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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...
Reviewed May 22, 2017
I have never written a bad review. Always want to give a company the benefit of the doubt. I had prepaid my car rental through Priceline Name Your Own Price and this was the worst experience I've ever had with a car rental company. Arrived at Phoenix Sky Harbor on April 26th at 7:30 PM to pick up my car rental. Waited over 30 minutes in line and was treated with little respect by the annoyed and I assumed overworked customer service representative behind the counter. He asked if I wanted to add any additional services which I declined. He informed me my card would be charged of $200.00 as a deposit for the rental. No problem, as I know this is customary. The vehicle was clean, had a full tank of gas and appeared to be in fine condition. Exiting the rental company was easy.
Returned the car on May 1st and was greeted by a very nice gentlemen who said everything was fine. This is where things turned for the worse... Upon review of my credit card on May 2nd Advantage had charged me $1130.23 for a vehicle that I already had paid for. After 30 minutes on hold a polite customer service representative asked how he could help me. I explained the charge and he said I returned the car at LAX, NO I returned where I picked up. He then said Gas. I said "wow, that would be an expensive tank of gas but I dropped it off full." He further went on to say that he would create a ticket and I could expect a response in 24-48 hrs.
Anxiously I called the next day. This time I wasn't as lucky with a nice customer service representative, Instead I had a representative tell me I dropped the car off at LAX. I offered to send my airline ticket showing where I departed from. She insisted I left from LAX. After going back and forth for approximately 20 minutes I asked for a manager. On hold, once again, a manager came on. She explained to me that they made a mistake and that they would take care of it. The car tags are so close in numbers that they were one off. Fine I said. No apology from the manager just that they would take care of it. During all of this I had already cancelled my credit card because I thought someone had stolen my number and there was fraud.
The following day I went onto my credit card again. They only credited me $844.30 in total. I was still out $285.93. Again, 30 minutes on hold with Advantage. When I finally got a customer service representative I asked to speak with a manager. They were resistant but gave in. That's when Jane came on the phone. She said the remaining balance was the amount due from the rental. I said I paid for the rental on Priceline name your price and gave her my confirmation number and even offered to email her a copy. "I'm sorry" she said, "we don't have access to email and we never received payment from Priceline. You need to take it up with them. So, I contacted Priceline. They gathered all my information. They put me on hold for 10 minutes. They come back and tell me they need to call Advantage" and would I mind holding? I tell them that could take another 30 minutes and I've already spent over an hour and a half on a Friday night.
They put me on hold, Come back 5 minutes later and say they can't get in touch with Advantage and they will need to research the complete charge as my rental through them was $255.20 and I'm saying they are charging me $285.93. End result... I need to wait 5-10 business days for a response from Priceline. Here it is 21 days later. Priceline said they were getting nowhere with Advantage Car Rental and asked if I could provide the Rental Agreement and Receipt. I then contacted Advantage aka Sixth Car Rental, and had the information in my inbox in 10 minutes.
I reached out to Priceline again today and they said they need to confirm the receipt. They put me on hold for over 25 minutes, come back and say "sorry we can't get a customer service representative." I ask for a manager and I get put on hold again for 15 minutes. I then call Advantage myself and get in. I offer to three way the call and the manager says "we can't do that." Now I have to wait 5-8 business days for them to confirm the information I have sent. Honestly, I think Priceline is hoping I lose my patience and let it go. $285 dollars isn't the issue at this point. It's the lack of effort on Priceline to resolve it. I have been a loyal customer for years. Will be looking for other search agents to use. They are HORRIBLE!!! No apology from Advantage. Hours spent on the phone. Cancelled credit card...
Reviewed May 21, 2017
I reserved a room on a phone number I believed to be my hotel from their website. Nope, as I found out when I saw the charge on my credit card, I had been diverted to Priceline. I was told my hotel of choice was not available and then offered a reservation at a different hotel. Upon reading reviews of the new hotel, I immediately cancelled the second reservation. Then I got my actual hotel of choice, La Quinta, on the line, and they had plenty of rooms. The worst part? I got charged the full reservation price for room #2, America's Choice, and have to wait for a refund. I have seen others try to use discount reservation lines, and end up charged for non existent rooms, so I try to avoid these sites like the plague, but obviously, you have to be very careful. I was once traveling with 2 ladies who ended up without rooms in Guatemala, having paid for rooms in 2 different hotels, so be warned.
Reviewed May 21, 2017
I bought two flights to Hawaii 10 months ahead. 3 months later PRICELINE changed my flight to an entirely different day arrival with 25 hour layover (from 1 hour previously). I have hotels, other flights, tourist activities, all arranged around the day of original flight. PRICELINE gave no recourse other than to cancel the flight altogether. Now I have to repurchase flight, change hotel, other flight fees, will cost me hundreds thanks to PRICELINE. First time using PRICELINE, LAST TIME USING PRICELINE. NEVER AGAIN! I have traveled for years with EXPEDIA AND NO PROBLEMS. CHOOSE EXPEDIA!!! PRICELINE STINKS!!!
Reviewed May 20, 2017
For my Vegas vacations, Priceline schedule the flight through Spirit airlines. 48 hours prior to departure Spirit cancelled the flight. They would not pick up the phone. I contacted Priceline asking for help to schedule the flight with another airline. The representative was very rude and said Priceline had nothing to do with the problem and could not help. I had to schedule and pay for another flight on my own. I will have to deal with Spirit for refund later. One freebie offered by Priceline was breakfast. Mandalay Bay hotel had no knowledge of that offer. It was a Priceline scam. I will NEVER use Priceline EVER.
Reviewed May 19, 2017
I booked a reservation for an Omni Hotel Resort; price was fine. However, there was an issue with the credit card charged and this started a whole Customer Service nightmare... I wanted to switch payment to a different account. I was told I could not... It had not even been booked as is still in pending. I could not cancel and rebook to correct card. I could get NO ONE at any level in the company to help me. Further, I was told be a series of Managers in a Call Center reading from a script that NO ONE in that facility would be able to give me help, a different answer, or make a decision of management level.
I called the Hotel... I registered a complaint about Priceline. The people in the staff at the Hotel said Priceline was new to them and they were astonished by the careless and rude disregard towards customer service. I left a voicemail for the CEO of Priceline Group in Norwalk CT. I sent a direct message to the Executive level at Priceline in CT. I got a response I would be attended to within one day. It is a day later... NADA. I had to run around to various financial sources to change accounts to make sure funds were in the WRONG account because the pending charge could hit... ALL COULD BE AVOIDED by a simple switch of payment choice.
This request was not unheard of, unreasonable, or uncommon. Priceline's response was irresponsible, ignorant, and insolent. There is not significant difficulty at all. It is basic customer service and requires a couple of data entries... Keystrokes, mind you. How does a service company survive based on this response? NEVER AGAIN... The $60 savings from the Priceline deal was not worth the nightmare of today having to run around and deal with the fallout of Priceline's poor excuse for customer service. I also strongly SUGGEST to Priceline that they had managers located in the countries of the people needed higher level accountability. Distance does not help this company at all in terms of services. AIRLINES will not be the only ones with customers up in arms about careless disregard of customer courtesy and rights.
Reviewed May 19, 2017
I was originally on Kayak. I made a request for a particular sized car to rent and requested I rent from Enterprise. It took me to Priceline and gave me a price for various sized cars. I selected the car size I originally asked for, entered the information and obtained my confirmation in my email. The confirmation was a car rental through Hertz and even the times I requested were different. In trying to have all that corrected through Priceline I was told that I agreed to it and paid for it so no changes are allowed to be made. Part of me blames myself for not reading all the intimate details but I feel very deceived in knowing what I asked for, being switched to a site I thought was going to give me what I asked for.
Never again will I used Priceline and I will always let people know to beware that they are not a flexible company to work with when trying to do business. They also change your requests before you know it. They will not work with you to shift the changes. I imagine that is how they stay in business -- continuously ripping people off from what they asked for.
