Priceline Reviews

After deciding on Priceline I was happy to see that I could CHOOSE my departing flight (times, layover, etc.) and I could CHOOSE my returning flight! For such a low price I was happy to have that option. After discussing my schedule with my wife and planning around my meetings, I choose the flights that were just right for me. (So far so good) The flights were selected and I was ready to proceed to booking. I entered my credit card info and am ready to finalize . . . . When I realize I still have not booked the hotel. No problem. Priceline offers a discount if I do both! Great! I had already spoken to the hotel and knew what was available. With a few clicks my hotel was booked on Priceline too. Wow! But little did I know that they were changing MY prior selections.

After viewing MY NEW travel plans I immediately called Customer Service. The representative said that somehow the contract gives them permission to do that . . . . I had initialed it. I understand that. What did I actually agree to? What about that contract? I had already selected my flights and room. Lets take a look at the contract . . . . .

Your hotel reservation is guaranteed for arrival on the confirmed check-in date only. If you do not check-in on the first day of your reservation and you do not alert the hotel in advance, the remaining portion of your reservation will be canceled and you will not be entitled to a refund. (** No problem, I? had already selected my room! Surely they would not change what I have already put in the computer. . . . .)

The reservation holder must present a valid photo ID and credit card at check-in. The credit card is required for any additional hotel specific service fees or incidental charges or fees that may be charged by the hotel to the customer at checkout. These charges may be mandatory (e.g., resort fees) or optional (parking, phone calls or minibar charges) and are not included in the room rate. (** No problem, I? had traveled many times before!)

Requests for special needs (including preferences for smoking or non-smoking rooms) should be requested through your confirmed hotel and cannot be guaranteed. (** This should have been a red flag, I? trusted Priceline to grant my prior selections which had already been processed!)

Your tickets will be round-trip, coach-class tickets issued on one of priceline's package airlines. Your trip will start between 6am and 10pm on your travel dates and will be scheduled to arrive no later than midnight local time. (** No problem, I? had already selected my flights and knew them very well! Surely they would not break that agreement and those selections. . . .)

You will be issued electronic tickets for this trip. Remember to bring a valid government issued photo ID with you to check-in. If you are traveling outside the US you'll almost always need a passport. (** No problem, I? have it ready every time I travel!)

You must fly on the flights assigned to you. Upgrades and standbys are not available. If you do not take your outbound flight, the airlines will automatically cancel the remainder of your reservation. If any part of the ticket is unused it has no value after ticketed departure time. (** No problem, like I said I? had already selected my flights! Surely they would ignore what I have already selected. Im only trying to book a hotel room along with my flight. Thinking to myself, they could use my business and I could save a few bucks. . . .)

While we always search for a non-stop flight first, your flights may have up to 1 connection each way. Connections, if needed, will be 4 hours or less. Because these are heavily discounted tickets, you will need to fly on the flights assigned to you and flying standby is not permitted. Your flights will not be eligible for frequent flier miles or upgrades. (** No problem, again I? had already selected my flights! Surely they would ignore what I have already chosen. Who would do that?? Clearly, I did not take into consideration that priceline seems to be concerned with getting my money and will ignore what I have already selected. . . .)

This priceline vacation package cannot be changed, cancelled, transferred or refunded due to our travel partners' policies. (** No problem, why would I? need to change my trip? I had selected everything on this trip.)

You can imagine how I was shocked when I processed my travel package? to see that EVERYTHING about MY trip was changed. The good news . . . . I got a flight and a room, but nothing else matters. Will the flights fit my schedule? NO. Will the hotel room be sufficient? No guarantees. Do I feel like a valued customer? NO. Will I use priceline again? NO. I had everything ready to be processed exactly the way that I? wanted it, but they changed it.

I would like to note that no where in this contract does it say anything about name your own price!? The Customer Service representative I talked to on the phone said I signed (really initialed) a name your own price? contract. I assured him that I have used name your own price? contracts in the past and understand the significance of that contract. . . . THAT CONTRACT MEANS they choose my flights. THEY choose departures and returning. THEY negotiate the prices. No problem. I know that. Ive done it many times! If I had signed that kind of a contract I would have known what I was getting into. . . . (And mind you that knowing the prices I would have given a request MUCH lower with a name your own price? contract " had that been my intention " but no where was COST ever a part of the contract! Who would think it was NAME YOUR OWN PRICE if you never NAMED YOUR OWN PRICE!!!) All I did was purchase a package deal, just like half a dozen other companies offer. Who knew it would be a headache?

Thankfully the representative, Paul,? was kind enough (after some persuasion) to admit that THEY reserve the right to change MY previous travel choices in THEIR system when I choose to do a combination of any two or more items (car rental, hotel, flights, etc.). This should be clearly stated in THEIR contract and it is not. In my opinion, their deception must be dealt with.

