of 4 and I booked a room with two beds for $190. When we arrived at the hotel, we were given a room with one king bed, which took up the entire room and did not leave room for an air mattress if we decided to go out and purchase one. We were told by the desk clerk that hotel did not offer cots and they were sold out of all their rooms.
I called Priceline to try and transfer our reservation or get a refund and were told that there are so many stipulations in their fine print that people never receive refunds. Apparently one of the many fine print stipulations is that requested bed numbers are not guaranteed. We ended up having to move to a new hotel to accommodate our family and the night ended up costing us over $500!
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2017
I just found out that Priceline changed our itinerary so we leave tomorrow for our Caribbean trip rather than in 3 days (like we originally booked 6 months ago). That doesn't work for us, so after months of planning we are out our trip and no one seems to care at Priceline because apparently they can change flights within 7 days before or after.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2017
I had to cancel a booking 5 days in advance of a reservation that I had made through Priceline. Not only had I never received a confirmation email, but when I went to cancel, they told me that it was non-refundable, despite the fact that it did not say that when I reserved online. I spoke with three separate agents who gave me the most generic responses and refused to listen to me. It was the worst experience I've ever had booking a hotel and I am an avid traveler. I advise to NEVER book from Priceline.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2017
I booked an express deal with a "total cost" of $197.98. According to the booking page, this "total cost" includes the "room price", the "hotel fee", and "taxes and fees". The page also said that the "hotel fee" ($40) would be charged directly by the hotel at checkout. Instead of $40 at checkout, I was charged $45.60 at check-in, which brings the actual total cost to $203.58. I contacted Priceline and was told that the additional $5.60 would be taxes on the "hotel fee" and that they are not able to issue a refund. At no point during the booking process was I informed that "taxes and fees" does not include taxes on the "hotel fee".
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2017
I searched for and booked a hotel in the Bronx, NY and was presented with a hotel with no address or location. I realized after completing the booking that this hotel was in NJ. I immediately requested a cancellation within 2 minutes. I requested a refund, Priceline told me to deal with hotel. I called hotel, hotel said to deal with Priceline. Their customer service was a complete joke. If you want your peace of mind, use other agencies which are more honest, Priceline is a rip-off. You have been warned.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2017
My husband and I had made a reservation months in advance for a trip to VA. We reserved a hotel through them and it was paid in full. A few weeks later (still well in advance of our scheduled trip) we had to make a change to our reservation by 1 day. So I called the hotel who told me that I had to call Priceline who made the reservation through (which is fine). So I call up Priceline who then tell me that it is impossible and against their policy to change a reservation. Or if we decided to cancel, we would NOT get ANY of our money back as it was again told to me that it was against their policy to do so regardless of how far out in advance it was.
I then call the hotel back who tell me that they've never heard of anything like that, and that all Priceline needed to do was call the hotel to verify the cancellation and we would get our money back no problem. So finally I relay all of this information back to Priceline people who suddenly say that they can go through with the cancellation. Bunch of garbage. NEVER going through Priceline ever again. Bunch of liar rip-offs who have no regard for customer service.
Updated review: Oct. 6, 2017
I reached out Priceline customer service by Twitter and they helped me resolve this issue. They were able to effect a refund for me. I still have not received it yet but I am waiting a few days. The Twitter customer service support was very responsive and helpful.
Original Review: Oct. 2, 2017
Sometime in middle of September, I booked an airplane ticket to Lisbon, Portugal. I kept checking my email and I received no emails -- no confirmation or ticket information or anything. After a couple of days, I figured the transaction was not successful (and because I was worried about fares going up, I wanted to book my fare as quickly as possible). I called the airline directly to make sure that I was not in their system as being booked for a flight. I DID THIS to make sure beforehand. They confirmed that I was not in their system and so I proceeded to book a flight with them directly at a higher price and not as optimal itinerary as I had the first time. I just opened up my credit card statement and there is a charge from Priceline for the original ticket.
So, now I am double-booked on the same flight. I called Priceline and have opened up a case but the agent is telling me that there was probably a delay between Priceline and the airline which is why I was told by the airline that I was not in the system (mind you, this was days after and so what constitutes a delay this long?). In any case, I see this is Priceline's fault as I still do not have any email from them. I did confirm my email address with the Priceline customer service agent and it is correct. I even checked my spam folders the first time and while I was on the phone with her to double-check. Still nothing.
So with no notification of any sort and just a charge to my credit card more recently, now I am double-booked for the same flight. I just spent two hours trying to sort this out. They are telling me that I cannot get a refund until they get a refund from the airline. Guess what? The lack of email notification to me and the delay between them and the airline is NOT my fault. This is on them and my refund should not be contingent upon Priceline getting a refund from the airline. The airline agent even confirmed with the airline that I am currently double-booked for the same flight. I also just spent two hours of my working day on hold and trying to solve this issue. NEVER ever book a ticket with Priceline!
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2017
I bought 2 tickets through Priceline and paid for trip protection. Plus, they were not express tickets. According to their website I should have been able to change flight days if I needed to. No such luck. They recommended that I cancel the flights with no refund, and purchase new flights for the days I needed, then file a claim to try to get reimbursed... with no guarantee. I do not recommend Priceline for any booking. Buyer beware! If you do choose to book with them and change your mind, or make a booking mistake, they will not compensate you.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2017
I booked a hotel using PriceLine's Express deals in Marseille, France in the Old Port, train station and La Canebiere identified by Priceline. Priceline gave me a hotel that was not near any of these locations - the hotel was at least two kilometers from the Old Port and three kilometers from the train station. I called Priceline and they were rude, inflexible, refused to give me a hotel in the area I selected even though they admitted the hotel was not near any of these landmarks. Their justification was that the hotel was in the general area.
I think that Priceline should identify in its advertisement that the hotel assigned might be as far as three kilometers from the location specified. I would have never booked this Express Deal if I had known that the hotel would be three kilometers for the location Priceline offered. This was deceptive and false advertising and Priceline refused to take responsibility for this. Even the hotel's website stated that the hotel was three kilometers away from the train station. PRICELINE EXPRESS DEALS IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED. IT IS DECEPTIVE.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2017
I made a reservation for a hotel on priceline.com after going through Trivago.com. My plans changes and Priceline refused to cancel my reservation and refund my money. I called their customer service and after being transferred to two different "supervisors" who were unable to help me, they then left me on hold for 18 minutes before disconnecting me. Additionally, they also refused to match a lower price that was found and completely ignored their lowest price guarantee.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2017
This is to let everyone know how we got ripped off from Priceline Cruises. We booked a cruise for Priceline cruises and it was cancelled because of the hurricane Irma. We got an email stating that the it was canceled and that we would receive a full refund. We lost electric because of the hurricane and when we got the electric back a week later we got another email stating that they made a mistake on the last email they sent the saying it was cancelled and we would receive a full refund. When I contacted them they told me that it was Carnival Cruises and not them and that we were out of luck when trying to get our money back. Whatever you do please do not deal with Priceline for anything. They are a total rip-off.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2017
I purchased an airplane ticket from D.C. to Oregon through my firm's website. Apparently my firm used Priceline as an agent to purchase the ticket on my behalf. Later that day, I decided to cancel my ticket because I found a better deal. I contacted the firm and was greeted by a machine. The machine was helpful in a sense that it was able to recognize my phone number, access my itinerary, and made the cancellation (or so I thought). The machine confirmed that it was able to cancel my ticket verbally.
I did not get a confirmation email, so I decided to call the same number again to check what was going on. The machine greeted me again and said that it was unable to locate my credit card and hence I would not be charged. This was on August 19th. I called the company again yesterday (September 22nd) because I am still getting emails from United Airlines. Funny enough, this time I was greeted by a machine that actually transferred me to a representative. She told me that there is not a record of any of my calls; hence there is no evidence of my cancellation. I am pissed off and never felt so cheated in my life. Shame on Priceline for pulling this kind of scam! No professionalism whatsoever.
Updated review: Sept. 29, 2017
This issue was resolved quickly after I wrote the review. They did everything they should to solve the problem. They changed the reservation date and offered best price.
Original Review: Sept. 21, 2017
I mistakenly select wrong dates while making my hotel reservation with non-refundable option. I realized my mistake after receiving confirmation mail in 4-5 minutes later. I called customer service to correct my mistake. They offered me whether they can change the date which I desire or cancel and refund my reservation. I wanted to change the date so I asked for this option. They said there is a difference between the price that I reserved mistakenly and the dates I want. Everything is all the way to this point. I asked for the difference. I booked for $113 and they said for the date that I want, price is $189. I quickly checked the other 3rd party reservation websites like booking, hotels.com etc. and saw that their offers for same hotel and same dates are around $129-139.
I told the customer service about other websites' prices. I said that there should be sth to do since I do not want to pay same hotel, same dates higher prices as the other companies offer $70 less than priceline. I wanted to cancel my reservation and take my refund at that point but they said they are not able to do that. In short, I made a mistake for choosing wrong dates in my reservation but my other more bigger mistake is choosing Priceline for my hotel reservation. They do not offer minimum hotel prices and their cancellation policies are so strict, even you realize right after 5 minutes later making your reservation and let them know. It cost me a lot. This was the first time that I used Priceline and I WILL NOT USE it again.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2017
I was booking a hotel room through Priceline when we decided to stay somewhere else. I was at the point in booking the room and paying for it, but I never completed the transaction. Priceline's web site would not let me back out or cancel the payment process, so I just did not complete it. I was sent e-mails by Priceline asking me to complete the transaction, but I did not because we changed our minds and wanted to stay somewhere else. Priceline sent me another e-mail again asking me to complete the transaction which I ignored.
After our trip when the credit card bill came it had a charge from Priceline for the hotel room that I did not complete the transaction on, I also never received a confirmation from Priceline for the room. I called them and complained, but they would not help me. I called my credit card company, and they did try to dispute it, but were not successful. This is very disturbing that Priceline could complete the transaction on their own, not send me any confirmation and charge me for a room I never stayed in or wanted. I feel I was scammed by Priceline. I will never use them again, and I hope no one else does either.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2017
If everything goes PERFECTLY with your booking and you have NO questions at all and don't need any assistance, Priceline.com is perfect. Otherwise, if you do need help, be prepared to only get assistance through their "help center" on their website. They have a chat feature, but it's stock answers and pretty much worthless. I asked a few questions to multiple reps and was advised: "It's best that you use the information immediately available to you on the website in the help center"... I started there, obviously. And then: "I do not have any access to that information" - followed by: "I understand that I was not able to provide you with the answers that you're looking for... however, there are no further options that would allow me to address your issue differently" and then DISCONNECTED.
When I reached out to chat again (after trying the Service number that I found on Google and getting NOWHERE to a live person), I was advised that there is no customer service for trips not yet booked and that the only option is to use the Help Center. Bottom line: if all goes smoothly, you can save some money... If you have any questions AT ALL, back out and pay the extra few dollars.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2017
I made hotel reservations for another state through PRICELINE. On June 1st, 2017, when I arrived at my out of state hotel, I walked in and it was filthy. The room was filled with spiders, stink bugs and webs. I even have photographic evidence. PRICELINE told me there was no way to email them or get the photos to them. For 3 months, I called PRICELINE to request a refund since I ended up not staying at the bug infested hotel. They gave me the runaround for months and told me they would need to get a hold of the hotel property. When I called the hotel property, they told me they could not refund my money that I would have to do it through PRICELINE.
After months, I was finally told by an employee at PRICELINE that the hotel "did an investigation" and they will not authorize a refund. I told her (Priceline employee) I had proof and photographic evidence, and she told me there was no way to send the pictures. How can anyone win? I want my money back for the night that I DID NOT stay in the hotel. I had to spend money and stay somewhere else. I had to save for a year in order to go on this trip. PRICELINE give me my money back ($103.61)!
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2017
I reserved and pre-paid for a car with Hertz through Priceline.com. Priceline charged $66. I get to the rental counter almost a week later to pick up my car (today) and was told that the insurance through Priceline was "worthless". I had to buy their lowest insurance which was $29.99/day. The insurance ended up costing me more than the actual car rental. I called Priceline and the customer service rep told me there was nothing she could do. I had the call escalated and the supervisor said that they could refund the $66 but nothing else. I explained that I had to pay TWICE what I was quoted for a rental car + insurance at the counter. Priceline acted unconcerned about this, even though I would have chosen a completely different method of travel had I known I'd need their full coverage and it's too late to switch to anything else. Thanks for nothing!
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2017
Due to the effects of Hurricane Irma, I missed my flight. Priceline was unwilling to assist in any way. No refund, not even a credit. No compassion. The last thing you need after 10 days, and still, dealing with the impact of a natural disaster.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2017
Stop fooling customers and getting easy money, when you play that dirty game of greedy liars. You charging hidden fee with companies and none of you can have the liability to tell the true. Ticket price $250. Bags 2 of 23 kg, each $80. Total $410. For an initial ticket of 250. I will ask customers to avoid Priceline and TAP Portugal.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2017
On July 23 I booked a hotel room through Priceline to stay in Beaufort, SC to have a small family reunion with my nephew and sister. My nephew informed me over week ago he had to go out of country for work and would not be able to attend. My sister was going to meet me but then Hurricane Irma happened and she lost everything at her house in Florida. Therefore no reunion. I contacted Priceline and told them the issue and they said "Not good enough reason, sorry." I am out $400. I have talked to 3 different customer service reps who I believe are NOT in the USA and now have my bank helping out. I have never used Priceline and WILL NEVER use them for anything in the future. Beware they are pure FRAUD!
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2017
I booked a room using express deals. After paying, I determined the hotel was closed due to storm damage. I am 2 days from arriving and Priceline will NOT refund or change this reservation! I was told there would be a resolution yesterday. Still nothing!