Reviewed May 18, 2017
The last charge I had on my Priceline visa card was posted January 30, 2017. My card was not presented for any charges after that but I have had 6 debit card charges in each of Feb., March, and April totalling over 500.00 dollars. I've tried to talk with priceline and have zero help. They told me to call Barclay claims. They told me the number I have for priceline is not a valid number. I called the number indeed it is priceline's customer service number. I ask for their number. It is a ripoff number. I ask how are we going to resolve this issue and they hung up on me. That's how you treat a customer. I will continue until I get this resolved. My bank told me to call priceline and ask them what happened to the money. All I have gotten is the runaround and to call this number and that number. I will not deal with priceline ever again!!!
Reviewed May 18, 2017
I've used priceline.com for years and throughout the last year for hotels for a new job location. I just bought a new trip for a hotel for a week, which is actually an extended week at the hotel I am currently staying in. The manager informed me that on this last reservation priceline.com provided the hotel with all of my credit card information. He said they had never done that before (because I prepay all costs), so they should not have my credit card information. I was immediately alarmed about the security of my financial information being shared now when it wasn't before. I wrote priceline.com and they admitted providing the information now in a new agreement (that they sprung on me in the checkout without clear warning of the new requirement). This is entirely unacceptable.
I have been using priceline.com prepay for years to better manage hotel costs and security (your private information is not shared). Hotels have very lax security. I have openly networked to hotel computers using the provided Wi-Fi and able to view every hotel transaction, including every credit card transaction. I do not know what has changed at priceline.com, but it appears they are now booking.com and have implemented booking.com's policies. I know the hotel I am staying in is not secure and my credit card information is now exposed. I feel duped by priceline.com as another company is just using this name and the trust of protecting my information is breached. I have written priceline.com informing them I will no longer do business with them after many years and recommend no one else do business with them either until they adopt proper financial security policies for their customers.
Reviewed May 17, 2017
I entered a "Name Your Own Price" bid into Priceline for a hotel and overbid due to changing stars and mistakenly leaving the same price. Right after the bid was accepted, I used Google to see that Hotels.com had the same hotel for 25% less. After spending over an hour on chat and telephone, as well as sending screen shots of the booking that was cheaper, they refused to lower the price and they also refused to cancel the reservation. I canceled the reservation directly with the hotel and booked through Hotels.com, but the Priceline charge still came on my credit card.
Reviewed May 16, 2017
I had horrible customer service today when I called to change my flight. It was involuntary change, and the agents I spoke to made me buy a new ticket and pay the full price. My flight time was changed by the airplane company and Priceline could not change my flight without charging me. When I refused to pay for the change, Priceline would not change my ticket.
Reviewed May 15, 2017
I booked a hotel reservation at Cleveland. And I would like to change some reservation date and I contacted the Customer care for 3 days. No one able to resolve this issue. And when I asked for refund, simply transferring to other department and I have never seen such a poor customer care. Really annoying. I won't recommend anyone to book hotels or any travel reservation through Priceline.com.
Reviewed May 15, 2017
Beware of Priceline listings before you agree to purchase. Today, I agreed to a hotel room with a listing of "Free Internet." But after I purchased, the confirmation said "Free Internet" (in public areas). I don't know about you, but that is clearly deceptive. Look elsewhere for inexpensive hotel rooms.
Reviewed May 11, 2017
Just needed to do a simple add of a loyalty number to a reservation. Received a no adds, no changes, no updates, no refunds, or exchanges. Oh and btw no loyalty, no discounts, no nada. Well what do you actually do? This is travel, things change. All the time what a waste of a company.
Reviewed May 11, 2017
I made reservation in Four Points Hotel in Raleigh NC--date of reservation was April/24/17--to have 4 night on May/10-14/17. My confirmation no. is **. Went to the hotel today to check in after 5 hours of driving at 5:15 pm. I have been told that the Four points hotel had canceled all the reservation including my dates because of changing the opening date by the management. Also inform me that the hotel management had informed Priceline about the cancellation to contact the customers but I have not been contacted or informed by Priceline. I was in very difficult situation as I paid more than $350 for 4 night and don't have room to stay now after been informed by the cancellation and Priceline did not inform me or giving me my money back!!!
Spoke with the hotel manger and he was extremely helpful and understand the mistake was by Priceline. He helped me by offering another hotel with same standard of my previous reservation and he paid an extra amount of money to give me the same suite and made sure I have the confirmation paperwork and did call the other hotel to make sure they will take care of me... I highly recommend the Four points by Sheraton at Raleigh North and his extremely nice staff to anyone wanna get a hotel in NC. Please avoid the scam and the very bad treatment and handling of the reservation by Priceline and please try another website if you wanna your peace of mind.
Reviewed May 10, 2017
I'm sending this email to inform you that the company is falsely advertising rewards through Barclaycard Visa, because their website does not accept Their own rewards card. You only get three customer call center overseas, through chat and email. There is no supervisor or manager or a corporate officer that will take care of this. I spoke with 25 different people through chat, email, and phone to get a response and they copy and pasted information that had no relation to any of my issues.
I had the manager of Priceline rewards VISA at Barclay call the manager of your customer relation teams who gave us similar responses and could do absolutely nothing for the partnership. She and all of Barclay are now aware of the issue along with all the saved and recorded phone call between Barclay and Priceline. I have saved all the messages and chats and emails as well, and I sincerely hope that they do not take this situation lightly. I want you to know what kind of company that you are dealing with in hopes that corporate will respond, and if not Barclay will be.
Reviewed May 9, 2017
I booked a flight for $402 at the end of April. The flight changed today to $162 less. I also purchased the insurance for my flight - which they said is only for death or illness. I called Priceline and was transferred 3 times! Each person said they aren't trained in my questions - "Will you give me the price difference and if not, can I cancel the flight and re-book." I asked the same questions each time. I spent 2 hours on the phone with Andy, Angel, and Gus - none of them were knowledgeable and seemed to not understand what I was asking. After 2 hours, they wouldn't honor the price change, told me if I canceled flight, I'd lose all $402. Didn't seem to really care or try to help in any way at all. I will never use Priceline again! There's plenty of competitors.
Reviewed May 9, 2017
We purchased a ticket Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro and back from Priceline. After boarding pass issue, boarding was rejected due to Priceline admin problem. A new ticket had be purchased for $ 1000 to keep the family holiday. While a ticket refund has been indicated, after four months & 15 long international calls Priceline response to us is totally unacceptable. Who can advise me what to do? They blame the airline however we purchased the ticket through them. What to do? Not happy with Priceline. At Priceline we have spoken to Mauro, Liz, Madeleine, Jerry, Stacey, Jeje, Azue, not one of them has got back to us.
Reviewed May 9, 2017
On April 29th, I attempted to book the Hampton Inn in the Fort Myers area for that evening. When attempting to book, the reservation was not confirmed for the message sent was there was no availability. No confirmation was provided to print and no confirmation was sent to my email. However, I was billed for the night. I then called Priceline. They claim their screen showed my booking, but I was a no show. When an email confirmation was questioned, they stated one was sent. When asked to resend, they were unable to do so. The customer service was deplorable. Not sending confirmations to customer emails is unsatisfactory.
I worked in a hospital and if we treated our patients and clients with this disrespect, we would not be employed. I book very frequently with the following: Booking.com, Hotels.com, and Expedia with no issues. Consumer beware, if you choose to book with Priceline. Also, hotels need to beware of allowing Priceline to book reservations for them. Never book with Priceline!!
Reviewed May 7, 2017
I did a car rental reservation through Priceline and when I pick up the car the price was more than 20 dollars higher. Payless informed it was a Priceline tax miscalculation and I should talk directly with them. I called Priceline and they seems not to care at all. Priceline informed that they only gave me an estimation of the taxes (Which was from 35 USD), totally different from the 57 USD taxes charged. Priceline made me a terrible deal and, as a customer, I gave them the chance to fix it but they threw it away. Zero transparency, zero customer care.
Reviewed May 6, 2017
Deceptive advertising of locations. I booked an express deal in Miami for the Port of Miami area and received a confirmation for a chain hotel in an area known as the Civic Center. The surrounding area of the hotel has been crime infested and filthy. It is near the Dade County Jails and Courthouse. You see bail bond businesses everywhere and hospitals dominate the area. I informed the CSR that I'm very familiar with the area having grown up in Miami and per her map it is included in space covered by my selection. This hotel is at least 4 or more miles from the Port of Miami. I called my credit card company to file a complaint for not deceptive billing or fraudulent billing.