I do not expect them to care about my work schedule, purpose for the travel, special needs, time management, distance from the airport, etc. But I do believe that they should care to honor the prior agreements on their website. If a customer has already selected their desired flights and hotel rooms, they should not be punished for doing more than one item at a time! No matter how much money it may save the customer. They ignored my prior selections and took the liberty to change MY entire trip.

I know that this seems small and thats fine. I will make it work. I have no choice (I clearly initialed the contract - I do not deny it). But I know that I will probably not use priceline.com again. I feel I was deceived. The contract is not clear enough. And my selections were already in the computer. I have informed those in my office, my family, and a few close friends about this problem. I have warned them of purchasing travel packages from priceline.com, not to discredit them, but to make them aware of the deception that WILL change their plans.

PLEASE pass this message on to others. It may help priceline.com a more customer friendly company. I will pass it along to others as well in hopes that it will save someone from becoming a frustrated customer! Thank you.

Concerned Customer

My 73-year-old husband, who is handicapped, is distraught beyond words, as am I. We have always expected fairness in the marketplace. We are both from the san Fernando Valley, and very familiar with it. I must get Bill to a hotel very close to the hospital after his surgery, and Eagle Rock is at least a 45 min. drive! I specifically asked for Studio City, Warner Center or even Burband as possible hotel areas. But the understanding was, the hotel had to be in the San Fernando Valley.

I want a full refund of my $187.14 and I have gone round and round with Priceline personnel in the Phillipines enough. They will not budge.

They simply bagged me.. a new customer. Customer service, give me a break! They read me the contract terms. They just want you money. The hotel just called me back. They cancelled the reservation. Priceline was only representing their own interests!

I was so annoyed with the booking, I had to arrive in my destination at 6.30 pm and start my journey back at 7.00 am in the morning. I even insured my ticket as it said that, i can get refund. THen I called up AIG, they said the special cases, that I get the refund. For these so called cases, why should I pay the insurance. The objective of the system seems to be to provide as little time as possible at your destination that is not our choice. Why does Priceline can't show you this itinerary before the purchase, that would be less cheating and more transparent.

I was not even thinking of this so called site, when i called up the representative of priceline, he said, he is helpless and the system is like that. I am yet to make my journey, let me see how it goes.

I called Priceline and it then took me over 3 hours and 4 representatives to get my money back. It was not my fault I could not go. There were NO hotels open, NO restaurants and the City of New Orleans was officially closed to tourists. Reshawnda at Priceline told me there was nothing they could do, that I could technically fly to NOLA. AND DO WHAT?? I asked. Sleep on the streets for three nights? She told me I could stay at the airport. SERIOUSLY???

I was then transferred to JR who also refused to call the airline. He refused to let me speak to his supervisor. He told me that I was just going to have to accept that I could not have my $483 back. After a very heated conversation, he reluctantly made the call to the airline. And guess what! In 10 minutes time, Northwest gave them the authorization code necessary to refund my money. Why couldn't someone have made this call three hours ago when I asked??? I would not recommend this service to anyone for any reason.

So I called in, and sure enough they put me right through to someone who said they would issue a refund to me and gave me a confirmation number. Since the other ticket was in my brother's name, I gave him the information so he could call and work out the refund on his ticket. He called that night and they kept him on hold for about an hour, during which time their business hours expired and they closed for the day.

So the next morning he called in, and they had a whole new policy about when they can do something in a severe weather event. Now, they were saying they can only refund if the flight is cancelled. He and I both talked to them at length, and asked for an explanation for the discrepancy in what we were each told. The policy changed overnight.

As consumers, we have no way to prove what we were told the first day and if they say one person made an error and we must be mistaken about everyone else, there's nothing we can do. I assure you, there is no mistake about what I was told. There is also no mistake that they told me they can only offer what the airline allows them to offer, but the airline has published policies regarding weather events that Priceline would not honor. I also would like to register my complete disgust over the fact that members of the escalation department yell at you. I have never been yelled at by a customer service department before, and I for one will not stand for it.

This netted in a loss of about $197.00 for my brother. This is not a lot of money to some people, but it is to him. The ultimate loss will hopefully be to Priceline, as I am a frequent traveler who will never use them again. I will also make it my mission to spread the word as much as I can. There are at least 25 family members who will not be using Priceline. Seems like it would have just been more profitable to return my $197.00.

I then called Priceline and spoke to FIVE different individuals, I was being transferred from one person to another, until I reached a person named Francis who stated Priceline had NOT gotten an approval from my bank, so we called on a 3-way where MY bank confirmed an authorization code WAS given. Even after confirming the approval Francis indicated that there was NOTHING he could do to rectify my initial purchase. WHY could he not offer me the Customer Service anyone would expect in a situation like that?

He not only said that my deal was lost and there was NOTHING he could do BUT Priceline had a HOLD on MY funds that were NOT released for nearly 10 days which held me from booking another vacation. This is really unacceptable that a company that praises themselves on good negotiations and great prices would just drop me and my deal and have me carry on as if nothing had taken place. WHERE is the great customer service?.