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2017
I called Priceline to complain about the hotel room that I booked with them. When we showed up at the hotel, the lobby smelled awful (like Indian food) but we went ahead and booked into the room. The room was at the end of the parking lot by the alley and it also smelled awful. We turned on the air and waited outside for it to clear out the smell, however it did not help with the smell. When we went back in to check the room we saw a roach crawling across the floor. I screamed and stepped on it. The room still smelled bad (like Indian food) and then we saw another roach. We proceeded back to the office and told the guy about the situation. The man did not go look at the room and did not ask me for any pictures of the roaches. He had another vacant room upstairs above the office and walked up there and opened the door. The room smelled even worse.
We told him we could not sleep in a room that smelled that bad and we weren’t going to sleep with roaches. I asked him for a refund and he said I had to call Priceline. I then called Priceline and they put me on hold to call the hotel. Then they came back on the phone saying they needed pictures and the guy went to the room to look with me and there were no bugs.
First of all, he lied and second I didn't know I needed to take pictures. He didn't tell me to show the roaches to him or to take pictures. Also, how can I take pictures of smell?? I then called the hotel myself and got a long email back from them about the pest control company they use and the cleaning company that sprays smelling stuff in the rooms. And from both Priceline and the hotel I keep getting there is no cancellation. I did not cancel anything. I needed a room and provided proof to the hotel that I spent the night in a hotel across the street which cost me more money. I could understand if I didn't take the room because I didn't need a room or that I got a room cheaper that is called cancellation. But that was not the case. I had to have a room that night and it ended up costing me more money because of the condition of this hotel.
This is not fair in any way. How would you like to be forced to sleep in a room with roaches and stunk so bad you didn't even want to take a breath. I am demanding my money to be refunded back to my credit card immediately. As far as their claim of no roaches, I currently own investment property and know that even though you have a pest control company you can still have roaches. Especially in a hotel that have different people coming in and out all the time. As far as the smell, if you are used to the smell you wouldn’t notice it. All the rooms and the office have the same smell and no matter what kind of smelly stuff you spray in the air you can’t get rid of that smell since it is the carpet, drapes, beds, sheets, towels, etc. This is not fair at all that I have to pay for a room I could not even use and Priceline has just left me hanging say they can't do anything unless that hotel agrees to give me a credit. DON'T USE PRICELINE!!!
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2017
I rented a car thru Priceline.com. Due to circumstances beyond my control I had to cancel the car. I went online and canceled thru their chat and asked to be refunded my money back to my credit card. They refused to do so, due to "restrictions". Total was $245.00. I asked again for my money to be returned and again I was denied even though I was giving them 2 months notice from the time of rental. I said, I will file a dispute with my credit card and their response was "Thanks for the heads up, we will get the paperwork together and file right back ". I will never use Priceline.com. They are scammers!! It was my first time ever using them and it will be my last. BEWARE!!! DO NOT ENTER INTO ANY TYPE OF TRANSACTION WITH THEM!!
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2017
I booked a flight last night at 11:54 pm central time. Under EVERY flight listing it reads, "No risk! Book now and cancel online within 24 hours!" This is under every single flight, yet when I sent tonight to cancel at 10:30 it would not let me cancel so I began the online chat which sent me a phone number to call. I called and was placed on hold and told even though it's within my 24 hours the cancellation is on eastern time! I'm central time so it's really 23 hours or 22 hours I guess depending on where you live! BS. So after one hour ten minutes I'm told I can't cancel my flights! You just lost a good customer Priceline! I've book 2 4 flights and 6 hotel stays in one month. No more! Will never use you again!
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2017
Leaving the east coast of Florida due to hurricane Irma. After 1 1/2 hours of searching finally found a hotel in north central Florida. Booked for 3 days but wanted to add one more day. Called the hotel and was told that they had already been booked up for 3 days so we could not stay there. Of course Priceline had already charged my credit card.
When I called them the canned voice on the phone told me that cancellations were handled by a partner company called Agoda. Was put thru to them and first person couldn't speak clearly and hung up on me. Guess where they are located. SINGAPORE!! Next person helped me but told me that a refund would not be credited to my bank for 10 to 15 business days. REALLY!! You can get your money in about 10 minutes, but can't give it back to me for 2-3 weeks. How can they sell you a motel room that does not exist. DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT use Priceline. I am going to be speaking to an attorney. We now cannot find a hotel to evacuate to and are forced to stay here. Shame on you!
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2017
On August 18th I flew down to Atlanta for a 4day 3night stay @ Homewood Suites 3405 Bobby Brown Pkwy. East Point GA. Now I have no complaints about the hotel because I recognize how life can throw unexpected obstacles at the most inopportune times and unfortunately this was one of them. The 1st night was Friday and everything was beautiful, even Saturday morning 19th of August was fine until there was a water main break. The entire hotel was left with no running water whatsoever.
So after speaking with a few employees about when this incident would be resolved I decided the best course of action was to book a room elsewhere, which a very polite representative from the hotel checked me out offered for the inconvenience to not the 19th or the 20th in which obliviously I didn't stay there at all. I want it to be known I highly recommend this hotel because of their politeness, great service and cleanliness. Now a few days after I got home I realized the $75 incidental fee had been returned to my bank card but not the balance of 2nights supposedly credited. Since I booked through Priceline they explained to me that the third party (which is Priceline) will be charged for the 1day of August 18th 2017 $127.24, however Priceline refuses to credit me back the remaining balance of $219.77 of the original $347.01 I paid back in July!
I have called and spoke with different representatives from customer care while also sending multiple email copies of my confirmation number and authorization code on the receipt proving Homewood Suites only charged for a 1 night stay. I have reached out to the hotel and to the very same Homewood Suites employee who checked me out (who also gave me a bunch of Hilton honors points as compensation) and she reconfirmed that the only charge for my stay was $127.24 and the third party (which is Priceline) has this information as well.
Please bear with me as this is my 1st time ever giving a review or even filing a complaint because I feel like things always balance themselves out, I didn't appreciate how Priceline never once returned my phone calls and when I did get an actual person that could help they wouldn't allow a conference call with the hotel rep, Priceline rep, & myself all on the line at the same time to prove my receipt is indeed 100% authorized confirmed & they (the hotel rep) willingness to tell customer care exactly that.
My emails took days to respond just to claim they tried to verify a refund with the hotel, all while know I'm not seeking a refund, I only ask the balance from what the hotel charged them so I can cover the extra out of pocket expenses on Sunday's room I had to book last minute. It's truly unfortunate that a million corporation has to treat people like some back alley hustler, but hopefully my review is taken in need, DON'T DEAL WITH PRICELINE UNLESS YOU ARE 100% THERE WILL NOT BE A SINGLE ISSUE WRONG WITH YOUR BOOKING!
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2017
On Priceline.com website was offered Fairfield Inn and Suites in Millville NJ for 1 standard room with king size bed for September 3 check in, check out Sept. 4. I chose this room choice, but when we checked in at 3:57 pm Sept 3 we were told king size bed wasn't included. PURELY FALSE ADVERTISING to get the unsuspecting public’s business!!
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2017
Booked a trip on Priceline for a hotel in Santa Barbara. When I called the hotel multiple times, they could not confirm the reservation. When I contacted Priceline to resolve, they were unable to do so. As a result, I tried to get a refund and my request was denied so I have no hotel room and no refund either.
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2017
I booked a hotel with Priceline over the phone. I arrived at the hotel after a 7 hour trip; found my reservation was cancelled by Priceline. Priceline staff had very poor customer service skills. It took several calls to get connected with a team leader. Word up do not book hotel reservations with this company. They are not dependable and rude. I was stuck 7 hours away from home with no place to go. I am currently reaching out to someone to assist me as I report my concerns. No luck so far! Do not use Priceline!!!
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2017
The Priceline policy is "too bad for you we already have your money." I am traveling halfway across the country to see a sick elderly family member who just passed before I could get there and they are shipping the body back to my state for the funeral. So I tried to cancel and they have a no refund policy and they tried to blame it on the hotel (However I called the hotel and this is not the case. Also note other sites like Hotels.com and Expedia do refund your money for the same hotel.) so I'm just straight up out of $340 because Priceline refuses to see that plans change.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2017
I booked a hotel room for 4 nights at Country Inn & Suites in Vadnais MN. I thought I was booking directly with the hotel but unfortunately I was booked through Priceline. Priceline charged me $691. The receipt from the hotel for the same 4 nights was $533. I contacted Priceline and was informed that the $691 was based on the "special" rate that they get from the hotel SPECIAL RATE??? Cost $158 more. Can't even book directly with hotels anymore??? Priceline is a rip off. They advertise best prices and charge a premium rate. BEWARE DO NOT USE PRICELINE.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2017
I rented a car from Priceline.com. They gave me a rate of $168.31. I got the car, used it for 2 days, the exact time we agreed to. When I returned the car Avis changed me $19.03. They said it was for taxes that Priceline did not include on their bill. I did show the contract to Avis that Priceline did charge for taxes and they said yes but not all the taxes. Avis said I have to speak to Priceline to correct this. Priceline said not my problem go back to Avis. Both companies will not help. I would not work with either of them again. They both mislead their customers.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2017
I did not like that the car's condition was less than hoped for. There was quite a few sins in the car's exterior. The transmission was very jerky. And after a day the air conditioner smelled like stinky feet. I also do not recommend going with Priceline in the future. After flight changes that we could not control we ended up at a different airport than expected. Priceline would not allow us to change our rental car location, time or date. This was such an headache in the initial pick-up. We ended up spending $100 in an Uber ride to get to our initial location pick up point. How can a rental car company not allow you to make changes after changes happen in travel. It happens all the time. And they just left us out to dry. Never booking again with Priceline.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2017
I booked Society Hill Hotel for my Philadelphia trip this Labor Day weekend for a wedding. Despite the promising reviews on Priceline, I opted to cancel after reading more reviews. My Priceline reservation was cancelled the same day, within ONE hour of making the original reservation. Unlike other Priceline reservations that I had, I never received "Special deals" emails regarding this reservation -- I would know because they always link up the itinerary number. Thinking nothing of it, I booked a second hotel closer to the wedding venue. Fast forward over a month later, I received confirmation of an ACTIVE reservation for the hotel that I had cancelled. The cancellation deadline was SIX hours prior to this confirmation email - coincidence you might say.
After multiple attempts of calling Priceline and unable to get to a live person, I opened a chat with a representative who told me that my reservation was booked through Priceline's third party booking site called Booking.com. I was informed that I also had to call Booking.com and cancel my reservation through them. I had to ask for a repeat - So I originally booked through Priceline who booked through Booking.com automatically, yet I had to cancel individually through both entities to ultimately cancel my hotel reservation? Not only was this information not made clear, but that's ridiculous that I would have to go through a second site to cancel a reservation. It should be automatically transmitted like it was when I booked the reservation. I was able to call Booking.com and get a live person on the phone.
Despite the cancellation policy stating that I would lose the value of 2 nights stay, he communicated with Mary at Society Hill Hotel and they were able to discount the cancellation to one night's stay. Still, money wasted thanks to Priceline, but I understand the policy on this end. On the upside, I would be refunded that night they are charging if the room is booked, though I won't be holding my breath on this.
I have booked many trips through Priceline and this experience is very disappointing. The policy is not well stated if stated at all somewhere. Representatives were unhelpful and read off some sympathy script. I will not be using Priceline for any future trips and recommend others to use other websites that are more upfront and helpful with customer service. This experience was inappropriate and an eye opener. I feel as though Priceline had scammed me due to their unethical practice and unaccountability toward resolving this matter.
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2017
Booked a hotel through Priceline website. Had a horrible stay and was double charged. Contacted Priceline customer service chat. Did absolutely nothing to atone for my horrible stay. I did all the work to get the double charge taken off. Representative basically told me the hotel didn't have record of my issues so they wouldn't do anything. She was rude and in so many words said she didn't believe me. Also, Priceline charged me more than what the hotel was charging for the room. So you book through Priceline to pay more!!! She even told me to not bother pursuing it further because no one with Priceline would discount my charges. Unbelievable! Worst customer service recovery I have encountered.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2017
So I call Priceline and tell them what happened and they told me they would call the hotel and get back to me in 45 min. 45 min went by and nothing.
So I called again. The customer service rep kept telling me that they couldn't get a hold of the hotel. So I called the hotel and someone answered immediately. (Of course). So I called Priceline again and they kept telling me they had a no cancellation policy. I said great, I don't want to cancel. I just want to change the date, and the hotel said it was ok. They told me that they couldn't get a hold of the hotel and would call me back. They never called back - obviously. At this point I was fairly certain they never bothered to call the hotel.
I ended up just rebooking the hotel on my own for the right dates. (Again, choosing the wrong date the first time was totally my fault, but they could have helped me fix it easily). When I got to the hotel, I asked them if they ever received a call from Priceline, and they said they didn't. The hotel was lovely and I just decided to forget about Priceline. But today - literally over a month later - I get an email from Priceline customer service saying their explanation and of course they said no. A month later is WAY more than 24 hours. Never use this service. Seriously it's not worth the headache.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2017
Tried to book a four star room for two people. Hotel was definitely NOT A FOUR STAR hotel! Also they wanted a $ 20.00 fee to switch from a king to two double beds. Called and spoke to Priceline and they were absolutely no help. Firstly they read from a script and their English speaking skills were substandard.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2017
I paid $592.00 in Booking a 4-star hotel for 2 nights 8/22-24/2017. Priceline site where they claim you got a 4-star hotel after the booking. The hotel is R... Hotel & Spa, Southwest... Portland, OR. As it supposed to be a 4 stars hotel, I was surprised and disturbed as soon as I was by the hotel entrance because I realized how it is dirty, and the hotel is about a dirty building. R... Hotel & Spa is not considered even 2-stars hotel but a 1-star motel. However, I started taking pictures to show the unloyalty of the Priceline. First of all, I was told by the reception "Steve" while I was checking in "I am sorry we are poked, and I am sure that you made your reservation through Priceline. However, I am going to give you the last room on the first floor with upgrade". I asked for another room instead of being on the first floor. He repeatedly said: "I am sorry as I said we are poked and this the only room in the hotel."