Reviewed May 4, 2017
I have used this feature a number of times before (successfully). I have an upcoming vacation in Virginia, and used the feature to select a 3.5 star hotel in the Virginia Beach area. I was prompted to provide an increased price (with their suggested price point) which I did. To my shock and horror, I was immediately booked in Pat Robertson's "Inn" which is on the campus of his religious organization (the 700 club and Regents University).
I immediately contacted customer service via chat, and told them I was looking for a hotel. I was not anticipating being forced to stay in lodging on the campus of a religious organization (and one I disagree with at that). The service agent was nice but I immediately got the party line (no changes, too bad). Long story short, I have now sent 3 emails, 2 customer service chats, no resolution. They do not care. I don't want my money back, I want to stay in a hotel, not be forced to stay in Pat Robertson's lodging. Ugh. I will never use Priceline again.
Reviewed May 2, 2017
We booked a van rental on Priceline.com the end of March for a Family Vacation in June. Four days later we called to cancel due to our son and daughter not being able to get the week off they had requested at work. On the Priceline Website they advertise; "Unlimited Mileage" - "Pay at Pick-up" - "Free Cancellation". NOT SO in our case! Our credit card was billed, and when called they said this was a non-cancelable offer due to Priceline's agreement with Avis. Still Not What Priceline Advertises!
We have made changes to our vacation to accommodate Priceline's Greed and unwillingness to work with us. We've tried to change the dates of the rental, use the funds for another time, and even reinstate the original rental back to the original dates. NO they will not do it, Will NOT work with us. As of today we find out that Priceline has cancelled our rental but will not return the money! Last week we asked to speak with a Supervisor, and was told, "They will call us back in 24-48 hours if they feel the issue warrants the return call." Is this a company you want to do business with? Priceline is a company of GREED! Not a Customer Service Company in the least. Lesson learned... DON'T USE PRICELINE!
Reviewed May 1, 2017
Booked an express deal through Priceline for a 3 1/2 star condo for a five night stay in Orlando. When the resort was revealed it states we are booked at West Lake Resorts in Kissimmee Florida. Upon checking in I was re-directed to a referral desk. Confused I listened to this person say this resort is actually a timeshare sales pitch. Our 3 1/2 star condo turned out to be at best a 2 star high pressure sales pitch for a timeshare. The "condo" is nothing more than a hotel room with a refrigerator. We are now stuck in a timeshare resort that doesn't come close to comparing to a Hyatt/Regency as advertised by Priceline for the remainder of our stay because Priceline will not honor their reservation for an actual 3 1/2 star condo. Very disappointed with customer service and will never use their site again when booking a vacation.
Reviewed April 29, 2017
I booked a hotel through Priceline's Express Deals that allows you to choose a certain number of star for hotel rating. I was given a group of hotels that fit each of the star ratings. I chose 2 stars and was given a 1-star hotel (econo lodge). Filipino customer service was no help.
Reviewed April 28, 2017
Priceline hotel express deal is a scam. Booked a 2 1/2 star hotel but got a 1 star rating. The hotel was stinky, the bed was dirty and uncomfortable, the towel rack was rusty and the room was so noisy because the wall was thin. Called Priceline but they didn't do anything about it.
Reviewed April 28, 2017
Priceline explicitly states that they carefully review hotel partners to ensure quality, yet, in my first (and will be only) express deal experience, they included a hotel with a terrible user review from various websites, including complaints about bed bugs, roaches, knife gashes and cigarette burns in the sheets, lukewarm water, and rude reception desk, and broken into rooms, which I unfortunately was given. When I contacted Priceline about this, they insist that their review process is good, and that their policy does not allow any changes or cancellations. After trying to communicate with them, three emails later, I've given up. All I can do now is warn others - do not book through their express deals unless you're going for three stars or higher, depending on area. I will not use Priceline again. I'll stick with my usual choices, such as Hotels.com or booking with the hotels directly.
Reviewed April 27, 2017
Reservation sent for two adults. When we got to hotel it was one queen size bed for two males. This was unacceptable. I tried to cancel then they would not cancel it. Even though they said it was for two adults they need to specify their ads and the hotel's which was a Howard Johnson's in Toms River, New Jersey. Should have worked with me instead they charge me an extra $10 for the second bed and would not allow me to cancel it either. So from a $56 room I have ended up spending any $81. I feel this is false advertisement and they should have given me a cancellation with a refund. I use Priceline three to four times a week and every single time it's a hassle to cancel and get your money back. It takes 1 minute to make the reservation and hour and a half to do a cancel when they allowed to cancel.
Reviewed April 22, 2017
I tried changing the driver on my rental, which is scheduled in 6 days and it can't be done. The representative also didn't have answers to any of my questions and pretty much just told me I'll find out all the prices when I arrive to pick up my car. After I told her, "I'll be sure never to book with Priceline again," she said, "Sorry you feel that way." Good thing they appreciate their customers.
Reviewed April 22, 2017
Reservation. Called back in 15 minutes to cancel. Payment still pending, customer service rude. Very rude. Absolute refused to upgrade COMPANY policy. They suck. Use Expedia. Would do NOTHING to accommodate me. 1 hr 30 min in the phone.
Reviewed April 21, 2017
I reserved an "oceanfront" room at Myrtle, however I ended up with a non-oceanfront. This room was across the street with another building in front of it. I called customer services and they gave me a bunch of BS saying oceanfront meant "City Center". They did nothing to get an oceanfront or even an ocean view room. This is very misleading or even a lie. My advice is go directly to the hotel. Leave Priceline alone.
Reviewed April 20, 2017
I booked a hotel in Savannah and inadvertently selected a reservation where you pay the full amount upfront. I called Priceline to notify them of my mistake and to rectify the issue and was told they could not help me per the FINE PRINT saying no cancellations or adjustments allowed to my reservation. I offered to pay more money to rebook my hotel so I could have the option of paying Priceline after my stay which is 8 months away and they still said no. Spoke with a Sr. agent by the name of Jada to see if she could help me with my plight and she was of no help nor did she seem to care. My experience with Priceline made me realize two things. 1) I felt like I was being treated like a transaction. 2) Priceline can care less about helping their customers.
I am very disappointed and frustrated how the company has taken the human factor out of the equation. I realize Priceline is and online sales organization and competition is fierce, but when you offer zero customer service to people who want to buy from you and most likely would buy from you in the future it just ends up hurting your bottom line in the long run. Simply put they failed on one of the most basic principles of business, Customer Service. Without that sales and customer loyalty will be affected. I made an honest mistake and I tried to rectify it immediately and there was no path to correct a simple misunderstanding.
Reviewed April 18, 2017
I just booked a car rental for Maui, and a few seconds later I received the email confirmation. In that email, Priceline made hotel recommendations along with their pricing. 10 minutes after they sent the email and I clicked to book one of the 3.5 star hotels for $98, when it re-directed me to their site, and when I clicked to book the hotel it was $190. It jumped up by $100 in 10 minutes. This has happened many times before, and it is a very misleading, bait and switch practice, and one the government should regulate for consumers. I understand if this is like the stock market, with prices changing every seconds/minutes. But then as consumers we should see this disclaimer in the email marketing they send out and on their site. I hope someone can do something about this as it is truly not right.
Reviewed April 18, 2017
I was comparing hotels and had multiple sites running comparisons. I looked at the hotel for Priceline and then thought I closed that screen and was looking at another hotel. I accidentally hit the buy button on the Priceline site instead of the other one. As soon as I realized I was on the wrong site and it was the wrong hotel I contact Priceline. This was within 5 minutes of the booking. They absolutely refused to cancel the booking and work with me. They are now charging me for 4 nights in a hotel that I will NOT be staying at. I will be filing complaints until I get this resolved.