Priceline NOT only lost my booking due to a glitch in their system but held my funds from that original sale, the one they said they had NOT received an authorization for, for 10 DAYS, which prevented me from making other reservations until those were dropped.

I finally exited the system and called 1-866 priceline. Finally, reaching a human voice in the customer service department I explained that I did not bid on a 2 or 3 star hotel, I bid on a 5 star hotel and that they needed to cancel my reservation. I was told there was nothing they could do since the system showed I asked for a 2 star. I asked for a Supervisor, I was given another customer service representative, only to find that she was truly sorry, but there is nothing I can do for you. She referred me to the Executive web site.

After reading a recent similar complaint on this web site, it appears that priceline has a glitch in their system that when you use the safari search engine and a mac computer, your request automatically defaults to a 2 star. It appear that they are continuing to ignore that they have a glitch. I have notified Priceline that I am aware of the glitch, and expect them to cancel my reservation and refund my American Express account. I have been in contact with American Express and made them aware of glitch. This truly is a traumatic experience. I will never use priceline again.

American Express has received the Priceline $1300.00 charge, however it takes 48 hours to post. American Express advised that I file my dispute in 48 hours. I was in a total panic. I am a nervous wreck, I have had anxiety all night thinking about and will until this is settle. What a traumatic experience.

I wrote several emails to Priceline.com requesting the contact Wyndham Vacation Resorts and have my number removed. They never denied selling it to them, they just repeatedly told me the could not contact them to remove my numbers.

Nuisance, Nuisance Nuisance calls every day on both my phone numbers. Priceline sold my personal information to Wyndham Vacation Resorts without my permission.

After traveling most of the day and I am handicapped I don't need the hassle we got. It is not legal to not disclose what type of room you book and where it is located. Pet ROOM? Give me a break!

we stillneed a car so we rented a few days from enterprise which accept dedit cards but the price was more than we wanted to pay, so we decided to go back to priceline and bid again I check the box indicating that I only use debit card that would limit the bidding only to those rental companies that accept debit cards the bid was accepted by the same company that accepted the bid a few days earlier again we could not rent the vehicle

I ask priceline why alamo was allowed to accept that bid if they do not accept debit cards again the famous apology and we will refund you in 7-10 days so they have about 500.00 of my money that I cannot get for 7 days now I don't have the money to rent a car

I cannot rent a car which I so badly need because all my money is tied up with priceline

When I demanded their proof that showed where they got their dates they showed me their own dates which were wrong with my initials on the contract. I informed them these were not the dates I requested. They emailed me and said they would cancel the room but would charge me a $45.00 fee which was the same price as the room. But if I did not want to do that I signed the contract and would have to live with it. I find Priceline rude and completely unable to give satisfactory customer service. I will never use Priceline again and I will let everyone I know how awful they treat their customers. It's a very risky way to get a great deal.

Now I have to pay for a room that I will not be able to use and this was for a vacation I was looking forward to. Now I have a negative feeling about my trip.

I called to confirm our reservation and was told that they only book rooms for two people and each additional person is 35 dollars extra a night. How can this happen? I called Priceline, they looked through the form I filled out, agreed that that was how I filled it out and told me there's nothing we can do about it, I'll have someone from customer service call you to straighten it out.

It's been over two weeks, no word from anyone, we did stay at the hotel for that one night, it has two huge buildings, we were put in the older one which was filthy, mold all over the bathroom, paint peeling, rusted door hinges and faucets, the carpet in the room was filthy, not even a 1 star substandard, but advertised as a 4 star. My next step? The board of health in Hawaii, this place should be shut down. The entire resort wreaked of old and unkept.

I live on a single income and that $259 would pay a lot of my bills and in fact I was counting on them being paid with this money I denfinately will be short this month and with my son not working yet he can't help with that loss either in fact I'm supporting him also because he can't find a job and has some medical issues to deal with since he's come back

So ok. I went through this "process" and got my "case number" and I called PL-CS. When you get them on the phone (I went through three separate agents on the same call, duration of call about 40 minutes) the one single characteristic they all had in common was attitude. They don't even pretend to like you, it's all attitude. After having been passed off to the third CS rep, all three having gone through the same drone about how the ticket was non-cancelable and non refundable (all of which I readily acknowledge) the rep finally cancelled my reservation.

We hung up and ten minutes later I received email confirmation which said the following: Thank you for contacting us regarding exchanging your tickets for Itinerary Number 5xxxxxxxxxx. Your original itinerary has been cancelled and the value of your ticket(s) has been reserved for future use. Please contact Customer Service at 1-800 to rebook your reservation. You must exchange your tickets before the value on your ticket(s) expires; you have until 06/03/2009 to complete the exchange.