However, when I got to the room I found it extremely dirty. There were spiders along with their webs on the inside of the room located on (room door, the windows, and the wall corners over the bed, and behind the drawer next to the bed). Also, there were at least 3 flies flying in the room. The carpet also is dirty, and dust all over the desk, the tables, and the whole furniture as if this room has not been entered/used forever. Just to mention that the clock by the bed was not just unplugged, but its wire is broken. Importantly, when I contacted Priceline costs more service via the chat because there is NO PHONE SIGNAL IN THE ROOM, I was told by Kelly after contacting the hotel:
"Thank you for patiently waiting, Najla. I spoke with Steve at the Front Desk and I told him about your issue but they are not providing any sort of refund or compensation as he told me the They have given you already a complimentary upgrade. I understand that this might be frustrating for you and thank you for letting us know about your stay. Customer satisfaction is definitely considered when we evaluate our partnership with hotels and your feedback has been valuable and has been documented.
"I am so sorry about this, Najla. I wish I can sort this out for you but the hotel won't provide any compensation or move you into another room. When it comes to hotel properties alone, we can assure you that we assess each of our hotel partners on many different criteria, including cleanliness, guest satisfaction, decor, etc. In fact our hotel ratings, in most cases, are actually stricter than other national rating companies. I suggest that you talk to their Manager and if they agree to provide a refund, have them contact us directly to authorize the refund".
Honestly, $592.00 for 2 nights as an international student traveling from another state to attend the Autism conference out of my pocket. It is a big loss to stay in such a filthy hotel as R... Hotel & Spa that considered as 4-stars hotel. Priceline, it is a shame to get money over people who trusted your service while you are disloyal in your deals. FYI. %5 coupon does not solve the issue because I might get sick while stuck in all these germs.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2017
While checking for flights to DR, I was advised I would get a $100.00 credit on the trip if I applied for the Priceline visa card. I was approved and was expecting to pay with the new card but, there was always a failure to complete my reservation because I did not put in my security code. WHAT SECURITY CODE?? I called customer service and they explained that I will get the $100 credit after I purchase with my new card. I told him I wanted to purchase this trip with the new card. JIM says "Oh, we are aware of this problem. Do you have another credit card?" At this point I am furious because I am about to receive a credit card that I wouldn't have requested if it had not been for the enticing offer. And of course, Jim told me I can't cancel the card request, Even if I am broke and this credit card is the only thing I have. I will NEVER use it.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2017
I recently booked a flight for a family member using Priceline.com. The flight was to end in Columbia, South Carolina. Unbeknownst to me there is a Columbia, Missouri. I accidentally chose the wrong state, I got the city correct. As luck would have it I figured out the honest mistake before the trip was to commence. I called American Airlines and Priceline, total time spent 2 1/2 hours to get flights changed. Priceline charged $230 to change flights. They were not willing for one second to waive this charge for an honest mistake that I was told by American Airlines happens all of the time.
The agents were difficult to understand, long wait times, did not follow through with updating emails. They didn't hesitate for a second to charge $230. The whole experience was miserable. I will never use a 3rd party to book a flight. In all honesty it is not that much cheaper. I do not know have Priceline's revenue and profit margin numbers available, but I can't imagine they would have gone bankrupt waiving $230.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2017
Found a slightly better price on the Priceline website, but didn't pay close attention to the terms. I'm visiting another province for a concert, the concert has been delayed by a week, but I cannot change my 2 night reservation to a later date. Would be happy to pay a fee to alter the dates. It's three weeks away, lots of time to help out. But Priceline will do nothing to help. Ultimately it's my mistake but shame on Priceline for having such a terrible policy, they are ripping off their customers. They have my $500, but they won't get another penny from me.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2017
I am allergic to smoke and specifically requested a non smoking hotel. After the reservation was booked, I discovered it was smoking friendly. When I tried to change the reservation through Priceline customer service, they basically said "Too bad. It is your problem." NEVER use Priceline - they are a bunch of crooks.
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2017
So... I started off thinking I was going to be leaving a bad review. I had purchased a flight from Vancouver to Winnipeg, in Canada on a Canadian airline. When I finished paying, I noticed in small print that it was all in US dollars! That's 25% more than what I thought I was paying. I was definitely upset. I couldn't find a number to call on their site, so I did the online chat. The chat feature wasn't that great but I did get a number to call. Once I called, it took less than 5 minutes to cancel that flight through their automated system. They even refunded the trip cancellation insurance. The email confirming the cancellation arrived immediately and all was done. That's the way it should be done. I'm still confused as to why I could google flights within Canada, be directed to a booking site that books me within Canada on a Canadian airline and it's in US dollars. Oh well, lesson learned. At least Priceline made it easy to correct my mistake. Thanks!!!
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2017
I used Priceline in early July. My cousin who is dying of a lung disorder, has never been to San Francisco. Traveling with oxygen is not fun nor fast, so we carefully planned the trip out. Or so I thought. I had booked a month prior and even changed my dates to get the "queen suite room". There are only 2 of them at this hotel and I wanted and needed to have one for our stay. After a long hard travel day, we arrived to find not only did I pay for the suite of $272.00, one was not available. Turns out Priceline did not book my room right. They booked me in a standard room for a suite price! Ok right, they have price protection, guarantee right, wrong!!!
Not only was it their fault, they couldn't even keep the room guarantee! They state on the website that if there's a mix up, they will find you a room comparable to the one you booked. Well on a Saturday in Frisco, no suites were available. The only choice we had was stay with a 20% discount (which brings the room to $219.00 for a room that's normally $145.00 or leave. Well if they couldn't find a room, what makes you think my sick cousin and I could) so we stayed with a promise the difference between $272.00 for the suite I booked and the $145.00 for the room we were in would be refunded. To this day I am yet to see the refund. I was told by Priceline "there is nothing we can do". They are a total rip-off!! Do not book with them. I read the warnings too, never had a problem, till now. This company is unprofessional and honestly I don't know how they stay in business. Heed the warnings!! I didn't. I learned the hard way.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2017
I stayed in a hotel I booked through Priceline and the hotel clerk tells me he will lower my rate from $189 to the standard rate the hotel offers that was $120. The desk clerk tells me has contacted Priceline and I should receive discount in 7 to 10 days. Priceline had no clue and will not refund my money. They say they get the best rate and you will get the same rate the hotel offers is a HUGE LIE! The Amazing customer care team is also False. I will never use Priceline again.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2017
I bought airline tickets through them. The flight was canceled and they did not inform me. I wrote them a complaint and they did not even come back to me. They do not take responsibility for anything. I'll never use them again.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2017
Still 3 weeks before my wife and my reservation, Priceline unwilling to alter 3 day reservation to 2 day. They say to contact hotel, hotel says they can't change reservation. Priceline has to do it. Priceline just keeps repeating they have a no cancellation policy, I will have a no more Priceline policy. They took me the first time there won't be a second. I highly recommend finding another travel broker, Priceline just wants the money, no customer service.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2017
WARNING: Rip-off company. On 11/03/16, I paid and reserved a standard size car, Trip #** with Priceline. I realize they do not guarantee that the specific model of car that you choose for a particular trip may be available, per their paperwork; however, they are obligated (I thought) to provide you with a similar car at the same price. I got to Atlanta late at night and with the help of a lovely airport employee, was eventually wheel-chaired to the Priceline counter. (Another warning! It is hidden away, and there are no directories for this company. Because it's so unbelievably cheap, they have NO signs. It took my escort, an airport employee, and I, an hour to find it.) [Note: I was sick and exhausted having had abdominal surgery the day before, but had to go because my father passed away.]
When I got to the counter, I was told that my reservation was GONE. I was given the "opportunity" to upgrade at a higher price just to get an automobile, which turned out in the end to be the same size that I ordered in the first place. WARNING: I read these reviews, but said it would never happen to me. They are, I'm sure, giving their counter personnel the same encouragement to "upgrade" customers as a used car salesman would! This was my experience.
You take your own risk if you do business with them. I NEVER will again. I will and have utilized more reliable car rental agencies since. You will NOT save money, if that is your goal, if you rent with Priceline. I feel particularly idiotic because I had read the reviews, but had thought it worth the gamble. It was not. You will pay at least $10 more per day for your transport. I suspect it gets worse the later it is. Nobody wants to be stuck at a dark airport so late in the evening, handicapped by everything being closed, and having no transportation. It's dark; most rental places have nothing left except for higher prices. **Please, please, please, I'm begging you on my knees! Don't rent with them thinking you will save money -- you won't.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2017
I booked two different hotels because I was traveling to sell my dead father's big truck. When I got off the airplane to get to the rental car office the rental car office that Priceline had set me up with was closed so the reservation had to be moved back to downtown Denver Colorado. So $56 and an Uber later, I went to another Avis rental agency. After waiting 25 minutes in line I get up to the desk and they tell me they won't rent me a car because I don't have a credit card.
So I had to get a U-Haul to travel from Denver Colorado to Hagerstown Maryland. This cost me triple than what the rental car would have cost. This also put me two days behind in my travels. I was in Kansas right before check in for my hotel where there is zero cell phone service and could not call and cancel my reservations so, Priceline kept all of the money that it would have cost to stay in all the hotels that were booked. Be very aware that if your travel plans change or if something bad happens Priceline will have no mercy on you.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2017
Went on website to book hotel and pay at hotel, I go into my account and they already charged my card even though it clearly states that you are putting in your card to hold and make pay another way when arriving. Then you try to do the chat online and they just keep repeating themselves. When you call the 1-800 number can't understand the woman then get transferred to a senior representative who doesn't help you but keep saying, "I understand your confusion and it's non refundable", well then fix the website so no one gets confused.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2017
I was sent a receipt from Priceline stating that my bill for my hotel was paid in full for two days. Upon arrival, I was informed that only one day was paid for and that I would have to pay for the next day plus resort fees of 30 dollars a day (an additional $130). I contacted Priceline regarding the issue, they only then told me that they had used booking.com to book my room and that I would have to contact booking.com with my concern. When I contacted booking.com, they said that they don't know why priceline did what they did and that all they do is book the room from priceline.
After about an hour of getting "The Runaround" I gave up in frustration. Mind you, I was a regular user of priceline and although there were always problems, they were usually minor. After this I will never use priceline again and advise everyone one else to stay far, far away from priceline. I have only today found out that they have terrible ratings on almost every rating site there is. Buyer beware, do not give them a chance to do to you what they did to me and countless others.
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2017
A week after making reservation, we fly into Tx from CA and find that the Weatherford Heritage Inn didn't receive our reservation. The hotel was dirty and seemed to be in a bad part of town. The only good thing was the picture of the outside that was posted on the website.The hotel staff was unprofessional and spent more time chatting with the drunk ahead of us who was checking in (or out) and when it was our time at the counter, the drunk felt the need to touch my shoulder while standing around.
My daughter and I felt unsafe. I said to the man behind the counter, "If you happen to find my reservation, please cancel it because I will not be staying there." As soon as I got into my car I got onto the Priceline website and canceled my reservation through them. Hopefully I will not be charged anything. I eventually found a great hotel in a better area on my own. I doubt I will use the Priceline service again since I don't feel they have the consumer in their best interest. It seems any seedy hotel can be recommended by them when searching for travel needs.
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2017
I booked a hotel using a third-party affiliate. This was not intentional, as I always book with the hotel directly. My bad. Anyway, after a lot of fraudulent behavior and activity on the part of the Priceline affiliate, I contacted American Express immediately to report the suspicious activity and behavior. As a result, it is Priceline's policy to immediately cancel the reservation. Unfortunately, this was a non-refundable reservation. So, the short of it was the following: Priceline charged my credit card $652, then cancelled this non-refundable reservation. American Express investigated and even though the third party affiliate changed my hotel dates of arrival and departure without my knowledge or permission, when I clicked on the "confirm" button on the review page, it was a done deal.
Buyer beware in this situation, for I now will review every single detail in an online transaction, to include my name, address and contact information the hotel that I booked with, the dates of travel, the days of the week, even a potential listed favorite color, for once you accept any changes that their side may have placed, it is a done deal. Here's where Priceline are completely derelict in their customer service: Priceline made the reservation, kept my $632 after Priceline canceled my reservation, and then simply claimed it is their policy to cancel any reservation that comes under any form of scrutiny or investigation. They should have suspended my reservation pending investigation outcome, and then told me that as a non-refundable ticket and reservation, that I may as well travel and use the hotel on the dates that I inadvertently accepted, for I paid for them.
But this is not what happened. Priceline charged my credit card, and then Priceline canceled my reservation, and then Priceline kept all of my money, and I did not even have the option of using the week of hotel that I paid for. Priceline then rebooked the week of hotel that I literally paid for and sold my week to another customer! On top of this, the hotel refunded any and all charges to Priceline, even to include taxes and Resort usage fees, even though I at this point had no ability to use the hotel or their resort areas! Talk about a 100% screwjob. After being on the phone and working through emails with both Priceline and American Express over 7 months duration, with over 40 hours logged on the phone, most of it on hold, I am completely out all of my money, all of my time invested, and I am completely out of any ability to give either Priceline or American Express even the one star rating.
I gave them my peace of mind when I called, but I wish I could give Priceline a whole lot more, if you know what I mean. I am forced to settle with this extremely negative review. That and I will never use Priceline again under any circumstance, and would encourage everyone else to do the same. Please spread the word so that nobody else will ever go through what I have gone through. Horrible horrible company Priceline is. And I even now have a dislike for William Shatner, for this is Way Beyond Trouble with Tribbles.
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2017
I am traveling from CA to PA. I booked a hotel through Priceline. I had some delays and called to change my reservation by a day. I was told "Sorry we can't do that" and that I should have read their terms. People have delays when they are traveling. I had no problem changing my reservation when booking with other sites so I will no longer book anything through Priceline!!!