Reviewed April 18, 2017
I have used Priceline in the past to book hotels for my husband for business. I just now used it for a vacation hotel in Miami Beach for just one night. After booking, I looked the next day on Expedia and found the same hotel for $25.00 less on Expedia. I chatted for an hour with Priceline. No help, then I actually had my credit card company do a 3 way call with Priceline. They kept telling me that they could not see the 189.00 price, vs their price of $224.00 a night. After an hour of a 3-way call, I just gave up. When I was on Chat I cut and pasted from the website and they still would not honor the lower rate.
Reviewed April 17, 2017
I attempted to book a room by naming my own price. When I hit submit it came back as an error on the page. Based on this I assumed I didn't get the room. No confirmation popped up. About :15 later I got a confirmation but by that time I had booked another room. I contact customer service and they said there is nothing they can do. I explained the situation over and over to no avail. I asked for a supervisor but was told there was no one else to talk to. No exception would be made. I explained that they were losing a customer for $61 and they said there is nothing they can do. I highly recommend you do not use them.
Reviewed April 15, 2017
I booked a set of hotel rooms for a family reunion under the assumption that the rooms were "free cancellation" as the Priceline website indicated. After booking the rooms, I was informed by the 'concerned' chat agent that this was explained somewhere in the about this booking fine print. I went to Expedia just to compare how they handle this, and they are honest. They gave me the same hotel at a non-cancellation rate that was the same as Priceline versus a free cancellation rate that is more per night. I've also had issues in the past where I book a room with two double beds and arrive at the hotel only to be told I have to settle for a king bed. I'm going to use Expedia unless Priceline has an unbeatable deal.
Reviewed April 14, 2017
I reserved a rental car through Priceline and my reservation was with Hertz. My plans changed and did not pick up my rental car. When calling Priceline customer service they do not give you the option to speak to an actual person about any problem you have. They still take your money even when you don't pick up your rental car. They are the biggest scam artist I have ever dealt with. Horrible customer service!!!
I don't suggest anyone to use Priceline for any services whatsoever!!! How does a big company like Priceline not refund any money back if you don't or could not follow through with the services that you requested through Priceline. What is it that I paid for that I didn't even use? I will do everything and anything to make sure Priceline loses business with others preferring to use Priceline for their services. I am disappointed with this company. I will see that they will never earn my or anyone else's business ever again. I will file a complaint through the Better Business Bureau about the terrible customer service and scams that Priceline uses to successfully take your money and not give it back.
Reviewed April 14, 2017
HORRIBLE SERVICE! Email address I received from Priceline.com for complaints AJKTSFAX4.email.priceline.com. Hope this works. 02 November had reservations from LAX to Manila, Philippines. Because of fog, we could not arrive in time at LAX. Rebooked the reservations with "Doug" at Priceline for 03 November 2016. Priceline.com sent the changed reservations via email - received two emails - one for my wife and one for me. Get to the airport and find that my wife's reservation is valid and mine is in the system, but for some reason not valid. Virgin Atlantic allowed me to fly from LAX to San Francisco. Arrived in San Francisco. China Southern Airlines honored wife's reservations but not mine - even though I showed them the Priceline.com email reservation. China Southern Airlines told me they have lots of issues with Priceline.com.
I spent 3 hours and countless phone calls in San Francisco trying to get Priceline to straighten out the reservation - they kept hanging up! I ended up paying over $650.00 for another ticket to Manila - and fly with my wife. Return ticket was for 30 April 2017. Called China Southern and they said my reservation is not valid - my wife's is valid. I was told by Priceline.com "Amanda" that the return flight would be honored. I called Priceline.com on 13 April 2017 concerning the 30 April reservation. They said they had my reservation but it was not valid because Virgin Atlantic "changed" the reservation somehow and Priceline was not responsible. They did not explain to me how it was changed. I ended up paying another $850.00 for a return flight to LAX.
"Ken" from Priceline.com was a horrible service representative - I can't imagine having someone with his attitude actually "helping" anyone. It is all my fault and he can't tell me why. "Ken" told me that he would ask "China Southern" for a refund and he would send me the email with the request - still haven't received the email. I am writing to Priceline.com and the Department of Transportation - in my opinion this is fraud. They have my money. They have my money for changing the reservations. And I get really bad customer service. Please stay away from Priceline.com. I will be using Social Media about this situation as well.
Reviewed April 12, 2017
I just tried booking a car rental through Priceline and had a pickup at one location and dropoff at another location and selected it and when I looked at the reservation it's shows the picking up and dropping off at the same location... I called Priceline and they said stuff, you can cancel it and there will be a $30 cancellation fee. I talked with customer service and they said the same thing. Will never use Priceline again.
Reviewed April 10, 2017
If you're thinking about using Priceline DONT!!! It took us twice To learn. We booked 4 rooms paid for and received our confirmation number B a ride to the hotel and was told they had no reservations for us. We call Priceline. They said it was a screw-up. They had a lot of people just problem and they would call us back with new accommodations so we stood on the side the road for two hours. Of course no one from Priceline ever called us back. We tried numerous times to call. Of course you will never get through to anybody on Priceline!!! Do not use these people. They are horrible. FYI they are also a sister company of Booking.com. I would not take a chance with either.
Reviewed April 9, 2017
I tried to book a flight ticket through Priceline app, I provide all the required information and at the end a message popped up. It says Credit card company didn't approve the transaction. I tried all process from the beginning at least three times, every time the same message popped up. I didn't give up. I called customer service to reach a real person to ask what's the issue. But there is no option to choose for talking a real person but I choose the same options again and again then at the end they direct me to the customer service representative. It took me 30 minutes. I explained everything to them then ask why my transactions didn't approved. The customer service representative has no answer but the ticket is no longer available.
While I am speaking with the customer service representative I was on website of United airlines to buy the same ticket. And I purchased the ticket through the United Airlines website. Even priceline.com customer service representative told me the deal was no longer available. This was not the first time I was experiencing problems with priceline.com but I'm done. I will not use their website either their application anymore.
Reviewed April 9, 2017
I booked a room for one night (without doing research 1st and I'll never do that again) and was unable to keep it. I had to take care of my mom and didn't have anyone to help me out. I asked what the policy was when there are unforeseen circumstances and was told by 2 different reps that it was my $86 loss. I don't understand why there isn't a policy in place for extenuating circumstances. Customer service responds with, "I wish there was something I could do," I asked for info to reach management and I was referred to the website on how to do so. I see why now, why I haven't heard anything about Priceline, because I don't know anybody that would waste time using them! I've worked in customer service for many years and I try to put myself in the customer's position and have had to resolve issues within reason.
The people in charge of writing these policies will expect themselves and anyone they care about to be treated with compassion if they're ever in a situation that is similar. It will be interesting to see how they would feel. I won't use or recommend Priceline for any service. I've seen sooo many 1 star ratings on this website and it's clear that Priceline doesn't care about people, they only want money... whether you receive services from them or not. The competition is worth the chance I'll take going forward. Don't ever book with Priceline!!! If anything keeps you from checking in, they will gladly take your money and tell you sorry. Only book with Priceline if you are in the habit of throwing money away! I've received better service with other companies and will make sure that Priceline won't get richer with anymore of my hard-earned income.
Reviewed April 8, 2017
Booked a blind express deal based on similar hotels listed such as Courtyard, Doubletree or Marriott. Hotel booked is in a bad area, poor ratings and other reviewers even said the rooms were dirty and equipment not working such as the shower. I contacted Priceline about the misrepresentation and was responded to with "would you like me to send you your contract?" And "there is nothing I can do" and disconnected. I will NEVER use Priceline again.
Reviewed April 7, 2017
I booked a reservation through Priceline on April 1 and April 6. Both reservations were cancelled, stating that the reservations were fraudulent. When I arrived, the Hotel manager Brand realized this was a mistake and honored the reservation and did the 6th of April as well. They know me at this particular hotel. I've stayed there frequently in the past two months.
Tammy the General Manager however would not allow me to keep the Priceline rate on the 6th and made me pay the full rate. 95 instead of 80 with tax. A 15 dollar difference still makes a big difference when you are limited financially and looking for a better job. I had a interview the following morning and because of transportation issues needed to get a hotel, so as not to be constricted by time and location. Priceline rejected two of my reservations twice in one week. Priceline contacted the hotel and stated that the charges for the hotel were fraudulent and that they were cancelling my reservation. Brand and Tammy verified that the person who booked the room was me when I arrived at the hotel both times.