Alright.... getting that response was a lot, but heck, I had the result I wanted. My best revenge? Don't use Priceline ever again. But I had to use them again because they have my $600. I'm about to go on line and purchase another ticket so that I can get to the west coast. But you can bet your bottom dollar I'm not buying it on Priceline.com. William Shatner should be ashamed of himself for representing such an unprofessional and unethical organization.

Today, two weeks after canceling the flight, I discover that I need to fly to the west coast in October. So, I called the "CS" number they told me to call in order to effect this very result.

That number goes to the inevitable automated operator ("because you really matters to us") and once you get past the syrupy intro message you are offered 2 options. Dial #1 if you want to inquire about a "Ticket Offer" you may have pending with PL or Dial #2 if you would like to hear about the myriad products and services that PL offers.

There is no Dial #3 option and if you don't enter #1 or #2, quickly, the system hangs up. End of story. So, I dialed back in and drilled down on both option #1 and #2 to make sure I wasn't the idiot and, nope, I wasn't the idiot. The Customer Service Line they directed me to call (and the ONLY telephone number for PriceLine ANYWHERE on their site) did not provide me with the ability to talk to the promised Customer Service Rep who would (rudely, no doubt) rebook my cancelled flight, per their instructions.

I went back and scoured their FAQ's and the Self Help site... No help. Finally, having remembered that, before I cancelled the original flight, I first had to submit an explanation via email to CS explaining why I wanted to talk to a CS rep, I went back into their "Self Help" site and logged a request to speak to a CS rep so that I could rebook my flight. 12 hours goes by, no response. I log another request, pointing out that this was my second one on the subject of rebooking my flight.... 12 hours later and no response. Then a third....

Guess what? No response.

They've got my money and I'm sure that's fine by them.

Monetary and loss of time dealing with this issue.

I only needed the vehicle for one day and priceline would only refund if you subtracted a days rental. So basically I lost my money. I going to go on every consumer web page and report this.

Wheeling a crippled client I am traveling with to the airport for a 6:am flight when I need 3 hour to get her rdressed and ready

Wheeling a crippled client I am traveling with to the airport for a 6:am flight when I need 3 hour to get her rdressed and ready

i got different travel tickets the same day and they kept my insurance money i paid

My credit card was charged $231 for a room I cannot use. I want that money refunded.

The response back from their executive offices never dealt with the problem of the hotel which was very damaging due to the fact that if the health department had to close down a section of the hotel, then proper cleaning was an issue at the place where we were supposed to stay. That is a health issue and not an amenity issue. The hotel did state that priceline constantly cancels for no reason and they did not understand why priceline couldn't accomodate us when their was another hotel of this brand right down the street.

I have a son with very severe medical problems, he has lost all of his hair, he has broken his foot, and a bacteria infection of any kind can cause him death. Being in an unclean environment is not good for him or the baby we had with asthma. Even though the other 5 kids were healthy, they were not very happy this was their vacation and all they wanted to do was swim.

I immediately verified this on the hotel website and called Priceline Customer DisService. They explained that the reservation could not be changed. I would have to check with the hotel to see if they could accommodate my reservation and if not, I was to call Priceline back for a change.

I called the hotel. They had just received the reservation electronically (took about 20 minutes). They confirmed that they did not have any rooms in the hotel that could accommodate my family. They told me they could not cancel the reservation. Priceline would have to do it. So I called Priceline back (as previously instructed). Imagine my surprise and disappointment to learn that I was now stuck with a 1 bed hotel room for my family of 4 (2 adults, 2 children). I asked, pleaded, etc. with both Customer DisService and a Customer Relations "Specialist" neither of who could assist me. I was given a case # and directed to file a complaint on their website. I filed a complaint with their VP of Customer DisService.

The next day, I received a cll back from "Ryan", an "executive officer" of Priceline. He proceeded to explain to me that they could not change their policy. It was a "contract" that could not be changed (even though the hotel room had not yet been occupied; my vacation was still 4 days away). After arguing my case (even offering to spend more money with them to take a reservation in another Priceline-serviced hotel)and explaining how dissatisfied I was with their "customer service", I told them that they had lost a customer for life. I also told them I would warn as many others as I can to NEVER USE PRICELINE.COM.

Be Forewarned - their practices border on deceitful and their "customer service" is NON-EXISTENT. RUN AWAY AS QUICK AS YOU CAN FROM THESE CROOKS. I am stuck with a 1 bed hotel room for 5 nights (my family vacation) in Erie, PA. I have no idea how we are going to sleep 2 adults and 2 children for 5 nights in this room.

I cannot afford it and not only that, but there are government issues with my daughters passport and mine that need to be cleared up, so even if I could afford it, I could not fly anyway. I am up to my eyeballs in debt now.

When I called the Priceling customer service people to protest, I was told read the terms I agreed to, sorry no changes! I was very upset but had utilized priceline successfully several times in years past, so I decide to attempt to salvage the deal by altering my plans and getting a rental car, as the lightrail didn't pass through Towson MD.