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2017
Long time Priceline user for bookings and Priceline Visa. Trip on July 31 hotel charged me $64 that Priceline charged me $73. Plus fees. Called for Price match Guarantee with Customer service. They told me it was not eligible as it has to be called in prior to the stay. If it was prior to stay I would have selected lower rate. Notice Priceline fees are also getting higher. Will start using other services.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2017
I booked an express deal for a 2.5 star hotel in the Garden District in NOLA for $66. I carefully researched all 2.5 star options in the GD before booking, as I can read; and understand how express deals work. I understand that you have to be very careful when booking an express deal because you might not get the hotels that show up in the search listings on the site. So I did a great deal of research, looked at dozens of hotel ratings on various sites including Priceline and Trip Advisor, and specifically searched Priceline for other properties that I knew did not want (i.e. typed in "Prytania Park"). I received a message from Priceline that the worst hotel -- the one I knew I didn't want -- was "unavailable to book" for my nights of travel. Thinking I was safe, I booked the deal and ended up with the exact property that Priceline had *just* told me was "unavailable to book."
Priceline hid a fleabag moldy hotel from its primary search function, misled me when I specifically searched the property on its site to believe that the property was unavailable to be booked, and made the same property unclickable so that no one who's stayed there recently update the guest rating (which, inexplicably, currently sits at an 8.4 -- recent reports of robberies, mold, dirt, and crumbling infrastructure on other independent review sites notwithstanding). Clearly, if Priceline had been transparent, and listed that self-same fleabag anywhere searchable on its site, any reasonable person would Google the reviews for that place and would NEVER accept the express deal if it meant risking getting that place.
Let me make very clear: I couldn't have booked the hotel I got by express deal directly via Priceline if I'd tried. VERY misleading, VERY shady. And all the CS people can offer is their scripted, canned nonsense. DO NOT BOOK PRICELINE EXPRESS DEALS unless you are 100% okay with being offered something far, far below the standard advertised and shown in the search results on the site.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2017
I booked a Hotel on Priceline in Dearborn/Detroit Mi. All of the pictures on Priceline.com showed a very nice spacious suite but it actually was very small, all of the lamp shades was broken, curtains half off their hooks, half of the outlets didn't work, only one cup in the cabinet and it was chipped, the pull out sofa had dirty sheets on it, the TV didn't work, it was not clean, the tub didn't drain, it was the shabbiest hotel I have ever seen for the price of it and yes when we checked out the receipt was less than what we actually paid. Of course you couldn't get a refund because it was booked through Priceline.com. I will never use them again to get a room.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2017
Booked a 'secret deal' on their site where they claim you will get a 4 star hotel and they will tell you the actual hotel after booking. They say a 4 star hotel will be like a Hyatt Regency or a Hilton Hotel. I got something different, their website looks nice, but at best it's a 3 star, but honestly I felt it was not better than a 2 star hotel. There was a lovely Hilton across the street... but alas we were booked in this dump that is right next to a homeless shelter with unprofessional staff in an old dirty building. I feel totally duped.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2017
My biggest regret is I didn't read all the bad reviews before I used Priceline. I was connect with an airline and rental car service that had tons of hidden fees. The original booking was 1,241.23 with another 1,100 in extra fees for a number of things. I should have booked directly with an airline of my choice and use a different rental car service. Truly, Priceline cost me more than I will ever pay again. To anyone reading please use another service.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2017
Priceline offered a package for a flight & hotel that included daily breakfast. A green "freebie" symbol and free breakfast was listed next to my room choice. The fine print also explained that unless the package specified "no breakfast included", daily breakfast was included in the price. I'd used Priceline in the past for this very same hotel and my confirmation had specified "no breakfast included".
I wanted to make sure everything with my reservation was in order so I called the hotel and was informed my room didn't include breakfast. Priceline denied the room included breakfast despite me sending them a screen grab of their own fine print. I called, e-chatted and even spoke with a senior agent but all I got was the run around. This is a matter of principle. The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Times Square is the hotel in question. The hotel is wonderful but should consider distancing themselves from Priceline in order to avoid alienating their customers. I know I'll never use Priceline again since they don't honour their offers.
Reviewed July 31, 2017
Do not count on the best price guarantee. There are so many ways for them to weasel out of matching. I booked an express deal a month ahead of time. Shortly before leaving they had a member deal for the same hotel on the same dates for $20 less per night. They would not match since it was not available to the general public. After they declined to match, I was assured that I got the best rate possible. I don't see how when my rate was $20 higher. It's one thing to get ripped off, it's another thing to have my intelligence insulted.
Reviewed July 30, 2017
They are refusing to give me my money back for their price guarantee. This company is an absolute joke and I will 100 percent google a company prior to buying, reserving or doing anything ever again. Priceline sucks. I should of took the time to read the reviews. They also say a certain amount will be charged but charge more to your debit card. What ever says will be charged is not true. It depends where you live. It's a false company.
Reviewed July 29, 2017
Previous conversations with Priceline did not go well. Waited and called back specifically for their Customer Service and spoke with Ryan. Nice, polite and quick! Got my reservations cancelled and explained the account would be credited with the funds. My only warning to the rest of the world about Priceline.com is be very aware of their web booking site. The system automatically puts your reservation dates one month out, and in my case, once I changed the dates and the room requirements, hit "confirm" and the dates go back to the original one month out time period. Not sure if this is intentional or just a system error, but it certainly is not a "PICNIC" (problem in chair, not in computer) error! Either way, my issue went away thanks to Ryan.
Reviewed July 24, 2017
Booked a room through Priceline and upon check out, the receipt for charges was almost $20 less than what Priceline charged. When I ask for clarification I was told the hotel should not have given me that info. Go figure, shouldn't give customers a receipt. The explanation was that it’s their profit for getting cheaper rates on rooms. They actually charged me the exact same rate on the room, as if I called the hotel directly, which I did today, only it had more fees that would not explain, added to it. They told me that's how those travel companies worked. Even after I told them, hotels.com, all numbers matched with what I received from hotel and the room was actually cheaper through them. The response yet again, the hotel should not have given you the receipt. Priceline is a site of crooks and misinformation. But keep in mind, it's the hotels fault they lied, not theirs. Will recommend NOBODY use this service.
Reviewed July 23, 2017
I booked a hotel through Express Deal and when I got to the hotel, the police were there because someone was being robbed. When I asked for a refund because I didn't feel comfortable staying there, the lady at the front desk said that she could not give me a refund. I called Priceline and they said that they couldn't give me a refund because all sales are final. I told them that it was their fault that they put me in a situation and gave me a crappy hotel and that it should not even have been on their list.
The police officers explained to me that it was a horrible area and that there was a lot of crime because there were homeless people and drug addicts all around the area. It is Pricelines responsibility to know the hotels in the area that they are selling on their website. Long story short, I haven't received my money back yet. Horrible, it was a complete nightmare and my kids were there, to experience it all. There was no way I was going to stay there with them and endanger ourselves.
Reviewed July 23, 2017
I booked a flight ticket and the dates were incorrect, so I called them almost immediately (within 30 min), and they still would change. CS rep contradicted himself with the rules, and just said that they can't help. Calling the airlines directly solved the problem in 5min.
Reviewed July 23, 2017
Reviewed Priceline's hotels and published prices in Gainesville, FL. Red Roof Inn was $71 and two stars. I bid $75 for a 3 star hotel but was not accepted. I added a new area and kept the price the same. Now all of a sudden Red Roof Inn is a 2 1/2 star hotel in the added area although physically located in the original area that the bid was rejected in. The hotel is not in the added area at all. I immediately called customer service and they blew me off with their standard bogus lines, refused to cancel the charge even though I volunteered to purchase another hotel at published rates on their site. Their published rate was $4 / day less than my bid but it seems their best price guarantee doesn't apply to their own site.
I spoke to customer service again the next day as I had found a cheaper rate on Expedia and qualified for the price guarantee. I sent a screenshot of the daily rate and the total cost, which was $50 less than Priceline. The customer service representative said she couldn't find it, therefore it must be a special rate for me, not the general public. I just saw the rate on-line and didn't have any codes for special rates. Just another scam by Priceline. And today, the day I check in, the Priceline rate is published at $5 less than what I bid, but again their own prices don't qualify for the best price guarantee. Finally, let me describe their suddenly 2 1/2 star hotel. No refrigerator, no microwave, no coffee pot. No laundry facilities, in Florida, for crying out loud. If this is now a 2 1/2 star hotel, so is Motel 6. At least there they keep the light on for you.
Reviewed July 22, 2017
I needed to cancel a flight, and the phone reps were rude, rushed, and completely useless. One hour later, and I am still being bounced from line to line for "help". I would NEVER book with them, book direct through the airlines!!! I would have given zero stars if I could...
Reviewed July 20, 2017
I've used Priceline repeatedly over the years and have had a few hiccups here and there. But I will NEVER use Priceline or any of their affiliates ever again after this last experience. I booked a hotel 4 weeks in advance in the Brooklyn area. The purpose of the visit was to attend a scheduled event. I arrived at the hotel I booked through Priceline with 1 hour to spare before the event began. I was told that I was not in their system and did not have a reservation. The manager got Priceline on the phone where she was told (after 30 minutes of "looking into it") that Priceline had made an error with our reservation and it was never entered in. Well, the hotel was booked and had to turn me away. I was on hold with Priceline for 20 minutes. When an agent came on I was told that Priceline had no available rooms within a 30 minute distance.
I don't know Brooklyn well, but the nearest place 30 minutes away was not in a neighborhood that I knew. And it was in the opposite direction of where I was headed. If trying to understand the accent barrier of the rep wasn't enough, I was now walking in 90 heat to the event that I was now going to be late for. After a total of 40 minutes on the phone with Priceline the rep told me my best option was to take a refund plus 20% and find my own room. Frazzled and exhausted I didn't think through what this meant; that Priceline was washing their hands of this situation and of me. I didn't think through that finding a room would be near impossible. And I didn't plan on spending almost twice the amount on a room than the original price I booked it for through Priceline. Even with the 20% courtesy refund I went WAY over budget on a room.
Now late for the event, having spent close to 2 hours ironing out Priceline's mistake I at least had a room and figured I work it out with them later. Was I wrong! I just got off the phone with "Victoria" who must run the place because she said there was no one else to talk to but her. Priceline indeed washed their hands of me when I took their 20% deal. So, I spent time booking a room in advance on my budget, trusting Priceline to do their job. I spent my time on the phone with Priceline while on my trip. Priceline admitted fault. And yet could not accommodate me to make it right. I was coerced into taking a "deal" when I was all but told that was my only option.
I spent my time finding and re-booking a hotel while on my trip. And then Priceline outright refused to do anything to make this right. Victoria wouldn't even listen to my complaint as she just talked over me telling me there was anything left to be done. As a repeat customer she could have cared less about losing my business, or leaving me stranded. As backwards as it seems I am now spending my time sharing how absolutely awful Priceline handled this from beginning to end and how I will NEVER go anywhere near their services again.
Reviewed July 20, 2017
I went online to purchase a round trip ticket to Connecticut. I checked through Priceline. They gave me choices on their available flights and the first one did not have a layover or stop underneath the listing (all the other choices did). I assumed it was a nonstop. I also checked the non-stop box on the right hand side of the information form. They did not give the flight times or layover or flight changes until AFTER you pay for your ticket. At that time I realized it was going to be very difficult for me due to the fact that I have a heart condition and back problem that interferes with my walking and changing flights hence the need for non-stop flights.
I immediately called customer service to tell them of my condition and that I wanted to cancel my flight. It was only 4 minutes since I had booked it. They do not even give you an option to review the reservation to make sure you can do a layover. I agree with everyone else's comments. I have a few of my own as well. They were very rude and uninterested in what I had to say. All I kept hearing was non-refundable, non-changeable. Even though my Medical condition does not allow me to be very ambulatory. They weren't willing to help in that area either. Expensive lesson to learn. DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE. Wish I had read the review first!!!

Reviewed July 20, 2017
I had made a car rental reservations thru Priceline.com, now I see Enterprise will charge me $141.40 less. Priceline says they do not honor my price and will not live up to their advertisement. They will not cancel my reservations either. My date of travel is in 3 weeks. I'm very upset.
Reviewed July 19, 2017
I booked a hotel through Priceline in Langley, BC. I clicked on the check mark for Langley. Priceline booked my hotel in Aldergrove, which is the township next to Langley. It is completely out of the location I needed to be for my dental surgery. Taking the bus will cause a hardship to get to my appointment. Priceline does not care, quoting some map on their site which shows the two cities are combined. If they are combining 2 cities, then the check mark needs to say Langley/Aldergrove. My receipt even says Aldergrove- not the Langley city I selected!!! I am so upset by this misrepresentation that I have called the BBB as well as my credit card. I will NEVER book with Priceline again.
Reviewed July 18, 2017
I made a reservation for a rental car that apparently suggests that the consumer is locked into the rate without recourse for cancellation for their supposed "lowest discounted rates" (Triple A suggests otherwise in their review). I tried cancelling the car rental reservation 5 days in advance and was repeatedly told by their front line customer service representative in Mexico that they could not cancel the reservation.
After three transfers later, the "supervisor" in Priceline's Mexico location was rude and repeatedly said they couldn't cancel the reservation. When attempting to go higher AND to seek a US representative she ended up hanging up on me. I've reached out to the corporate offices in Connecticut w/o success as well. The company makes $26 billion per year and was unwilling to reverse what appears to be their contractual agreement with rental agencies - if even for a paltry $254. I would urge ALL OF YOU TO BOYCOTT Priceline. They are not customer service friendly.
Reviewed July 15, 2017
We bought ticket for travel in March 2017. The flight was canceled by the airline, we had to purchase new ticket Contacted Priceline, was told refund will take 4-6 weeks. I have called them numerous times and have not received my refund. My friend bought his thru another travel and gotten his refund in 2 weeks.