No one will give me a answer as why they think I am fraudulent. Their service representatives keep referring me to the Risk Management team which never pick up my call and there is no voicemail to leave a message. The number they referred me to goes to a car rental service. It is completely suspect. How can resolve the problem if no one will tell you what the problem actually is and it has happened? I deserve answers. I was fortunate to get a reservation at a place where the staff knows me. Imagine if I hadn't what a complete disaster it would have been. The discomfort and inconvenience I experienced alone were completely unwarranted and totally inconsiderate. Why is Priceline not apologizing and allowing me to use their service? I did nothing wrong. The hotel manager verified that I was who I am. Why is there still a issue with me using Priceline? The last time I checked this was discrimination.
Reviewed April 7, 2017
Staying one night in Miami, wanted to stay in the "Downtown Area". They gave us a room on the very outside edge of downtown, the hotel is at the airport. Priceline also only paid for a King bed room, I was not given the option to decide the type of bed configuration I needed. So now, one of us gets to sleep on a sofa bed. Not worth the $40 I saved. Will never use Priceline again. And the hotel obviously does not appreciate their service either, considering when I spoke with the hotel they were totally unwilling to change our room to two double beds. I won't be staying at Springhill Suites by Marriott Miami Airport/Medical Center, again.
Reviewed April 7, 2017
I was attempting to book a trip from Seattle to Sacramento on Memorial Day weekend, 2017 - leaving on a Friday and returning on Monday of memorial day. Of course the flights were expensive because it's a holiday so I tried various different airlines, using different scenarios - miles, one way only, etc... The Priceline spybot obviously spotted my efforts and popped up with a "We've got a good deal for the dates you want if you are flexible on your airline and flight times", so I clicked on the deal. It looked like a good price so I hit "book" and guess what? They had changed the dates on me to May 5th - May 8th (also a Friday to Monday but not THE Friday to Monday I was looking for).
So - now I'm booked for a trip that I can't take due to pre-scheduled medical procedures on those dates (RADIATION for breast cancer, seriously...) AND our friends we were going to visit aren't even home that weekend. (PS - I even bought trip insurance in case something came up because I didn't trust Priceline - and this got me NOWHERE - that's only for hurricanes and earthquakes and terrorism apparently.) There is no mercy and absolutely no refunds with this company, including the travel insurance company (Allianz) - I can only imagine how much money they have made off of people who have situations like this. So extremely frustrated - what an expensive way to learn NOT to use a particular company. I would highly advise - book with an airline directly and steer clear of Priceline.
Reviewed April 4, 2017
Plans change (mine do -- a lot!) -- I've never had problems except NOW with Priceline who won't allow me to change my car rental location!! Priceline's customer service is a joke - been on extended hold twice only to be outsourced to the Philippines -- I will only use EXPEDIA <<< from now on. Expedia is much more customer centric.
Reviewed April 4, 2017
Warning! Be sure to read the fine print. If you can even find it, I have nothing on the email stating that the car rental could not be cancelled or changed. Attempted to make a change 60 days out. Will not use this service again.
Reviewed April 3, 2017
Will never book any travel plans with Priceline anymore. You just lost a customer. The website gives me options to pick morning or early flight but they didn't tell you that it going to take you 18 hr to get home until you book it. My flight was departure at 6 am in SMF to PHL and I didn't get home until 11 pm at night. Try to call them to see if anything they can help because I need to be home by 5 pm to pick up my children and all they said is, "Sorry we can not change." I paid $589 for the ticket.
Reviewed April 3, 2017
Priceline.com is a despicable company. They should not be allowed to advertise having a price match guarantee because they absolutely will not ever match or refund you the difference on your booking. Please understand that they have crossed every loophole to make sure they do not have to price match. I usually don't try to price match but they literally sent me an email this a.m. telling me that the prices of car rentals dropped and when I searched my exact itinerary found my rental car to be 67.00 cheaper!!! Through their site!!! And after making me wait for an hour on the phone they still would not refund me the difference! Target would never pull this kind of crap! Priceline.com has lost my business forever.
Reviewed April 2, 2017
Priceline is the biggest fraud. I booked a car with Priceline for $50 and Avis at the counter charged me $150. They said its because of Priceline and Priceline said it's because of Avis. Both biggest frauds ever.
Reviewed March 31, 2017
Be very careful when using Priceline. I made a mistake in reserving a room for three days (my mistake). I had four different windows open looking for room in Vegas. I left computer and came back. I then opened the wrong window in Priceline and went through reserving room (was in a express window which was a nonrefundable reservation). After completing transaction I received a confirmation for a hotel I did not mean to reserve. (Like I said before it was my mistake for being on the wrong site of which I wanted.) I immediately called Priceline and told them the problem and hoped they would help because all I wanted to do was get the hotel which I really wanted in exchange. Went through 4 different people and all I got was SORRY.
When I read the review of hotel they gave me, they were not very good for a 3.5 star hotel. I felt their customer service was very poor. I also called the hotel to see if I could cancel and they didn't even have the reservation, so I know it was still in their system. The hotel I wanted was even a higher priced hotel. SO AS I SAID BE VERY CAREFUL WITH PRICELINE. BAD CUSTOMER RELATIONS.
Reviewed March 31, 2017
I made a reservation for two guest rooms of Conrad Bali through Priceline.com with the period from 1st/Feb/2018 to 6th/Feb/2018 and from 6th/Feb/2018 to 12th/Feb/2018. I have already made a full payment in advance and received the confirmation letter from Priceline. Therefore, my companions and I have already asked a leave and purchased air tickets as a preparation of the journey. But now, I received the email from Priceline notifying me that there was something wrong with the price of my hotel order. It should be their own fault, however, they just informed me that I needed to cancel my order. I think it is illegal behavior violating the principle of honesty and credit. I hope that I can check in based on my original schedule and price.
Reviewed March 29, 2017
The mid-sized car that I purchased was not available when I arrived at Miami Intl. Airport but I could have been put on a wait list. I was number nine (9) on that list and the rental counter could not tell me how long it would be but estimated the wait at 2-3 hours. This was totally unacceptable so I decided to pay double the original cost for an upgraded car that was available. The counter staff told me this was due to using Priceline and would not have happened if I had booked the car through my Hertz Gold status. Due to this, I will not use Priceline again in the future for my travel needs.
Reviewed March 29, 2017
I am a avid Priceline user and have always booked all my trips and flights through Priceline, but this last trip they really pissed me off. First off Priceline probably has the worst customer service department hands down! I recently booked a $1,000 flight to CA for a friend. The friend couldn't make the returning flight back home and asked me to cancel the flight. I called up Priceline and asked if can cancel the flight well before 24 hours before the flight. The rep said I was able to cancel the flight but would be charged a $230 fee for canceling which I was fine with. They said I would be given a credit of $170 to use for another flight for my friend.
So recently I tried booking a flight with Priceline for my very same friend and tried using the credit I was issued. I spoke with a rep who helped me book the flight and paid the difference with my credit card. The rep did not give me confirmation number which I thought was odd. I tried calling back Priceline, another rep told me that they could not find any recent reservations. I flipped out because I literally just booked the flight. The rep told me to contact the airline the flight was for and that was not a better experience either. Priceline promised me a credit and have not kept their word. I will be escalating this issue because there is no way a person can pay $1,000 for a flight, pay the fees for canceling and not be properly reimbursed.
Reviewed March 28, 2017
I purchased 2 airline tickets through Priceline. I searched for flights and found that they had the cheapest price for the day that I was flying. I filled everything out, made sure to read all the fine print etc. After I purchased them I checked my bank account to make sure the money was taken, but lo and behold they took out 879.42. My summary told me the tickets were 635.42. I am a Canadian and was flying in Canada but they charged me USD and then took the exchange for Canadian dollars. NOWHERE did it state that the price was in USD, until after I purchased the tickets.