On the date of departure in mid July I verified our hotel reservation and requested a non-smoking room. Our flight from Ft Worth to Ronald Reagan was delayed and I notified the hotel and verified our non-smoking room. The flight was very late and we again notified the hotel when we landed. When we arrived at 3AM the night clerk informed us that the hotel was full and they had only a smoking room left. We were shown a very substandard room, less than a one hotel rating which we declined. The clerk told us to return at noon and she would expect to place us in a more suitable room should one became available.

When we returned and identified ourselves a manager greeted us and said the only space available to internet customers was the room we declined earlier and that Priceline did not require them to to offer anything else. When we protested the other things wrong with the room the manager didn't respond. When I requested his business card he gave me one of a woman subordinate.

When I called I got no satisfaction with Priceline Dot Com Customer Service. When I cited the destination change at the time of selection she claimed I made a regional selection that was named Hunt valley, Timonium, Towson MD area and cited the website. I went to the website and found the current website has no resemblance to the site configuration when I utilized it in mid June. When I told her there was no regional description in June she said she didn't have access to any information about that and declined to offer any further recourse or assistance.

I am very upset over Priceline Dot Com's handling of the entire matter and I'm not about to let this matter slide. I have every intention to seek recourse through my credit card company and to warn others. They charge $570 for the unused hotel room, we had to spend $200 for a rental car we hadn't planned for and to top it off the accommodations at the Comfort Inn Towson and Redroof Inn Timonium were much better facilities and made up for much of the hard feelings we have about this trip to this part of Maryland. Beware of the terrible business practices and service at Priceline Dot Com and Cromwell Bridge Holiday Inn.

I believe I was deceived by Priceline due to misleading information

I was refused, flatly, with the excuse that Priceline's PROFIT schedule didn't allow for any further discounts. I asked to speak to a supervisor and had to be rather insistant before he finally switched me over to "Jennifer". Who gave me the same, exact excuses and was completely unyeilding and uncooperative. I then asked to speak to HER supervisor and was told that hers was the final level that I, as a customer, was allowed to reach with my complaint, unless I wanted to go online and TRY to contact someone in authority who could resolve the outright lies and deceptive advertising perpetrated by Priceline. I think she was trying to put me in touch with William Shattner, but I'm not sure.

In any case I hung up in frustration and called the motel again, and after verifying that the EVERYDAY price was indeed $159.99, rebooked directly with them. I then called Priceline again to cancel the first reservation but strangely enough, after inputing my reservation number and my phone number (for verification) the Priceline phone system developed a "problem" and would not let me through to an agent in order to cancel. I attempted three times, from different phone numbers and again, right after inputting my numbers, their phone system displayed the same problem. I finally was able to go back online and cancel from there. In summation, I believe that Priceline should be prosecuted and punished for false and misleading advertising. Should a class action suit be forthcoming, I will certainly, gladly, participate. The aggravation and frustration caused by these unyielding and uncooperative people is reprehensible and while it's not illegal, it should be.

Well it's not and I am still attempting to resolve this problem with Priceline.com. I have emailed and called numerous times with nothing getting done. It has been 1-week since this all started (7-days too long) and I am still getting the run around. I filed a complaint with the BBB and will continue to pursue my problem with Priceline.com until I get a full refund or my credit.

Money doesn't grow on trees. I placed my original order for the flight to attend a divorce hearing. As if I don't have enough bills from the lawyer...now Priceline.com is trying to say I'm out of luck because one of their employees didn't do their job right.

If I cannot change the dates on this trip, I will not have the money to fly back East where I am expected to be present for my daughter's wedding. That is the family emergency I need to accommodate. I am retired and living on a very fixed income. So I would be paying for a trip I cannot take to Cancun, paying for a trip to the East Coast for a wedding, and then paying for another flight to Cancun at another time. What if there were a death, instead of a wedding? You mean to tell me that Priceline would still take its share of the money for the trip and run with it? It is not like I am asking for a refund. I told them that I can go a week earlier than originally planned. I also told Priceline that I am willing to pay a penalty or higher fee for changing the dates. So it is not a matter of me, as the customer, not willing to live up to my obligations.

I was out the entire amount I paid for the room.

O.K.. So I eat the first night. I drive then to San Diego, which is about 100 miles from my home, (with my five year old in tow), last night to my destination. When I get to the Hilton to book in, they tell me that Priceline had only booked the previous night, and not the night I was there, even though I had receipt of payment for two. As it was, there was one room left at the Hilton, at $250.00 per night. We called priceline, they told us, that according to their records, they had booked two, even though the Hilton desk only showed the one. Again, no dispensation. The Hilton desk talked to them and said that they could rebook the room for me through their service, and they continued to refuse, saying that they already had. The Hilton desk even offerred to fax them their records showing that their had only been one night of reservation, and with about 2 hours of calling, we eventually got hung up on twice.