Reviewed July 14, 2017
Please beware if you are booking through Priceline. This site is a thug. I had a genuine reason to cancel my trip which I did within hours after I reserved a room but they said they can't refund a single penny for it. They should understand it's a service based company and customer satisfaction matters. You have to listen to the issues we are facing and try to resolve it rather than just sit and eat our hard earned money
Reviewed July 14, 2017
Made a reservation and immediately cancelled it; I have been nearly 30 days trying to get my money refunded to my credit card. They continue to shuffle me from place to place. Telling me I have to call the hotel, the hotel says I have to call Priceline, Priceline says I have to call reservations.com, they say I need to call Travelweb... I just want my money refunded. I will never book another hotel through Priceline again. This has been a terrible experience. Some people get tired of going around and around and just give up... If this happens to enough people they make a pretty good $... Priceline is terrible... call the hotel directly if you need to book a hotel. This place will rip you off.
Reviewed July 14, 2017
My friend Jenn ** and I had booked a room through Priceline at Days Inn in Alsip, IL. We are attending Open Air Fest to see KISS. After an 8 hr drive from Minneapolis, I called the hotel to let them know we would be checking in late. But, they couldn’t find our reservation. This reservation had been made and paid by Jenn way back in January. We called Priceline and were repeatedly put on hold and transferred to different people. At one time the agent hung up and called back not being able to relocate us. We spent 2.5 hours on the phone.
While Jenn was in the hotel we were supposed to stay at, I found another hotel online and we booked it. We certainly didn’t want to be sleeping in our car in the south side of Chicago! Then a rep from Priceline named John offered to give us a refund plus 20% on the original booking. When I asked that they also reimburse us for the second hotel, he said no, because we found it ourselves. He said if they would have found one for us then they would have paid for it. But I believe we should be reimbursed because they didn’t find us one. We had to do something besides sit on the side of the road on the phone with various Priceline representatives. Does it really make a difference who found the hotel??? If I hadn’t took it upon myself, then we would still be sitting out in the car and probably sleeping in it. Very bad customer service!!! And it almost put a damper on our trip, but I didn’t let it. But, Priceline sure didn’t care about us!!!
Reviewed July 12, 2017
I booked a flight through Priceline. I missed my flight by about 10 minutes and called Priceline to get some help so I could return home that day. First, I was told that they couldn't help me that I would have to go to the ticket counter for the airline since they only book the flights not handle them after they are booked. Then, I was told that they could help, however I would have to pay an additional $30.00 per person agent fee for the help even though I had previously paid it for the trip I booked through them. Also, would have to pay $200.00 per person change fee for the airline and an extra $2,700.00 fee to get on an airline the next day since they said only business class was available.
There were two of us traveling. This is outrageous! I was not offered any return of my money that I had paid for the trip, no help with getting a voucher from the airline, only an argumentative agent, Oh, and when I initially called I was told that I would have to be transferred to a special section in Priceline that handled missed flights. Very difficult to understand the person on the other end of the phone since it was located in the Philippines. I ended up paying full price for the two of us to fly on another airline. Very expensive trip. I believe I should have received some type of reimbursement from Priceline. They took my money and didn't refund a dime.
Reviewed July 11, 2017
We were renting a hotel room. We chose the deal of the day for $297.00. Priceline charged my card, and didn't have a hotel room to sell us. So... a week later and the charge is still on the card, and no, they didn't have any rooms to rent. So, my money is being floated to fund either the bank, or Priceline until they feel good and ready to give it back. Nice. I called Priceline, and they said they couldn't do anything about it, the bank said they couldn't do anything about it, so, basically at a standstill, forced to wait. Why would they sell a product they can't deliver? I know that Warren Buffet created the float... but doing this is so very unethical. How many millions of people are stuck funding a company's "holdings" to boost assets?
Reviewed July 11, 2017
They did not provide me with the time prior to my reservation so I called the hotel and I was told I should be able to get my money back as the hotel was booked for that weekend. So I contacted Priceline, talked to 3 or 4 agents and they said they have to contact the hotel first and speak to whoever I spoke to the other night, but they weren't gonna give me back my money cause of their policy and the hotel's and they told me they were sorry. My first experience and it was a bad one.
Reviewed July 11, 2017
On July 10th 2017 I booked airplane tickets and hotel and rental car from Charleston South Carolina to San Antonio TX for my son is graduating from the air force for me and my wife. After I paid I got my itinerary for everything and it was totally screwed up. First of all they didn't even have my wife sitting with me also I have to drive 3 and a half hours to catch my plane departure to get there. Also on my way back I have to go to Chicago just to get home so I called them and they said that everything I was charge for was not refundable. Ain't that some **. So the best advice I can give you is don't use Priceline for nothing. They are a bunch of crooks.
Reviewed July 10, 2017
I purchased an airline ticket and booked a hotel. I needed to cancel. I was bounced back and forth between JetBlue and Priceline as well as Priceline and the hotel. The hotel (Sleep Inn Seattle-SEA TAC) said they were going to charge me for one day and credit the rest to my credit card. The refund never happened. My credit card company had to dispute it and issue the refund. I was given a credit for the price of the airline ticket. I was advised that I would have to pay a $180 penalty upon booking a new reservation. Ticket that I wanted to purchase was less than the amount of the credit. The credit was $708. The new ticket was $481. I was told that I would have to forfeit the rest of the credit because the ticket price is lower.
When I cancelled the original ticket I was advised that I would be issued a credit and I would have 1 year to use it. I was not advised that I would have to forfeit the remainder of the credit if my ticket was cheaper. The supervisor I spoke with asked if I had any other travel reservations I needed to make because they needed to be booked at the same time in order to be able to use the credit. I made plans to visit the same friend a month later the ticket was $207. I called back to book both of the flights and I was advised that I would have to pay a $180 penalty for each ticket. The penalties would be charged to the credit card I used. My issue is still not resolved.
Reviewed July 9, 2017
I booked a hotel for 2 nights and immediately realized I put in the wrong date. I cancelled the reservation and received a confirmation that they would keep 82.66. Of course I called and called and got automated service until I finally found a phone number for live person. After talking to 3 separate agents, everyone is conveniently a supervisor. All they kept doing was reciting their cancellation policy that is clearly on the cancellation page. But NOWHERE does it state that before cancelling consider calling our number (which they do NOT make it convenient to find) to correct any wrong information on your booking. To avoid the cancellation fee. I honestly though, honest mistake they will refund the cancellation fee... but NOOOO they acted like robots and just kept reciting the cancellation policy. We have used Priceline quite a few times and I will NEVER use them or recommend them again. I will be calling my bank in the morning. Shame on you Priceline!!!
Reviewed July 9, 2017
I booked room from Priceline Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Pasadena for 4 to 6 Jul. Priceline charged me for 2 bed as that was my preference. After reaching hotel they provided me 1 bed room and asked to pay additional for 2 bed. So I paid twice for bed - in hotel as well as to Priceline. I contacted Priceline but no answer from them.
Reviewed July 9, 2017
Booked and paid for 15 nights at Disney World Hotel through Priceline.com June 20th yet now July 8th and I still don't have a reservation on the Disney system and VERY worried. I got an e-mail June 29th that Disney doesn’t allow more than 14 nights so was given option to modify to 2 reservations for 14 nights and 1 night. So I sent back an e-mail agreeing to that. On July 1st yet still don't have any confirmation. Told that "the management team" is working on it. Seems like a simple fix if someone willing to do it. Will Priceline honor the reservation or wait until hotel is all booked so my family has no place to stay!
Reviewed July 8, 2017
Advertising is a representation of you and your company. I have recently started looking to make travel plans. When I saw an ad for you where you were paying Kali as your representative. She's part of trying to tear down our country and I will use another service. Again she represents you and your company's beliefs, no matter what the claim, she represents you and you her.
Reviewed July 8, 2017
My issues are two fold; the Burlington Hilton in Vermont and Priceline. The Hilton desk clerk initially said at check in that she was going to talk to manager about upgrading us and then they did not honor our reservation, said they don't offer the room we purchased. They said they were sold out. They so (sarcasm) graciously offered to pay for a room at another hotel. Once we realized they were putting us at a holiday inn outside of town right next to the interstate, we went back in. They said no rooms were available at any other hotel.
We called Priceline once we got to the new hotel. It was the smallest room with one queen, we were traveling with our kids. After being on hold for far too long I spoke to a representative who got my info and put me on hold again to speak to another representative. The new rep would not listen, he kept saying we canceled the room, that we were requesting something not available. We just asked if we could have a room with 2 beds, we'd take one, but would prefer two. While I was on hold the second time the account was updated to canceled and was told because of this Priceline could do nothing. I told him about the room we were given and was told nothing.
By this time it was after 8 pm, we drove for over 7 hours, we hadn't eaten and we were tired. I hung up, so frustrated that the rep just kept repeating what he was reading on the screen. It truly ruined our first night of vacation. I almost had to laugh when I received an email from Priceline about the cancelation. Here's a snippet: "We would like to remind you that this cancellation has been granted based on the extenuating circumstances related to your reservation. Under normal circumstances, this type of restricted reservation cannot be changed or cancelled." I love how it sounds like they'll let it go this time, but next time we won't be so lucky!! I was a loyal customer of Priceline.
Reviewed July 7, 2017
I recently booked a flight through Priceline. I was booking 3 seats for my wife, my 2 year old, and myself. I went through the process, chose my seats, and received confirmation on the purchase. I later receive an email from the airline stating the tickets were "basic economy" and that my seat selection was invalid. Apparently, these seats are for anywhere on the plane and are determined on arrival. The email from the airline stated that families will not sit together. I rechecked the website to see if I made a mistake and confirmed that it never states a stipulation on the tickets.
I called the Priceline service department and was informed that they do not need to show in checkout that it is not a standard ticket. They said the only way I would know was to click on a secondary link and it would state on in the contract that these were not the standard economy tickets. I explained the situation with my 2 year old and was told that they would do nothing to resolve the issue. I asked if I could update the ticket to a standard and was told no. They refused to work with the situation at all and stated if I did not like the answer to buy a different ticket. They knowingly leave out necessary information during the purchase of tickets in order to trap consumers into making extra purchases.
Reviewed July 7, 2017
I reserved a room from Priceline for one night July 21st at Comfort Suites in Norwich. I just called the hotel today July 7th and they had no record of my reservation. I never received email confirming this reservation. I printed out my copy of the room giving you my credit card number and total amount of the bill. I better not get a bill for this. I am so mad about this I would never recommend this service.
Reviewed July 6, 2017
If I were you, I would not book through this site. I got caught in the moment and decided to give it a try. I usually don't do this because I don't like the unknown. Should have stayed with Trivago or any other hotel site 'cause this one could care less if you have any issues and will in NO circumstances change your reservation. You can get the same price or better on Trivago or Cheap Hotels and at least you know what you are getting. I got booked on one of the cheapest hotels in town. They also have hidden fees and at the end you will pay more. PLEASE take my word for it, go somewhere else.
Reviewed July 4, 2017
I booked a hotel via Priceline on July 1, 2017, based on their ratings for this hotel. I would have never stayed at this hotel but based on the ratings, we booked it. We checked into the hotel, went to our room to get settled and was getting ready to put our drinks away and noticed food (pizza) that was left from June 25, 2017. Did they not see the food left in the refrigerator. While calling the front desk - I decided to look out the window. Well, as I pulled the curtain back the sheer part was ripped all to pieces like some mad animal had gotten to it. I'm making my way to the restroom and noticed a big hole in the wall around the light fixture. They moved us to another room and that wasn't that better at all. As we're checking out the young lady at the front desk didn't even ask how my stay was nor say anything at all.
I immediately called Priceline to complain about our stay based on their ratings and how this hotel should not be rated as a 3 star at all. The manager at the hotel is saying that I should've said something in order for me to get a refund. I did what I was supposed to do, call Priceline. I want a full refund not $10.00. I'm very disappointed at this hotel, rating for the hotel and the hotel manager is going to lie. The staff needs to acknowledge their customers and make sure things are ok.
Reviewed July 4, 2017
Priceline asked for a suffix during flight booking. The reservation added these to our names. Because the salutations are not on our passports they had to be dropped. Priceline charges a 30$ fee to change this for each ticket. Ridiculous and totally fraudulent. Never use Priceline. I was in the phone for over an hour trying to change this.
Reviewed July 2, 2017
Chose a flight. Clicked submit. Timer went around and round then the website window popup stated that this was unavailable at the rate and instructed me to try again. Which I did and it went thru. They charged me twice for this same flight and in the same amount - $379.00 I didn't know it at the time. I discovered it when my credit card statement came in the mail.
I have tried to resolve this with them and also working with my credit card company. This fiasco has been going on for 3 months and Priceline just refuses to acknowledge their computer issue and states they have a no refund policy. They are rude and insist that my credit card company has to give me the money? What? These people are strange. No one cares there and they just jerk you off. I have put in so many hours trying to straighten this out. Basically WHAT WE NEED IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. I have shortened the explanation here because it would take too many characters to write it out. They are a scam company. My credit card co told me that they get at least 1 complaint a week about Priceline. I bet their MAIN office is out of the country...
Reviewed July 1, 2017
Needed Hotel just north of Detroit for two nights: Interface stated two separate regions that had worded descriptions. We chose one area and got a hotel in the Northern area (according to the wording that described the areas)... No we didn't look at the map on our phone. We didn't think of it (not obvious resource) and trusted how the regions were described. One area called Pontiac/Auburn Hills (area we did not choose but hotel is in) and other area Madison Heights/Troy (area we chose but got a Pontiac Hotel)... Now customer service (down in Mexico) advised us that if we would have looked at the map we would have seen the (Gerrymandered) blob with a finger reaching way up to Pontiac for the Madison Heights/Troy area (even though there is another area clearly described as Pontiac/Auburn Hills that we DID NOT WANT.
Once we realized the location of the hotel was in Pontiac and not much farther south in Madison Heights/Troy we immediately called customer support but they were no help... talked to two people. Express Deals are final they said. Even though its clear that the worded descriptions of these two distinct areas on the map are DECEPTIVE. One says Pontiac/AuburnHill. Didn't want that so didn't choose that ... but that's where the HOTEL ended up being!! We chose Madison Heights/Troy... much farther south... but got that hotel....way way too far North. We could not stay at that hotel and used another service to get a Southerly hotel. Priceline stole 123$ from us! Never again Priceline.