Within the 15 mins of booking the flight I called and said I wanted my money back, they told me the trip was canceled and that I will get a full refund... WELL that hasn't happened. After hours of being on hold, explaining my story 15 plus times. All they could tell me was that it's my bank's fault and that they gave me my money back. We had a 3 way call with my banker. He told them that they owe me the money, and that they are lying to me. He also stated that if I didn't have the money within 24 hours that my bank would go after them to collect the funds. The agent was no help WHATSOEVER and just kept repeating herself, and blaming my bank.
I asked to speak with a supervisor who told me he would call me back and then just hung up on me. They did call back but as soon as I answered they hung up in my ear. I called again, sat on hold for hours, to finally get to a supervisor who then hung up on me YET again. My bank is now doing a investigation on these stupid **. I have yet to get my money. I have now had to cancel my other flights due to not knowing when I will be getting my refund. If you're from Canada don't book anything with this company. THEY ARE SHADY!!!
Reviewed March 27, 2017
I would give them 1/2 a star if it would let me. I booked a room through Priceline and have used them in the past with little problem. I paid 25.00 more for the room because it said it was refundable and free cancellations. My son had his soccer tournament change and I had to cancel my reservations. After getting the runaround I was then informed that it was not refundable even though that is what it said and I had even paid extra for the refundable room. They were unwilling to help me at all just kept telling me they were sorry. They should not have things state they are refundable if they are not!! It cost me 135.00 for a room I won't be able to use. With the past problems I have had I wanted to give them another chance, however I will not be using this site again.
Reviewed March 26, 2017
Somehow when I booked through Priceline my flight was duplicated. I did not realize this until my bank account was deducted for 4 tickets, instead of the two we needed. When I called Priceline to dispute, I was told that there was nothing that they could do about it. Therefore, I am out $1007. They suggested calling my financial institution to dispute the charges. Of course, that did not fix anything because the error was made with Priceline. I will never use their services again!
Reviewed March 25, 2017
I requested on Priceline site to book an Express deal for oceanfront south beach hotel. This was a midrate choice on Express deals. When I hit to complete the booking, it assigned me to a cheaper hotel away from the beach in a congested city like area. I spent over 6 hours on the phone with several different Priceline people to get no assistance in changing this reservation. They said the contract showed the location that was assigned. I went as high as a manager who said he'd handle it with the hotel and call me back.
I waited for hours to get no call back so I called the hotel directly who said no one from Priceline had called about my reservation. The hotel said I had to deal with Priceline and Priceline said the hotel wouldn't let me out of the reservation. How is this consumer friendly to be forced to pay for what you didn't request? The accessibility to Priceline agents is terrible. It's not easy to reach them. I waited on hold several times for over 20 minutes. I'm still trying to get some resolution between my bank, hotel and Priceline before travel Monday. I have used Priceline in the past but will NEVER use them again and I travel a lot.
Reviewed March 25, 2017
Tonight I tried to book a flight on priceline.com. Went through the whole process many times only to receive an error message that the flight could not be booked. After many hours on the phone trying to get answers priceline.com says the flight is not available. Why? I asked, I was able to choose a seat from over 200 available. They said, "Oh our website is not real time and is way out of date. Try again tomorrow. Also, we are only given a few seats on each flight." Then why does your website show over 200 seats available??? Poorly represented bull crap site that I will NEVER use again to book anything. What a waste of time.
Reviewed March 24, 2017
Was told I was booking a honeymoon trip. When I purchased the trip I got the hotel number and called. I called the hotel to ask about certain things that I was hoping would be near or in my hotel. So I mentioned hotel suite and the hotel rep told me that it wasn't a hotel with honeymoon suites. I called and Priceline told me my refund would be 581. I told them I was still keeping my flying plans I was only canceling the hotel. They said I would receive confirmation of my refund. They said it will take a few days to get my refund. When I got my refund it was 566 and they refuse to give me the rest of my money. Every time I call PRICELINE they always tell me my case is being "investigated". WHY the ** does MY MONEY have to be "investigated?" I didn't have to be "investigated" in order for them to take my money!! ** PRICELINE!!
Reviewed March 23, 2017
Was attracted to a 3 Star Express Hotel deal. Priceline does not provide exact hotel you will get but does provide comparable examples of what to expect. They claimed offer was similar to Courtyard by Marriott or Hyatt Regency. So they gave me a low class Motel Red Roof Inn. Priceline refuses to refund and claims they can state a hotel comparable if it is their opinion. So in their opinion a Red Roof Inn cheap motel is now comparable to a Courtyard by Marriott. This is fraud. Since they refuse to offer any concession avoid Priceline and use other sites. Also their so-called service people are in Philippines and are only able to read a script and waste your time.
Reviewed March 22, 2017
Just want to share my lessons and I have been spent a lot of money on Priceline to learn the lessons. I paid 150 dollars for bidding the hotel actually only worth 50 dollars. I paid 3 times more. And also I am going through hard time to use best price guarantee policy to get the difference refund because their system cannot find a lower rate so even my computer can find a lower rate they cannot refund me. Just kidding me...
Reviewed March 20, 2017
I booked through Priceline's Best Price Guarantee, but it was a joke. I realized that I was going to get the best price without knowing where I was going, so I booked 2 rooms through them. I did get a good price from them, but found out when I checked out that I was charged $26 for each room booked for a 3rd party fee. If I would have booked straight through the hotel I would have received a better rate. I used Priceline once, but I'll never use them again.
Reviewed March 19, 2017
Property Not 2-2.5 Stars. Stayed in Mojave, CA. The property was Budget Inn of Mojave which would appear to be 1 step below Motel 6. The biggest problem I had was that the property was so close to the train tracks that you could hear multiple trains blowing their horns all night long. So to be fair, here are the pros: 42 inch flat screen TV with Premium Cable (multiple movie channels), coffee maker in room, rooms look remodeled, free Wi-Fi. Cons: Bathroom window screen torn, towels seemed blood stained or stained with something, bedding pretty hard and firm but nowhere near what you find at a Comfort Inn or Best Western, dead flies found in the bathroom (bad housekeeping?). Property right across from the train tracks which means you do not get a restful sleep unless you knew in advance to wear earplugs. All Priceline could do was offer me a 5% discount coupon with an expiration date.
It seems to me Priceline doesn't review these properties internally so if where I stayed was 2.5 stars, I wonder what a 2 star or 1 star would have been like in the area of Mojave, CA. No I didn't select other surrounding locations and I have a feeling Priceline deceives and is fraudulent because they dare to compare a 2.5 or 2 star to other properties which would actually have decent amenities and a breakfast to boot. I would say the keywords here are deception and fraud. Was better off staying at the Motel 6 that night which was Days Inn recently. Live and learn but I would not recommend Priceline now or in the future and yes let the buyer beware. I don't expect a refund and I completed my stay and got a better nights rest up in Lone Pine, CA the next night and didn't go through Priceline to do it.
Reviewed March 19, 2017
I found a lower price on another website with Priceline. However despite the fact the guarantee was on the reservation confirmation, they refused to honor it since I clicked through to them on TripAdvisor. TripAdvisor also refused to take responsibility. No notice of this was on either website. Stay away from Priceline.
Reviewed March 18, 2017
I made a car reservation through Priceline. The itinerary said unlimited mileage. When I went to pick up the car I was told that I did not have unlimited mileage. They wanted to charge me 3X the amount I had agreed to pay. I had to get a car from a different company and ended up paying double what I had expected to pay in the first place. I called up Priceline and they said that although it says so on the itinerary, the car rental company does not have to honor that and that there was nothing they could do about it. I am now 4 hours late for my trip. I am extremely disappointed in this company and will NEVER use it again. In fact, I will be sharing my experience with everyone I know.
Reviewed March 16, 2017
I booked a hotel at the Ramada Inn in Spokane Washington on March 4, I actually booked and paid for the room in Ramada Inn's parking lot thru Priceline to save about $20.00, so I thought... Shortly after I purchased the room online I tried to check in, the hotel would not accept my NetSpend visa card for a deposit, which was the same card I purchased the room with. I checked my account and seen the money for the room had already been taken out, the hotel said they couldn't do nothing about it, to contact the other company for a refund. I sat at the hotel for about a hour on the phone with the contact information they gave me just to be given the runaround of who I needed to talk to... because I had family obligations to do I had to leave before settling this matter.