So, essentially, Priceline had my money in their pocket, I followed their rules, and when I showed up to get my room, it was not there. Priceline up $250..me without a room. I was not about to pay the additional $250 for the room, so I turned around, with my five year old hysterical that he would not be able to see his cousins, or go to the zoo the following day, and drove the 100 miles back.

Consequences? Out $250.00 from priceline, of which $125.00 was for all intents and purposes was stolen, four hours of driving, $100.00 in gas.

So I called priceline to cancel the reservation. Well, they did cancel it but with NO refund. I would liken to point out that the motel had vacancies either ways. If it was booked out, I would agree they had an opportunity loss, but that was not the case. Also, the price they were offering at the motel was waaaayy cheaper. I have now disputed this charge with amex, and if AMEX does not resolve it, I will stop using AMEX. I don't care if priceline is refundable or not. If they double book me due to a possible error in their software, they need to give me my money back.

I paid about 500$$ for a hotel stay that would have only cost me about 200$ The actual price for that place was probably 150$ So using priceline cost me about 200-300$ extra. WORST company I have ever used on the internet.

I was taken to Orlando Regional Healthcare and admitted into the hospital. I recieved Nitroglycerine on the way to the hospital an later morphine while in the ER. After staying overnight and being treated and released, I was assured after at least five phone calls, that I would be put in stand by status. Upon arriving to the airport, I met with the supervisor from Delta. She said that according to Pricelines rules and regulations, they are suppose to accomidate someone due to a medical emergency. Priceline refused to honor that arrangement. I had a medical release to fly by the doctor and my discharge papers from the hospital.

Priceline refused to allow me on the flight unless I purchased another set of tickets. They could careless that I was just released from the hospital for heart related issues that I suffered, while standing in line at the Orlando airport. All I wanted Priceline to do is provide me with a way home. My boyfriend who is my current source of income, already had to call off of work inorder to stay with me. We had no money, no clothes, since our bags were on the origional flight. I requested to be released inorder to go home so that he might make it to work. The doctors also gave him a doctor's statement for his job.

I want a refund and a cancellation from this service that I dont know anything about, I feel I have been tricked into receiving & paying for this service, I dont know what it is for. I was told it was thru Priceline. After calling the 800 number below, she said she would cancel it, but transferred me too soon so I could get some kind of confirmation number or her name. I would never sign up for a discount service that I would never use. I am notifing Consumer Affairs and PriceLine concerning this I was told if I want a refund to fax in writing, which is what I am doing. And I want some kind of acknowledgement this has been received. So far I have not heard back from Great Fun.

I paid basically for an extra night using priceline than I would have just booking through the hotel itself!

Besides having to pay the additional $200 for the hotel I still had a non smoking car (it was in phoenix @ 120 degress getting out of the car was not an option.) I had to rearrange my itenarary to drive miles away to their choice of a hotel on my dime...causing me to have to delay me departure another day this was supposed to be a simple fly in sign papers, review property, fly out deal not a constant discomfort rearrage disaster scenario.

We can't go on the trip and at the very least I thought i would just get and airline credit, but priceline refuses to do that as well. So I have lost 600 dollars and its just not fair.

I carefully watched while the highlighted dates on their pictoral calendar were transferred (by Priceline) into numerical dates (25/06/08 and 26/06/08). I made very sure that all data was correct, then selected CONTINUE to a new screen (and the first screen disappears). Because you are absolutely certain that you have checked that all details are correct (and I am sure they are banking on this) you proceed to enter the next page of information about your name and address and method of payment etc. Then a new page flashes up and you are asked to initial at the end of a long paragraph that you agree to the terms and then click CONTINUE again.

Well, imagine my surprise when my price was accepted for an arrival of June 26th and a departure of June 29th. I KNOW without a doubt that those dates were NOT entered by me and had to have been manipulated by Priceline - either by an accidental computer error or, I suspect, by deliberate fraud. By initialling, you have no recourse but to pay up regardless of who made the error.

With much stress and much time lost, I did insist on speaking to customer service agent - Marco, who read from a prepared script that for this one and only time, they were willing to refund me for two of the three night's charges with the further night's charge to be refunded only if I re-booked with them for the correct date. I would, however, have to pay a penalty fee of $25. I did re-book with them for the correct night, but, this time, my bids were rejected until I had inputted a price for a one-star hotel at a rate of $20 higher than the bid for the original 3-star hotel.

The one-star hotel was old and the beds uncomfortable and not one I would have originally ever bid on. I feel I was scammed from the outset and their Helpline's staff reading from scripts intensified my convictions. This company needs to be taken to task for their poor customer service, but, most of all, investigated for computer scamming. Nothing seems legitimate with this company.