Reviewed July 1, 2017
Priceline.com Express Deal scheme. You can choose a property category based on a stars. 1 star is a budget quality and 4 star is a high end lodging. I chose a 3 star category, but they gave me a 1 star type property. Priceline.com gave a cheap, Best Western property a 3 star category and said I got what I asked for. Priceline.com misrepresented the product it sells by stating a 3 star category "Similar to Hyatt and Courtyard by Marriott".
A cheap motel is not a 3 star. This is a bait and switch scheme. Priceline.com could not defend their action. Svc. rep only repeated a script response. Someone need to start a CLASS ACTION litigation. I am a witness to this fraud. I bet Priceline.com gets tens of thousands of people traffic to their website. Class Action litigation will slap some good into Priceline.com. See my pictures to get my point of view. The pictures are not of "Hyatt or Courtyard by Marriott". I did not stay at this Best Western. I went and checked in at a Hilton Garden Inn (a true 3 Star Category).
Reviewed July 1, 2017
I used their website to reserve a hotel. The website CLEARLY said that no charges would be made until I checked in. Less than 5 minutes later they charged my account. I called and was told multiple times that nothing could be done and that I was made aware that I would be charged immediately. This was never mentioned. I was even told that I could change my form of payment upon arrival. This website is a joke. They rip you off and don't care how it hurts you. Thank God my bank fixed the situation and got my money back. Shame on you Priceline. Horrible company and horrible staff.
Reviewed June 30, 2017
I insured the price of a flight for one week at a cost of $25. The price went up by $32. They e-mailed me to confirm they owed me the $32. Had to send them my banking info. Did not get money. Sent 10 e-mails. They tried to blame my bank. Now they will not pay as I am too late. A total rip off. P.S. If I could give a minus star I would. DO NOT DO NOT USE PRICELINE.
Reviewed June 30, 2017
In April 2017 my son used my debit card to reserve a hotel with a pool for my granddaughter's birthday that evening. It was done on the phone, not online. While we were on the way to the agreed upon hotel they called stating it was overbooked and there weren't any rooms. They tried to set us up in a different hotel that we refused because the pool would close in less than an hour. They reserved it anyway and charged for it. I filed a mechanic complaint as soon as I returned home from my trip.
That was 2 1/2 month ago. The company, Priceline, waited until last week to dispute it. Their paperwork says we did it online although we handled it all via the telephone. It also states the hotel was overbooked, but once the bank contacted me I was only allowed 3 days to review their response and file an additional dispute. Because I wasn't able to complete it within that time, according to a time limit set by the Federal laws, I am being charged for something I didn't agree to. Priceline wasted nearly all of the allowed time to respond to my dispute, 2 1/2 MONTHS! I was only given 3 DAYS! IT WAS ALL ORIGINALLY DONE VIA THE TELEPHONE BY A THIRD PARTY THAT IS APPARENTLY IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY. I will never trust Priceline or any of those 'services' again.
Reviewed June 28, 2017
These guys are a joke. Advertise low prices and hide the small print which is no flexibility. I made a booking mistake and they would not refund me or allow me to move funds to another reservation despite being a long term customer. Their customer service is stupid. Don't try to save a buck with these losers. Could've simply booked direct with hotel and had no issues. Never again with these idiots.
Reviewed June 27, 2017
I put a name your own price in the system and picked two areas, both in Saint Charles. The computer glitched and excepted my offer but in Hazelwood. Not in any of the areas I choose. The customer service agent I first spoke to didn't understand anything I said. The team leader I spoke to said "Sorry you made a mistake." Well no I didn't. I have been going to the same area for 5 years, I know where I need to be at. They will not help me in any way. All they will do is sorry. Will never use this site again. I will tell all my family and friends around the country not to either.
Reviewed June 26, 2017
I found Priceline very misleading! I had a horrible experience with them, and will never use them again. Their system has different "options" of types of reservation and switches you between them without alerting you that the switch changes the reservation rules. In my opinion, it's EXTREMELY misleading and, in my case, lead to the customer getting screwed - which they refuse to do anything about. It's hard to have the "buyer beware" when they're switching things around without being upfront about it.
Reviewed June 25, 2017
While traveling across States in the US, I booked a room with a hotel in a town I was heading to. Finished the booking to discover to my horror that the dates were incorrect. Hurriedly canceled to re-book which was instant and no warning or disclaimer before canceling. I wasn't given the opportunity to first read policies or restrictions. Called PL to no avail. They refused to assist me.
Reviewed June 25, 2017
In my car rental reservation, I prepaid the full amount $500+ for a full week's car rental service. I showed up on the 25th hour, and was told that my entire reservation has been canceled. I am out the full amount of $500+ without a car. You can charge me for the first day, or even for some extra penalty. But if you're taking the full amount, I will initiate a FTC consumer protection complaint. When I booked it, there is nothing on the Priceline website that suggested this would be a possibility.
Reviewed June 24, 2017
The customer service representatives are not competent to deal with issues that customers face. The level of professionalism is less than favorable and this is the last trip I will book with Priceline. The policy is too rigid and doesn't leave room for change or amendments. There are too many other options to have to pay thousands of dollars and still be disappointed.
Reviewed June 24, 2017
I was looking for a hotel with a casino. Priceline advertised the exact "Hotel with Casino" so I booked it through there express deals... But my problem is very simple. (No Casino.) When I called and told them there is no casino at this hotel, they said since I used the express deal, there are no refunds...
Reviewed June 24, 2017
Booked 2 rooms for 2 nights on 06/14/2017, at the Grand Ferdinand in Austria. Rates were $199.12eur per room per night. At checkout we were charged $220.00 per room for one night and 230.00 per room for the other night.
Reviewed June 23, 2017
I booked through the "name your price" option. I have booked through this option in the past and have been very satisfied - however this time was much different. I searched for 3 star hotels in Grand Rapids (all were hotels $200). I named a price for $170 and was placed at a hotel which was not originally listed as available under Priceline (the Grand River Hotel).
On all competitor websites (Trivago, Hotels.com, Expedia, etc.) this hotel is listed at ~$125. My total bill came to $206 with taxes. If I would have known this hotel was available through Priceline I would have lowered my price or just booked through another website. I called customer service which was not helpful at all and eventually got transferred after an hour to a supervisor (Mike) which stated that he could not do anything for me. This experience with Priceline has made me extremely disappointed with the company and after multiple attempts for them to "make it right" they did nothing for me.
I wanted to either get the reservation refunded or get price matched for what the hotel was actually worth; however, because I booked the day of then there was nothing they could do. This is the last time I will ever book with Priceline and will not advise anyone to use the "name your price" option. I expected better from Priceline. Very disappointed. To make matters worse I called the hotel and they charge Priceline a total of $89 and stated Priceline cancelled the reservation without refunding anything.
Reviewed June 23, 2017
I wanted to plan a birthday trip with my family to Chicago and was told that Priceline had the lowest rate for the hotel rooms that the family was staying in. I found the hotel and booked the room and was informed to use my credit card to reserve the room but that you can change the payment method at the time of check out. So I gave my credit card information only to discover that they charged my credit card and that is also when I found out there is no refund. The deceptive part is that they are ready to take your money without allowing you to room to breathe.
This trip is more than a month away. Anything can happen. Then when you call into the goofy customer service department, they talk to you as if you have never traveled before, or have you ever made arrangements in reserving a room which traditionally, you would just use your credit card information to hold the room and if at the time of check out, you want to pay with a credit card, cash or even pennies, you are given that option. In my opinion, don't ever use this site. It's not what they say, it's how they say it. It is very confusing and not user friendly. You would have to have your wits about you in order to understand that if you miss a step with this site, it will cost you. There are other booking sites that are less deceptive and consumer friendly. Priceline is gangster and doing business with is a risk. Also, the only reason it gets a star is because I have to in order to try to prevent this from happening to anyone else again. This is a buyer beware.
Reviewed June 23, 2017
When booking a flight through Priceline they gave me the wrong information on my estimate. Call them back to change. In just seconds the lady said it was a nonrefundable ticket. So I asked to talk to A supervisor. He could not do a damn thing too So they charged me $15 for a cancellation fee. They are wrong for what they do and I hope they get caught for these. Now I have to wait to see if my money is giving back to me.
Reviewed June 22, 2017
I booked a hotel room on the Name Your Own Price tool. Confirmation went thru and went back to website to see how much was saved. Paid $92.00 the room had a mobile deal for $80.00. Priceline stated since the hotel stay was for that night it was not eligible for the low price guarantee. The reservation has to be 24 hours out. This is not written or said in any advertisements or on their webpage. Customer relations e-mailed me the rules. Called back and even the customer service person did not know this rule. Very deceptive.
Reviewed June 22, 2017
When our flight was changed they did not notify us. Customer service was horrible to deal with. When using a travel agency one pays to be notified. Priceline is inefficient. I will never use this agency again. It has cost me $2,500.00 extra for my vacation.
Reviewed June 22, 2017
I booked an express hotel deal with this company. The deal they offered was for a 3 star hotel with a high guest rating. I was booked in a hotel I would never set foot in. The guest rating was far below what was advertised. Upon contacting their "customer service" department, they argue in broken English and eventually tell you there is nothing they do. They lie then take your money. I will never use this company again.
Reviewed June 22, 2017
Do not use this site for travel. They change your flights with no notification and do not help you when you are stuck. We sat for 4 hours and had to buy new tickets. They said, "File a complaint on a desktop." Hello.... in an airport... really. Now they changed our return after verifying it. They are not worth it!!! They are not worth a star.
Reviewed June 21, 2017
I made a hotel booking for 12 nights at Priceline on Monday evening. And on Wednesday they dropped the rate significantly for the same hotel booking and when I contacted their agent through chat, all they can say is "I do not qualify for the rate reduction as it was not within 24 hours." They are not at all consumer friendly. They do not make you aware of such a policy until you ask them. If they are genuine and wanted to help the consumers, they should highlight such policies in bold and make it prominent so that consumers are not missing to read it. I will not go through them as I strongly feel that PRICELINE is PURELY PROCRASTINATORS!!
Reviewed June 20, 2017
On June 20, 2017, I made a hotel reservation online and found out it was not what I wanted so I called the customer service immediately (within 10 minutes). The "supervisor" was super rude. She said her name is Alex, her employee ID is **. Not only did she refuse to help the customer, but also challenged and yelled at the customer, even hanged up on the phone. She said she was the highest one I could reach on the phone and refused to transfer the line to her manager. She did not care about customer or lost business from now on as the company was not hers. I have been using Priceline for years and made more than 10 trips per year just because I had great customer service before. Very disappointed! I hope Priceline will do something to educate their customer service team! Yelling at customers is never right!!!
Reviewed June 20, 2017
Tried to book a hotel late at night. Didn't know area but I put in the town I was in. Went for the hotel that was 2 1/2 stars and that was the most. When I booked it the hotel was in a different town. 11 miles away. Drove there. The name was the American Budget Hotel which looked exactly like the word "budget." Called Priceline and they said since I booked it in that location I would not get my money back. Asked them why that location came up. She didn't know. Ended up in the Walmart parking lot after driving for 10 hours. Not happy to spend $70 on a fleabag hotel. Will not go through Priceline again. EVER!
Reviewed June 20, 2017
I found a deal on the Priceline website for the Grand Hyatt in Denver that was advertised as a 50% off last minute booking deal (around 200 dollars instead of a regular price of about 459 dollars). After choosing this deal and paying, I instead received an itinerary for the Hyatt Regency which is actually a different and cheaper hotel. I did not notice this because I had no idea there were multiple Hyatt hotels in downtown Denver. I arrived at the hotel late at night and was very tired. I did sense that the hotel did not look like in the pictures but I did not fully realize what happened until the next morning.
I then called Priceline customer support to complain. The first person that I spoke with confirmed that I did, in fact, chose the Grand Hyatt, but since I already spent the night at the Hyatt Regency that there was nothing he could do about it. I then asked to speak to the manager who said, 'there is no way for us to know what you originally clicked on.' This is classic bait and switch and FRAUDULENT. I complained to both the managers at the Hyatt Regency and the Grand Hyatt. The Hyatt Regency manager said that I should not trust 3rd party sellers. This is crazy!!! The manager at the Grand Hyatt said that maybe they were oversold so I was moved to a 'sister company'. So basically they made me pay 50% more for a room that was advertised as 50% less! The rooms at the Hyatt Regency could be purchased for 100 dollars!
Reviewed June 20, 2017
Horrible experience. They told me I was booking an 8+ rated hotel. Got the reservation and it was a super 8 rates at a 6.2. Called Priceline and was on the phone for over an hour and finally came back on and told me there was nothing they could do and would not refund my money or book another hotel. Very disappointed.
Reviewed June 19, 2017
I used Priceline for the first time looking for cheap price flying from St. Paul, MN to Newark, NJ... Had to give my CC# before they showed itinerary but since I filtered my choices I was confident... Gave me wrong flight so I cancelled immediately and rebooked another through them 5 mins. apart. They took payment for both and haven't returned my payment for cancelled flight yet... This was on 6/8. It is now 6/18... Never ever again!!!
Reviewed June 18, 2017
I made a hotel reservation through Priceline on 5/1 for a trip on 6/12 - 6/14. When I checked into the hotel the rate was $156.66. Priceline had charged my card $183.62. I contacted Priceline and was told no adjustment would be given because the hotel changed the rate. Is it not Priceline suppose to have the best rates offered?
Reviewed June 16, 2017
Cruise from Los Angeles to Vancouver. Booked with Sandie ** of Priceline. Contract called for a $25.00 shipboard credit and a $25.00 voucher for future Priceline purchases. No credit received on board. Finally received a hotel voucher for $25.00 with a 3-week expiration date. Spoke to Priceline once but no credit. Called a second time and had no response. It's not a lot of money... but they didn't live up to their contract. Very disappointed.