The next morning I called the number on my email confirmation to Priceline for a refund. I was then told that this was nonrefundable that the hotel had already been paid for the room and wasn't going to give back the money and because they thought my husband was rude to them, I am not going to get my money back either. I do not understand how Priceline can charge me for a room that I was refused. My card has not been refused anywhere else ever. The customer service at Priceline is so unprofessional, the way the lady was speaking to me was uncalled for. I told her I could not afford to pay $105.00 for nothing, and that I ended up having to pay a lot more for another hotel room and she replied "That's not our problem." I will never use or recommend Priceline's company to anyone else ever again.
Reviewed March 15, 2017
I booked a car well in advance of a trip that had a flight cancellation due to weather. I called and they stated they could refund my money, but not change the dates. I would then need to do a last minute booking that would have a total price 4x the original. Even though I repeatedly told the agent not to cancel it, because I could use part of the reservation, until I checked the new rates on their site he canceled it and then lied about my repeated requests to his supervisors even though he responded with "oops" when he did this.
Of course the only solution the supervisors could give was to book the inflated non-refundable reservation and they would refund the difference after they "researched" it, which they refused to do right away telling me at first it would take 2-3 days to even get the information to the research dept., then it dropped to 1-2 days, then it changed to I would hear back in 1-2 days, anything to try to get me to book at 4x the cost.
Of course the promised calls never came, instead all they do is send e-mails so they don't have to talk to you telling you they are unable to refund the difference because "you requested the cancellation". This is how they lie and get away with it, they get their inflated commissions and refuse to call back even after you reply to their e-mails telling them you repeatedly requested the reservation not be canceled and expect the promised phone call. Stay away from Priceline - use reputable booking services. Hertz said they would hold the car for me even though I would be late, but Priceline canceled it and refused to reinstate the original price.
Reviewed March 15, 2017
Due to the snow storm that we had in NYC. 1st I booked a hotel reservation thru Priceline for a 1 night stay at the Pennsylvania Hotel in NYC. I booked the room at 6:00 am in the morning on 3/14, and by 8:30 am the same day, I tried to cancel the room which I was not able to do so because of the hotel's policy. I did finally get in touch with someone at the Hotel that if I had a good excuse to cancel they would refund me, but unfortunately I stayed, The worst hotel stay I ever had. The bed was hard, not comfortable at all, was not clean. It had 3 star should have been one, but I just had to tell someone.
Reviewed March 15, 2017
Bad experience with Priceline even before my Disney vacation started. I searched for vacation package which has free breakfast and I reserved one of the hotels from the list. After purchasing, my reservation didn't mention about free breakfast, I have contacted Priceline customer service on the issue and they say my contract doesn't have free breakfast and told me they can't help. My kids definitely will be disappointed when we go there. Never trust Priceline. This will be my first and last Priceline purchase. Never recommend to others.
Reviewed March 14, 2017
Booked hotel on Saturday. Change my mind on Sunday. Five days prior to stay. Cancelled online. Got confirmation. Saw credit card statement. They still charge me. They said they had no record of cancel. I keep email confirmation stamped with time and date. Thank god. Took me all day to get someone to do the right thing. Long story short don't use them. Go straight through hotel. Isn't worth the extra you save. They charge your credit card full price then you have to wait 7 days to get your money back. You can go on the hotel website and they give better pricing if you book on their website. They only do one night not the time of stay. Worst place to deal with. Never make this mistake again. I would give it no stars.
Reviewed March 13, 2017
I am a long time user of Priceline and have always had a great relationship with them. I recently booked a hotel in NYC via the name your own price function. Before I agreed to send my query I was shown an amount that my credit card would be billed. I agreed on the amount and got the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Broadway and 49th. I was very pleased and have heard good things about the hotel but when I went to check in I was told there was A $30 PER NIGHT RESORT FEE that would be added to my credit card. I should've been told about this fee before I agreed to accept this hotel.
This practice is unscrupulous both on the part of Priceline and Crowne Plaza. Why shouldn't the consumer know ahead of time that there is this fee? They only do it this way because when you arrive at the hotel you're in a precarious position to deny the fee. I called Priceline that same night and was told that they would review my situation and a day later I received an email from Priceline saying that this was indeed something in the fine print and that they couldn't help me. I will never use this company again. What a huge disappointment for a long time customer.
Reviewed March 12, 2017
I booked 4 double rooms through Priceline 2 weeks before travel. I was taking a group of 10 kids and 2 adults to the other side of the state for a sports meet. There were several events going on in the area, and I knew hotels would fill up fast. Traveling with kids is scary. So when I got to the hotel, in addition to issues with the hotel itself, the sister company that priceline uses (Booking.com) had only sent 2 room reservations to the hotel. And they were for single king rooms. I showed them my receipt from priceline, and they said this has happened before with booking.com. Unfortunately, the ENTIRE HOTEL (as well as every hotel in an hour radius) was booked.
Looking at my printed itinerary, I now realize that what I selected is NOT what got booked. And I realize I should have checked that right away. I tried calling Priceline. They sent me to booking.com. I was waiting for a representative for an hour and a half. It hung up on me 3 times, so I kept having to start over. I gave up, because we found a different hotel that had just randomly popped up on Hotels.com at a very convenient moment. The power had been out and had just come back on.
Today I finally got a hold of booking.com. It took me 2 tries and an hour to get to a representative who tried to tell me it was the fault of the hotel because they see my booking on their shared site, so the hotel must not know how to access the information correctly. The hotel had printed the booking.com page information they received from them showing 2 rooms.
THANKFULLY I had not paid in advance. Thankfully I had gone against our school policy and kept the cash students paid instead of depositing it and having a check cut for the hotel. Unfortunately, the hotel still put a pending charge/hold on my card for the rooms I had booked through priceline... FOUR ROOMS I was charged for, even though they only had me down for 2 rooms. But that is a different story.
I should just let it go, because I know I won't be able to be compensated since I didn't pre-pay. Booking.com is claiming it is the hotel's fault because the reservation is there, but there is printing glitch being worked on that only prints one page. So the hotel is supposed to look at the whole reservation online, and not just the print version. So really the problem is both with Quality Inn in Port Huron as well as Priceline/booking.com.
Reviewed March 9, 2017
I spent more than five hours waiting on phone with different people from the customer service for one flight which was canceled by the airlines. Priceline customer service people could not figure out how to correct it, and it got so annoying that I had to get my flight canceled. Did not want to spend any more time arguing with or waiting for them.
Reviewed March 8, 2017
I booked a car with Priceline, ended up not needing the car, and was told no refund, and I can't re-book for another day. Call to complain and the rep was laughing. Straight up insult to injury. This group need to be stopped. They are ripping folks off and getting away with it. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE??? I wished there was a civil lawsuit against them forcing them to change their policy. They pretty much take your money and give you the middle finger. $300 just gone. Not cool. Folks beware. They do not value their customers at all.
Reviewed March 8, 2017
Priceline is a horrible company. I don't recommend anyone to use this to save a little bit of money. I made a reservation to stay overnight in a city 3 hours away. Due to unfortunate circumstances being in that town was not going to work. I called Priceline and told them about the issue, and even asked if I could stay closer, there was no way they would even work with me. So now I'm stuck in a town or pay for a hotel that I was willing to transfer closer to home. They have no regard for one's life.
Reviewed March 8, 2017
I need to book a trip from LAX to Austin, Texas for my job interview and back. If I could, I would give this company a negative rate. This company would not show the departing time & returning time as well as the airline name unless I pay the ticket. I agreed that the price is a little bit cheaper compare to companies, but this is not the good company to buy the ticket from. It's not worth it. Especially when a person has important events to attend that one would rather pay a little higher fare from a reliable & trusted company/agent to have a peace mind. It makes it much harder for people plan their trip schedule so they could enjoy their trips. Also, you won't be able to have a refund if you don't buy the protection plan within 24 hours after buy the ticket or so.