Economic damage: Overpayment for a one-star hotel by at least $30. Unsure if the refund of $72 for the third night of a 3-star hotel on dates I DID NOT select will ever materialize. Out a penalty fee of $25 for an error in dates that Priceline made, not me. I plan to cancel my credit cards and get a new security code based on this shoddy experience.

I was surprised and dismayed when Priceline.com found a carrier but the return flight was earlier than my specification. I immediately called the Customer Help line and was advised that I had selected the chose your own price and that there were not refunds or changes allowed. When I explaned that I had not selected that the Customer Help representative just kept reading from the same prepared script. I then advised her the the carrier would give me a later flight if I have purchased the tickets from them for a charge of $100 why would the not provide the same service. No help. I asked for a superviosr and got the same script response. Even though there website does not fully explain these minor details to the consumer they stand behind it like a wall of legal verbage which allows them ripe customers off.

Due to their refusal to change our flight to a later time cost us the cost of the flights 694.85. And the cost of a Nuerological Doctor's missed appointment fee $250.

By the 23rd of June, we had a family emergency and we were not sure if we could go or not, but needed to wait to see what transpired. On June 27, 2008 we knew we couldn't go and my husband had been able to change his vacation, so I started calling to change our reservations. We were to check in at the hotel on June 29, but I was still more than 48 hrs in advance.

I called the hotel direct and they were the ones who told me since I had booked through Priceline.com they would not be able to change our reservations or honor the amt. we were getting the hotel for and that we'd have to go back to Priceline. Early Friday morning I started contacting them through their many, many 800 #'s.

The first man I spoke with I could barely hear or understand. I kept asking him to speak up, but it never worked. I was able to ask him if they had 4 nights open starting July 13 which he said they did, so I booked those 4 nights, got my confirmation and itinerary #. He then said he could not cancel my other reservations, but he would transfer me to the person who could. Well, I could not hear that person either, so I asked for a number to call him back. I called the number he gave me and could not get through to a real "person."

I then called another number I found on the web and spoke with Natalie. I told her we had a family emergency and needed to change our reservations. I let her know that I had already rebooked for thr 13th of July so would she please cancel my reservations for starting June 29. Before she could do that, so needed a doctors name and telephone number so she could verify. I almost fell off my chair. I had never heard of such a thing in my life. There was no way I was giving her out any information, plus I knew they wouldn't accept anything because the medical emergency was because of our dog. He was seriously ill and needed surgery the night of the 25th of June and we still do not know whether he is going to make it or not.

She kept talking about a $25 cancellation fee or I would have to give the medical information. I kept telling her I wasn't CANCELLING I was only CHANGING my dates, but that made no difference to them. I also told her there should be no cancellation fee because I was cancelling WITH MORE THAN 48 hrs. to spare.

Around 2pm I called another 800# and asked to speak to a manager. I was told the person I was speaking with was Jituan and she was a supervisor and they could not transfer to anyone else. She was located in Tennessee. I went over and over it again with her with the same answers. She finally said she would pull my phone records, they would review and she would call me back. She said if she didn't call by 3:30 should would call the next day. I specifically asked her if she worked on Saturday and she said that she did. We ended our conversation around 2:45pm.

The time in Wisconsin right now (Saturday, June 28) is 3:15 pm and I have NOT gotten any kind of call back from this 'SUPERVISOR."

I called that number and the agent I got was Vince and he was located in Ohio. I decided not to say a word to him about the problems I'd been having but to just ask him to cancel my reservations for the 4 nights starting June 29. He told me there would be a $25 fee and that he was in the process of cancelling. He gave me a cancellation confirmation number and said he would email me a copy of the cancellation. I NEVER received that either.

Then I asked Vince where it showed what their cancellation policy was and he said I should have gotten it on my email that I got confirming my reservations. I had that email sitting in front of me and I told him they said nothing. He said he would send me a copy of the one he was reading from that would have their cancellation policy listed. I got that email, but it was the exact same email I had gotten for a confirmation and there was NOTHING about cancellation on it. He told me he had to hang up, as there was nothing more he could do for me and he had 11 other lines waiting.

I called the same number again and this time got a Leslie in Pennsylvania who was in the Customer Relations Dept. I went through my story AGAIN and then she wanted to transfer me. This time I was given to KIM. Kim was trying to tell me that the agent I spoke to named VINCE was actually wrong and I should have been charged $97.00 because I WAS NOT CANCELLING WITHIN THE 48HR!! I tried to explain to her that when I made my FIRST phone call on Friday morning I was more than 48 hrs. before my arrival time. She would not even listen to me and said the first phone call I had made that they have a record of was when I spoke with Jituan around 3pm on the 27th. Kim also told me that she knew Jituan and SHE was a HE and NOT a supervisor, so she was accusing me of lying. NOTHING in the notes said that Jituan would be calling me back but that she asked to have my phone records pulled for them to review.

I knew I would not win the battle, so I hung up. I probably will try and dispute the $25 through my CC company, but my hands are tied at this point.