Reviewed June 14, 2017
If you reserve anything from priceline.com the staff will treat you bad. If you reserve hotel from Priceline the hotel staff will give you room at the far, far end with probably no wifi and sometimes not a clean room. Priceline.com shows low price but at the time of reservation did you ever check the taxes and fees? In their express reservation the total amount is lower than regular reservation but the taxes and fees are higher than regular reservation. I am here to share my experience not to hurt anyone's business.
Reviewed June 14, 2017
I was a little hesitant on posting this about Priceline since I have used them a few times in past with mediocre experiences, however this time has pointed to everything I've personally seen firsthand, as well as heard directly from hotels that Priceline books through. To quote "they can give best deals on up to 60% off". First off I know this to be a clever and very unfair scam by Priceline to say up to 60% off when that is never remotely close to the price they want you to believe you're going to get. They have contracts with all these hotel chains that are already negotiated before anyone books anything through them. Once you pay the amount they see fit that fill their pockets up they take your money, book the room for the price Priceline inflates and sells to you, and then uses a business account credit card on their end to pay the negotiated price for "a lot" less than what you paid Priceline for, claiming this was the best price available.
This site I know now to be a full pledged scam, and someone should shut these liars and scam artist down! This site is crooked and do not care on the principle on which they are doing. They only care about filling up their pockets by lying to everyone that you're getting a deal when merely it's not a deal at all. Beware of this site.
Reviewed June 14, 2017
DO NOT USE Priceline. They do not show your itinerary until AFTER you have paid. I clicked that I needed a flight with NO layovers. After I paid, they had one layover. I was traveling for a funeral of a baby and traveling with two small children. I saw no contact phone number so I called the airline directly. United said that I would get a full refund because I canceled within 24 hours (I called within 5 minutes). They said that I would get the refund within 10-14 days. I then went through another online site and got a flight with NO layovers.
After 14 days, I called about the refund. United referred me to Priceline. Priceline referred me to United. Priceline said their contract page states that tickets are non-refundable and non-changeable. Had I seen a contract page, I would not have gone to the trouble of getting another flight. While I was on the phone (2 1/2 hours) they conveniently sent me a contract page (twice). Their prices are cheap because they take money when no services are given! DO NOT USE Priceline. I know I have learned my lesson, a $1600 lesson. I have contacted my bank and am in the process of contacting my lawyer.
Reviewed June 11, 2017
Beware of Priceline. They have billed us 2 times for the same reservation of the exact amount of dollars. Upon contacting someone via phone I was told that one of the charges was for a request bid that was rejected and that it would be dropped from my bank in 3 to 7 business days. Not true. The rejected bid was for less and they have no authorization to put a hold on rejected bids. When I pressed further I was told they NEEDED MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER in order to call my bank and have it dropped immediately. Can no longer be trusted.
Reviewed June 11, 2017
I rented a car through Priceline at Hertz on 7/9/17. The only place to pick it up was the airport, because it would be 8 pm. When I went to pick it up they denied service, because I did not have a major credit card. I pulled up my bank account to show I had already paid. They didn't care. I tried to contact both Priceline and Hertz, both were closed. Priceline had 2 numbers with a very annoying automated circular loop. Choices 1 and 2 takes you back to one! Even on Monday this was all I could get. I was never able to talk to a person, or even leave a message. I got a hold of Hertz who of course said they would look into it. 7-10 days for a refund. So, I didn't have a car, and also didn't have access to my money that they are holding up. To add insult to injury, the lady would not let me speak with anyone else. I will not shop with either company again. They obviously do not care about their customers. I would advise everyone to steer clear.
Reviewed June 10, 2017
My family and I booked an hotel through Priceline that was advertised as an newly renovated hotel!! Upon arrival to location our eyes were horrified!! Drugs and prostitution all over in plain site!! Scared from the appearance we attempted to see the room just to get away from what we were seeing. Room was disgusting. Feces on wall. Horrible smell. Termites flying all over room. Over a hundred flying. I ran out of room. And immediately reserved an hotel directly through a credible chain!! Called Priceline immediately about issue. They promised to resolve issue and refund out money.
After several fake promises. Well after a week of trying to get our money back for a room we didn't stay in. Priceline says they will not refund us now. After I offered to fax them. Give them any and all information to prove that we did not stay in hotel. They didn't care!!! They have no customer service at all. They basically put my family in harm's way and stole our money in process!!! Do not use Priceline!!! Worst experience ever!!!
Reviewed June 10, 2017
I booked two tickets for my children and when I wanted to cancel them just 2 minutes later, website asked me to call customer service which I did. They told me that it cost $7.50 for cancelation while at the bottom of that exact page it said I could cancel w/o penalty until 2 days later. Following is the message on their page, "Departing: Free Cancellation until 11:29 PM on 06/12/2017 EDT. After that time standard airline cancellation and change penalties apply. See your airlines full fare rules here. Estimated fees for baggage and other optional services."
Reviewed June 10, 2017
I went to an online hotel booking service (TripAdvisor. ca) and when I found a room, clicking on it brought me to another service, Priceline.com. The price quoted on the original site, and Priceline.com was in Canadian dollars. After entering in my credit details the room was purchased. However, once I got my confirmation email, I learned that I was still quoted the same price ($118) but now it stated that all quotes are in US dollars. Since I still had the web pages open on my phone, I made screen shots of them. They clearly show that I was quoted in Canadian. When I checked with my credit card company it showed I had been billed in US adjusted to Canadian. A difference of $50.
When I called Priceline.com I spoke to 2 different people. The first one put me on hold several times, as did the 2nd person. The 2nd and final representative was hostile, contradictory, and evasive. When I told her that I had screen saves of the quote from their website in Canadian funds, they told me to send the image in an email. When I did, they said I sent it in an incompatible format, that it needed to be in jpg or PDF. When I ensured that the attachment was indeed in jpg (sending it to my wife) the Priceline clerk stated that she was getting no image. That it showed the name of the attachment but no image. I did not believe her as I have many years of experience in sending attachment online and took extra steps to ensure it was in the correct format. This person was clearly stonewalling. In the end she insincerely (very rude tone) told me she was sorry it was not resolved to my satisfaction then hung up on me.
It has left me the task of informing my credit card company that I have been fraudulently overcharged and I will have to seek a dispute. This service is blatantly misleading and fraudulent in my opinion. To quote you in one currency then, using the same numbers (118) charging you in a different currency is clearly fraudulent billing. I will never deal with Priceline.com again, and as it was them that shuttled me to that service, I will never use TripAdvisor again as well, as I cannot trust either company to give me an accurate quote.
Reviewed June 9, 2017
I booked a express deal 6-8-17 for Corpus Christy Texas. It said above the express deal, Corpus Christy bayfront. I clicked on the express deal for a 2 star hotel, and they gave me Econo Lodge which is not a 2 star hotel, and not bayfront. This is misleading customers! Priceline refused to fix it. I have contacted my credit card.
Reviewed June 9, 2017
Be careful booking through this website. I recently booked the Clarion Hotel in Orlando on Hawaiian Court, was advertising free breakfast. After I booked the room and printed out my receipt, I read there's a 6.99 fee. I called Priceline within minutes of booking. I tried to cancel my reservations because of the mis-advertisement. Both the Clarion and Priceline are basically saying they do not see where it say free breakfast at.
So they are refusing to cancel my reservation without charging me. I will never use this website or the Clarion again. There was also a misprint in the resort fee. Priceline advertised $3 while the printout I have says $3.95. After speaker with a customer service representative yesterday, she mentioned she also seen the mistake. Clarion is not owning up to that. As of today the free breakfast advertisement has been taken off the website. Be careful everyone when choosing these rooms!
Reviewed June 7, 2017
The government needs to look into this. If you enter into their package deals, and then back out of that part of the system, and select specific flights it defaults back to picking what flights it wants to give you. I called Priceline IMMEDIATELY after this happened and they charged me $15 to cancel the flight which their computer picked after I had selected the specific flights I wanted. Furthermore, they make sure to collect your money BEFORE they show you the flight. It is a DELIBERATE THEFT, since they are aware of the problem. I fly 5-10 times a year on average and will never give Priceline my business again.
Reviewed June 7, 2017
On 6/2/17 I booked an express deal through Priceline for a two night stay in Key West, Florida. The total was $346.xx and the organization purports to offer a 100% guarantee for the regular site and a 200% guarantee for the express deals, meaning they claim they will refund you 200% of the difference if you locate a lower price. The caveat is that you need to contact their organization prior to midnight on the day before your stay is to occur. I contacted the organization via chat at about 11:15 pm on 6/6/17 after finding a lower total price on the hotel's site (24northhotel.com). Originally I spoke with Meg and she claimed that the price she observed on the hotel's site was the exact price that I had paid via Priceline. I went through the process at least five times and got the same price each time ($299.xx). I suggested that Meg telephone the hotel since she was the one experiencing difficulty and needed to verify the rate. She did not do so.
Finally, after dealing with Meg for well over 1/2 hour I requested to be transferred to her supervisor. When Khia entered the chat she maintained that she could not get on the hotel's website and continually received error messages. At one point she attempted to suggest that the hotel may have permanently relocated their site...really, Khia? Since she couldn't verify the rate, she stated she could not award me the 200% difference. She then maintained that she couldn't award the difference even if she could verify the rate because it was after midnight. I requested to be connected to her supervisor. She stated that person's name is Regina but she could not provide me with her last name or contact info as it is company policy not to disseminate that information. I requested the policy that stipulates this. She, of course, did not furnish it. Multiple times I requested to merely receive a refund so I could book directly through the hotel's site. She refused.
Don't waste your time with Priceline. They don't honor their price guarantee. It seemed they purposefully kept me on a chat for nearly two hours only to tell me it was now too late to receive the guarantee. One agent had no problem accessing the site I provided, but coincidentally received the exact same price I had paid and the other agent, "Khia, the supervisor", maintained she could not access the site at all. I'd suggest Hotwire Hot Rate or just going to Trivago instead of Priceline. In addition to false advertising, Priceline's customer service is horrific (and that's an understatement).
Reviewed June 6, 2017
Over the years, I have booked many hotels through Priceline in US, Canada, and Europe, and I was satisfied with their service, and recommended Priceline to everyone! I will not recommend Priceline anymore by any means, because of the experience I had with their customer service. In my recent trip, I booked two hotels using Priceline: one night in Kamloops in my way driving from Calgary to Vancouver, and four nights in Vancouver. My wife and I reached to Kamloops right after midnight, and we were provided with the last available room in that hotel. Although we had booked a nonsmoking room the available room was a smoking one, with a terrible smell of smoke. We clearly could not stay at that room and the hotel did not have any other option and offered us a refund!
I called Priceline "amazing customer service" as it is put when you call their line, and explained the situation. After they called the hotel and confirmed the situation, they told me unfortunately the hotel did not provide them with any other option than the refund, and they can do nothing else other than the refund in this situation, because of the defined procedures in their system! Finally, I arranged another hotel by myself and relocated at 2:30AM. Of course, I paid more for the new hotel than what I had booked through Priceline a month in advance. The next day I called them again and they only refunded my payment for the original booking!
This means that you are in your own in case any problem arises and you can expect nothing from the amazing customer service. Priceline clearly acts just as a dealer that does not take any responsibility! What should people do in case they face a similar situation when they might not be able to communicate effectively to find an alternative place by themselves? The worst thing is that Priceline sent me a link for feedback on my good hotel in Vancouver, but they didn't provide me with a link for feedback on my very bad experience staying in Kamloops!
Reviewed June 6, 2017
Booked an international ticket from US to the Philippines. One leg of my flight was canceled by Philippines Airlines. It took over three weeks to get a new leg booked and over eight hours of calls with customer service (mainly waiting on hold) to get the flight fixed. I originally booked my flights with three and four hour layovers paid extra to keep my trip short. When one of my two legs on my return flight was canceled I received a call that my reservation had been changed from Priceline. I called back within 24 hours and spoke with a Priceline agent. They searched for an alternative flight and told me they would be putting in a request to book it via Philippine Airlines. The call took 42 minutes. They stated it could take up to 7 business days to get a response from the airline.
On day 7 I called them to get a status update. I waited on hold for 23 minutes so the agent could review the notes on my record. The flight that was requested was not documented and the agent had not reached out to the airline as far as the agent could see. I asked to speak with a supervisor. The supervisor Jane. Jane was very kind and seemed concerned. She found another alternative flight and told me she would put in a request to book it and assign an agent that did not take inbound calls to call the airlines in order to increase our chances of a quick response. I did not hear back from Jane for two days. Jane called me at 1032PM MDT on day two and stated that because the flight we requested would have us missing our original connecting flight in Japan we also needed to contact Delta for permission to change to the alternative flight. Why in the world didn't she know this already???
Jane put in the request to Delta. These calls took over two hours and forty seven minutes. We are now one week and three days into solving this issue. I called two days later to check on the request. It took the agent 17 minute to review the notes on my record even after I gave her an overview and requested she skip to the last two steps. She proceeded to tell me that the change request would have fees associated to them and that she needed to look up the change fee details. I was a bit shocked but allowed her to review the change details.
33 minutes later she came back on the line and told me the request to change two legs of the flight due to the original canceled leg and now the missed connected needing a new leg due to no other flights being available would cost me $5067.00. Needless to say I kind of lost it. I asked to speak with a manager and inquired as to why I would be responsible to fees when I was not requesting the changes but subject to making the changes due to the original canceled leg. She put me on hold to review the notes and further speak with her agent which took 14 minutes. She came back online and assured me I would not be responsible for the flight change fees.
Relieved, I inquired on the progress of securing the new legs through Philippine Airlines and Delta. She stated there had not been any progress and the airlines had not responded to the requests. I asked about the agent who did not take calls that was assigned to the case and what they had done. She did not have record of such a person being requested. We are now one week and five days into this issue and have zero progress.