Pay attention to PST or EST... When you call, you will notice right away that the rep that answer your call is either from India or Filipino. If you don't buy that plan, there is nothing you can do about it. Either you use the ticket that you bought, or you lost the money if you don't use it. There is nothing else they can do for you. NOTHING ELSE. It's a really cheap bad business model that took advantage of the consumers. After I paid for the ticket, I realized the ticket is from United Airlines which only lets you have a free personal bag. You have to pay for all of your luggage. Also, when I go online to the airline website to pick my seat for my trip, all the seats are picked. It tells me to pick a seat when all the seats already picked. I wonder why they sold me the ticket if there is no open seat left.
I called Priceline to get a refund or change my date and they didn't answer my call. So, my final advice is NEVER NEVER NEVER use this Priceline for your traveling plan or reservations. It's full of baits that will cost customers their comfort, trust, time, planned event... I will never do business with other middle companies similar to Priceline... I will pay a little bit higher fare and I won't have to worry about it except for natural disasters or other unfortunate unpredictable events. Save yourself and your family members from Priceline.
Reviewed March 7, 2017
Went to Disney on 2/13 to 2/16. Got a reservation through Priceline at Comfort Inn Buena Vista. Room looked clean and nice. Next morning, took a shower and saw roaches in the bathroom on the wall. Got two of them in a Kleenex and brought them to the young girl at the desk on the way to breakfast. She freaked out and said they would change our room. That night, after Disney, we went to the customer service desk and told him our story and he gave us another key and moved us from the 3rd floor to 4th floor. Just got a letter from Priceline saying the hotel was not aware of our problem. That was a lie. Same room different floor. No reason for change unless we had a problem. Will not recommend either Priceline or hotel.
Reviewed March 7, 2017
Used websites for the first time. Found the hotel I wanted for a very good price. Left the website and came back. The hotel was no longer listed even though five rooms were available. Tried to find customer service. All I could get was a messaging service that told me to go back to the website I had already had trouble with. Glad I didn't get involved once I read the other reviews.
Reviewed March 6, 2017
Wanted to book a hotel room in Montgomery NY. Get the price from Priceline and book the room while I'm looking at the page for the Holiday Inn Express in Montgomery NY. Get the email confirmation for Holiday Inn Express in Poughkeepsie NY pretty far away. I can't get a human on the phone so I go to online chat. Tell me there's nothing they can do because it was already booked in Poughkeepsie. They said I should have checked before I confirmed. I was in the Holiday Inn Express Montgomery page. Why would I think it would be anywhere else. I was told for the price quoted that was the hotel in the shaded area for that price. It's a SCAM. If that was the case why didn't it take me to the Holiday Inn Express in Poughkeepsie NY? If I wanted to stay in Poughkeepsie I would have put Poughkeepsie in the search. I wanted Montgomery. I searched Montgomery when I booked. I was under the impression it was Montgomery. What a bunch of crap. I'm going to stop payment on my card and report it as fraud.
Reviewed March 6, 2017
My wife was trying to book a hotel room while we were on the road. She had entered the date for the current day but we went through a tunnel and the site refreshed. In the refresh it changed the date to one week later. Within seconds of booking the room she realized her mistake and immediately cancelled her reservation but the charge for the hotel remained. When she called Priceline she was unable to talk to anyone but she was given the option of live chatting with an agent. The agent informed her that there was nothing he could do because of their agreement with their partner.
I know they make it clear on their site that all sales are final but it was pretty clear what had happened and obviously they could have refunded the money. A sleazy company. Obviously we will stay away from Priceline in the future and we will tell all our friends to do so too. I would advise everyone else that if the Priceline site refreshes you should recheck your date so you don't get caught like we did.
Reviewed March 4, 2017
This was my first time, I tried multiple times with bid your own price, it was never accepted when I tried with low and best prices, but then mentioned normal price it locked. I called them to cancel it since my trip is in 3 months and the per day for rental car is 23. I found low price later, they said they don't have anything low. I cancelled it and I booked it for 20 per day for the same trip with Priceline. They never refunded me but they charged me again. Now this hell in earth company charged me 43 dollars per day for 13 days to make it 820. Bloody blood suckers. Wish this company never existed in this world. Hope this company will fall away somehow. With this many blood sucking tactics they won't die but this is not hard for God to kill this kind of companies. Wish to see price policy makers and Priceline in suicide position for their unstoppable money run.
Reviewed March 3, 2017
First, I would like to say that Priceline is very misleading. We made a bid on a car and won the bid. The price was great I will say. Priceline gave two options to use as debit or credit. We used the card as debit. When we went to pick up the car we were told that they do not accept debit cards. I explained that, that was one of the options given online at purchase time. I asked to see the manager, I was directed to Lawrence ** who was very unprofessional. I addressed me as "Sweetie" several times which was addressed. He then asked me have I ever rented from Priceline or Alamo before. I explained to him that, "This situation had nothing to do with me renting prior to but yes I have." Then, I go on to say that how Priceline was misleading to which he agreed and asked if they could revise their site policies so that others may not go through this ordeal.
Mr. ** went on to say that this happens quite often. As we were having a conversation with the receptionist there was another gentle speaking to the receptionist that was experiencing the same problem. Alamo told us if we did not have roundtrip airfare or a corporate number that they were unable to help us. I encourage ConsumerAffairs to look into this matter so that others does not have to experience what I had to experience.
Reviewed March 3, 2017
I wish I could give this company 0 stars. I booked a room in Vancouver BC through them. Any other time I've booked a hotel online it's been in Canadian dollars, seeing as I'm in Canada and booking in Canada. This was the first time I've used Priceline, so when they charged my credit card I was shocked to see it was $200 more than quoted. Only when I checked my email reservation confirmation did I see in tiny print that all prices were in USD. Didn't end up being a deal at all, what a ripoff. I could have gotten a better room elsewhere for the rate they charged me. Do yourself a favour and don't use such a shady company. Customer service is useless. NEVER again.
Reviewed March 3, 2017
I went to check prices of hotels as I have used this site for booking rental cars in the past with success. This time, however, the site continued to input "false" dates--dates I had not been searching for. When I would hit the delete button nothing would happen. It kept returning to the "false dates". It gave me a screen that said in order to check the dates, I had to enter credit card info (yes, stupid I know, but it was late night). I thought that this was part of the membership to have it on file. But I discovered a few days later, a hotel room had been booked for the "false dates"--I had not wanted to book the hotel, I just wanted to check rates.
I contacted Priceline customer service over chat. They said a contract agreement screen had come up and that I had checked "yes". I don't recall this at all. Eventually, I called the hotel and was able to cancel the reservation. Priceline refused to help and said I had to contact booking.com their partner site. I did call while keeping Priceline chat open. Booking.com kept me waiting for 20 minutes 'til someone got on and did agree to cancel. The Booking.com person said that I would be given a refund and should expect an email confirming such. It is a few hours later--instead of a refund, they rebooked the reservation!
I will now have to call and cancel again. Their site is misleading, confusing, in my opinion deliberately "buggy" to trick consumers into making and paying for reservations they did not book. They refer you to another agency, who said that the reservation would be cancelled and then rebooked it. IN fact the reservation is still in place.
Reviewed March 1, 2017
Priceline has the worst customer service in the industry. The staff are trained to apologize for all the inconveniences that have been caused by Priceline not keeping its end of the promise, however they are also trained to give you the runaround and not address any of the up issues you are facing because you booked with Priceline. Their claims of matching lower prices are false.
Reviewed March 1, 2017
I booked a suite in Vegas on Priceline.com. Before I submitted my payment I made sure all the room info was right. When I got my receipt it had booked me a standard room... not what the site showed me. I called customer service explaining what happened. They said the room that showed on their site was no longer available... but to this day that exact room is still showing. I feel that it's false advertisement. They said it shouldn't be showing on the website but it's still there. I was in tears I booked that one bedroom suite for my wedding... and my bridal party all had to cancel their reservations... total mess!!! And they did nothing to make it right!!! Horrible. I will never use this site ever again!! My point is that my payment should of never went through for a room I didn't book... if the room wasn't available. What right does that site have to decide to pick a room I didn't order and then give me a standard room for the price of a suite... straight scam!
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