I broke down and asked the supervisor to please help me find resolution and involve the most influential parties so we could to get these requests fulfilled. She stated she needed to look up a new alternative flight and put in a new request. She did and came back with a flight that would require an 18 hour layover in Japan and was a day earlier than my original departure date. The supervisor stated she needed to call the airline for the request. I waited on hold for 1 hour and 14 minutes until we became disconnected.
She called back the next day and left a message, I returned her call and spoke with her co-worker also a supervisor. They stated they could not submit the flight request until they requested a hotel waiver in Japan due to the extended layover. I played along but was very agitated, again wondering why they didn't know these procedures. We end the call with me agreeing for them to submit the waiver for the hotel.
We are now one week and seven days into this issue and memorial day weekend is approaching. I leave for vacation and get a call on Tuesday, May 30th. The agent states that the flight changes have been approved but the hotel has not and we will need to check at the airport for hotel availability. Did I mention I am traveling with my 13 and 16 year old sons? Also, she stated the layover will be 20 hours instead of 18 and my connecting layover in Seattle has changed from three hours to nine hours. I inquire on what happened to the waiver for the hotel and why it is acceptable to think that me and my sons I will wing it and try and get a hotel in Japan on the day of. Simply disgraceful experience.

Reviewed June 6, 2017
I was looking for Hotels in Boca Raton, Florida and the system displayed hotels in Delray Beach. I made a reservation and then noticed it is far from the place I wanted to stay. So just a few hours later I called to change it or get a refund but they refused. They didn't help at all.
Reviewed June 5, 2017
I use Priceline for most of my travels and today was the first time I've ran into an issue and had to deal with the painful process of customer service. Express deals had an option for 3.5 rated hotels in both Carmel and Keystone so I selected the one for Keystone. Long story short they booked me a room in Carmel which is 30 plus minutes from where I'm going. After spending an hour on the phone explaining I selected Keystone and not Carmel they come back and stated I'm stuck with the hotel in Carmel. If they have an option for an area which states in the agreement then Priceline should be liable for cancellation and should book hotel in correct area. I believe the agent's hands are tied with limited options to fix issue, so Priceline needs to accept that they made a mistake and book in correct area. I will update outcome as this has been escalated!
Updated on 06/13/2017: I recently used Priceline Express to reserve a hotel in Keystone Indiana but was put up in Carmel. Long story short customer service escalated my issue to a higher level with a callback promised. The escalation team only responded via email and wouldn't callback. The first level of customer support did their job but I'll say the escalation team did nothing but send canned emails without giving me a chance to discuss live. Very poor response and disappointed customer who uses Priceline for travels. I'm moving on to a different option as there are several out there. It's unfortunate Priceline won't take the time to callback when there's an issue with a reservation!!!
Reviewed June 4, 2017
I reserved a hotel reservation months in advance through Priceline thinking they featured best prices. I was required to pay at the time the reservation was made only to be charged again at the motel. Upon inquiry at the hotel, I was told I had not paid. However I rechecked my charges from months early and realized I had indeed been charged twice and the Priceline charge was $15 more per night than the hotel. I am now awaiting a refund from the hotel. When I asked the Priceline representative about the difference in rates and if an adjustment would be made in their charge, I was told that was the cost of a third party. Who knew? BEWARE!
Reviewed June 4, 2017
Navigating a complex aggregate (hotwire) website I booked a rental car through what I thought was Hertz but apparently was Priceline. The next day I get two confirmations, one for the car I booked and the other for a convertible (at 4x the price) from a completely different agency (Budget). The time and place for both reservations were the same. Having received the receipt for the car I did reserve I can only assume the communications between the systems did something unplanned or something untoward. The charge on the car I did not order went through immediately. The car I did reserve is not being charged until I pick up the car. Neither Budget (the renting company) nor Priceline would do anything. Priceline just said it was non-changeable and non-refundable and I agreed to it. This seems like fraud, using my information to make a purchase I did not authorize. I am taking the matter to my credit card company.
Reviewed June 3, 2017
Wish I could have given no stars! I have never been so appalled at the worst customer service experience ever. Background: my wife, military veteran, is on hospice after years of battling cancer. She is trying to spend as much time with her husband as possible. So while on a business trip I checked out Priceline looking to book a room (specifically one with ADA compliance). I found one, and booked with them for a night at Quality Inn. So when you read deeper into the fine print you find that any special room request must be made with the hotel. Okay, so I call Quality Inn and was transferred to their main reservation number. The person I spoke to said they did not have any ADA compliant rooms left, but that they could reserve me a King room on the first floor so she would not have to climb stairs. I said that will be okay.
When I get to the "Quality" Inn the front desk attendant tells me, in so many words that there are no more king rooms available on the first floor. In her defense she offered me a double. Mind you we are married adults it would be nice to sleep next to each other. So I ask for a refund/cancellation so I could go to another hotel. She said that would not be possible because I booked with Priceline and there was no cancellations this close to the reservation. I said, "But I did not reserve an upstairs king room..." She said there was basically nothing she could do. She could not even give a discount thanks to Priceline. I tell her "my wife is tired just give me the room" and my wife hobbles in pain up 15 concrete stairs at the other end of the hotel.
So I call Priceline after and after an agonizingly line time on hold they call the Hotel and come back with an offer to discount the highly overpriced room (there's a story behind that as well) by $14.22. What ignorance, that's less that one dollar for every painful step she had to take. Sorry, I now realize that choosing a Choice hotel over Marriott was stupid choice, but in my defense there wasn't a Marriott in this small town and the only other decent hotel was sold out. If you are still reading you may want to hear about their so called low price guarantee. Forget that, the guy checking in right front of me received, if my ears did not deceive me, the same "quality" room for $20 less than I was paying through Priceline. When I brought this to the Priceline's Reps attention he said, "We are a business, we also operate on a profit margin." Consumer beware! Call the hotel you want yourself!
Reviewed May 31, 2017
I booked a hotel and 10 days later the hotel was $100 cheaper. I chatted with a rep who told me there wasn't anything he could do about adjusting my rate. I called and spoke with a rep and a senior rep who both told me because that it has been more than 24 hrs. They would not adjust my rate. Of course the rate doesn't change within 24 hrs. It's days later and Priceline does not care for their customers. I will never use them again.
Reviewed May 30, 2017
IF I could give them 0 stars I would! Worst experience of my life. I am so PISSED off with this company. Booked a flight to PR for a wedding, found out I was pregnant and couldn't travel due to doctor advisement because of Zika virus. Called to request a refund because of this unusual circumstances and they referred me to the airline. Airline could not issue me a refund or credit because ticket was purchased by Priceline as a "bulk price ticket" and only Priceline could give me credit. After multiple calls, transferred every few mins and being placed on hold for way too long, nothing!! AIRLINES SHOULD NOT WORK WITH THIS COMPANY. DO NOT PURCHASE ANYTHING FROM PRICELINE. NOT WORTH IT!
Reviewed May 30, 2017
Booked a hotel through priceline.com for 5/27 - 5/29/2017 - which was Memorial Day weekend supposedly at the Hampton Inn, Biloxi, MS. After driving for 7 hours we arrived at the hotel, just to be told that we did not have a reservation there and that we needed to call Priceline about the issue. I then proceeded to call Priceline and it was just a waste of time. After reaching an agent, I was then put on hold for 1 hour and 15 minutes, while they tried to resolve the issue. So while they have me on hold, they are calling the hotel (mind you I am standing by the front desk during this time listening to the agent speak with the different reps that are calling them about my reservation) asking them over and over again did they have a room and being told no. I finally asked the front desk agent to hand me the phone and when I get on the phone, I was told I had to speak with Priceline and not them.
So after being placed on hold and finally being told they had no room for me and they were going to get me other accommodations, the agent disconnected the line. So I called Priceline back and was placed on hold for 3 hours and 10 minutes and no one ever came back on the line to assist me and I never received a call back saying they had found a room. I even tried the online chat, just to be told I had to call the phone number for help. All of this was a waste of my time and the end result was us being left stranded with no place to stay in another state. Then when you call the corporate phone number, it hangs up on you when you press "0" for help. I will never use priceline.com for any services ever again.
Reviewed May 28, 2017
Be cautious when booking through Priceline for a cruise. We have had nothing but bad attitude from the person handling our cruise, and we are a party of 6! Our dinner reservation was placed for 4, but my husband and I were not put on the same table. I hope that they can accommodate us. I hope that we can enjoy our meals together eventually. We paid full price for our cruises, and were not treated well, especially after they were paid off in full. When I wanted more information, the person assisting me said "Oh my God!" when I did not understand the fine print and wanted her to explain. I have put in a call to her manager, and will not use Priceline again.
Reviewed May 28, 2017
Today I bought an airline ticket with priceline.com. The website states that if you apply and use their priceline.com credit card you will get $50 off the ticket. It even shows them taking the $50 off the price. I did apply and got the credit card. However, was not able to use the credit card to purchase that ticket as it said that flight was no longer available. However, when I did the same process again and paid with my other credit card magically the trip was available. So I called priceline.com and talked to 3 different people to just get the total run around. They even had me call the credit card company like it was somehow their fault that their website purposely has you apply and get a card that they have no intention of giving you the discount on. They refused to honor the website discount. I will never do business with this shady unprofessional company again. This is a perfect case of false advertisement!
Reviewed May 26, 2017
I booked a flight for Sacramento to Milwaukee Wisconsin. As I was choosing the times, I read them out loud to my wife. We chose a 6:05 am flight out of Sac, with a connection in Chicago, getting us to Milwaukee at almost 5 pm. -easy peasy right? Then the flight back would get us back by 4:30 pm on the Wednesday before we went back to work. Paid just over a grand and that was that. I got a confirmation email which I foolishly didn't read til about 2 days later.
Fast forward to 2 days later. I'd forwarded our itinerary to my wife who read it and asked: "Why did they book us for 7:30 pm out of Sac?" And then she said, "We didn't book an overnight flight-- we don't get into Milwaukee til 9 am on Sunday!" I have no idea what happened, but we did NOT book these flights! We have a party the night we arrive --we wouldn't have left home at 7:30 that night! And who does overnight flights?? They stuck us with 2 layovers, and booked us getting home at midnight--on a work night! So as soon as we noticed this mega-catastrophe of an itinerary, I called. I was greeted with the customary "you reviewed and accepted the contract, so there is nothing we can do. But--for $400 each, we can put you on a 6 am flight." $800 more dollars to give me the flight I originally booked?!
So we escalated up to a supervisor who said, "You accepted the contract by clicking on the I Accept button." I told them I would have never booked an overnight flight the day I have my own birthday party! The supervisor told me that lots of people have buyer's remorse... Seriously?? So after they explained that I read and agreed to the terms, and if I "changed my mind" I would be subject to fees and rebooking charges. In other words we're stuck wasting an entire day AND night in an airport, missing my own birthday party, flying from Sac, to Phoenix, to Chicago and FINALLY to Milwaukee -- then arriving home in the middle of the night the day we go back to work. Oh yeah-- they also made me re-choose our seats, and most seats left on the flight make us pay from $14 to $60 EACH! They're not even emergency row seats! This was the worst experience I've ever had with an airline booking company. I will NEVER use Priceline.com again.
Reviewed May 25, 2017
When making a car reservation on rental cars.com (a subsidiary of Priceline). First I was told the price was not available, so I chose another car. Look at my email and lo and behold two reservations - first one went through. Cancelled one of the reservations and received confirmation email. Both reservations deducted from checking account. Called Priceline who was unable to find reservation sent me to Rentalcars.com unable to find reservation and sent me to Priceline. This is the second time in one year this has happened. Have to stop payment and will never use either company again.
Reviewed May 25, 2017
The week of my vacation I received an email from Agoda (which is Priceline's third party co) to inform my reservations have been cancelled due to an internal problem with the hotel. They suggested another nearby hotel and would make all the arrangements if I agreed. I was not happy with the recommended hotel as it did not suit my needs or my taste. After multiple emails throughout the days following I suggested another hotel located on the Agoda website. Agoda informed me that they could not transfer my reservations to the hotel that I chose and suggested a full refund plus one extra night fee for my inconvenience, so I excepted and book my new hotel room.
The next day I received am email stating Agoda would refund me in an amount that did not include the extra night, already overly frustrated because I had been dealing with this for days now I replied to the email discussing that is not what we agreed upon. I agreed on the refund plus an extra night cost. Well, I've now emailed four times without a response. Prior to my refund request, I'd always get a response within an hour or two. Now, nothing. I reached out to Priceline directly via internet and they couldn't help me, said I had to deal with Agoda directly even though I booked my reservations with Priceline. I've called Agoda and was told the department handling my reservations refund can only communicate via email. Seriously!!! Extremely pissed and will definitely NEVER use Priceline again.
Reviewed May 25, 2017
I used the service on Priceline to get the best price using the "Name my price service." I am a very once in a while traveler and this trip was to see my just born great grandson. While I was filling out the information I had to leave my laptop for a few minutes to tend to my laundry and while I was away from my laptop my granddaughter (Who is a minor) completed my booking without my authorization. My bid for the hotel turned out to be only $5 less than their normal charge. I looked at the reviews of the hotel that was selected for me and the reviews were not up to my standard.
I called Priceline right away and explained my situation and asked that they cancel the reservation due to I did not complete it myself and would not stay at this hotel. They refused a refund. I called the hotel as well to advise I would not be checking in their hotel so they would not save a room for me. I then called my credit card company and filed a dispute. After several weeks of phone calls and emails I was still denied a refund so I was out $218.10 for nothing. I believe under my circumstances I should have been refunded and I will NEVER use Priceline again and I have advised all of my family and friends not to use them either. Their guidelines do state no refunds. BUT it also states that the person will have to verify their identity and credit card upon arrival at the hotel. I never set foot in the hotel, was never verified and did not stay there. A big company should be able to make exceptions but they refused. So much for their customer service...
Priceline Company Information
- Company Name:
- Priceline
- Year Founded:
- 1998
- Address:
- 800 Connecticut Ave.
- City:
- Norwalk
- State/Province:
- CT
- Postal Code:
- 06854
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.priceline.com