I think this company needs to be looked at very closely. Their people all tell you different stories, they lie and they have NO compassion at all. They must have papers in front of them for what they can and can't say and that is it.

All I know is that I DID try to cancel with more than 48 hrs notice and I really only CHANGED my dates, but it is now costing me $25 and hours and hours of telephone frustration.

I sure hope something can be done about this company.

Sounds easy- Wrong. They hold on to my $4300. charge me 600 in penalties unless I rebook. I cant rebook without funds. Simple, its done allday long. Credit my account back and I'll rebook and try to recoop my loss, but instead they take 7-14 days to refund while fairs go and they don't loose. When I get refunded if fairs drop it's no benefit for me cause I must match my previous offer or lose 600.

Why can funds be removed from my account in seconds yet they take 7-14 days to put it back when I've been issued a cancellation #. My money should be returned to me in an expedient manner. They're practices do not parallel with consumer protection laws. In my opinion, a company that puts a number up for customer service then make it impossible to talk with anyone is hiding something and are not proud of the service they are providing.

Financial loss. Fair increase on a daily basis and I can only watch as they drag they're feet to reimburse me. They claim it's standard practice in the industry, but when I talk to Wells Fargo they told me a call to Merchant Services could resolve this problem Quickly.They refuse to make it that easy.

I spoke with priceline and spoke with someone who could do nothing. She read the company policies to me from a script. I will not use priceline again. I just want someone to know.

To make matters worse, their customer service reps. have no authroization to refund any funds, and everything had to be sent to the "executive offices". They have no other contact information (I even called 411) but an email. My reservation was made, and my money taken on 6/15. Today is 6/20, and even though the "glitch" is priceline's fault, all I've rec'd is an automated email stating my email was rec'd. I have no idea what the status on my reservation is, and have rec'd nothing back. Needless to say, I am livid.

Totally a disappointing experience for a first time customer. What's even more frustrating is that there was no service in customer service. I felt that the customer care rep was just reading the disclaimer and apology letter to me. No effort was made because of a descriminatory policy meant to protect priceline only. I've bid online before and never faced this kind of stonewalling before. It seems like a legitimate con operation. Law-makers should look into priceline practices.

I have to accept losing $260+ because I was totally disappointed of not being able to make a final deceision on the bid process.

When I called for the status of my claim in Feb I was sent a letter asking for a 3 month history or letter from my doctor stating this was not a preexisting condition. If they had read the first information they requested they would know this was not a preexiting condition. The doctor provided the information. I called on Apr 2 and confirmed it was received by AIG on Mar 25 and would be processed in approx 30 days.

I called today June 12 and was told it just went to Medical review on Monday and should have the status by 5pm Friday and I can call again on Monday. Its funny that part of every conversation with AIG someone says it was just went somewhere on Monday and call back next Monday.

No solution to date.

I contacted the rental agency three weeks ago and they said that Priceline takes about 4-5 days to release the card - I checked my account on yesterday, which is almost a month and the amount is still outstanding on my account. I would appreciate it very much if Priceline would release the amount and return it back to my bank account.

My credit card company says they delideratly string out the communication past the 3 day cancellation grace period for cancelling reservations and contracts so that you are stuck. They also told me that they are required to respond to disputed charges and most of the time they are favorable to the buyer not to priceline. They said that I can continue to Appeal the charges and Priceline will NEVER get any money from you as long as you keep the dispute open and they will finaly give up. She said she sees this all the time. Priceline ends up spending more time and money fighting you than its worth so to get rid of you they give in.

None because they WONT win this one. But in the mean time, $150.00 for a rental car.

Well as everyone stated priceline policy. But it really hurt me to know that they actually tell people that they are sorry when clearly they are not. I am recently out of a 24 year marriage and I am trying to manage on one income and it just hurt me to know that they would actually keep people money. I called twice prior to the flight date and they still said no. But i received a leter on the day of departure saying my flight was canceled by AA but legelly I had canceled due to my finances. So on record it looks like I just did not show up! So if this is legal and it is there policy why don't they just say it was cancelled by the purchaser and they foreit there moneys.

It would be much better for them to refund our money less fees. But like other say this was a hard lesson to learn and I am glad that I am not sucideal. But I really could have used my own money. So i will not be deally with Priceline for my future travel needs. I was out of a much needed $205. With the ecom=nomy as it is today they should rearrage there policy to accoumodate they client.

OVER $1000.00 IN CHARGES ON MY CREDIT CARD!!!!

this service again.

My 16 year-old daughter and I arrived at 12:30 a.m. only to be told the HOTEL HAD OVERBOOKED BY 5 ROOMS and that we would have to drive 15 miles AWAY from the a/p to get another room. We've never been to Baltimore, had to get up super early for an a.m. flight and return a rental car, and were given a sheet of paper indicating the new hotel address. We said this wasn't acceptable and after reading the sign on their wall in LARGE ALL CAPS that said, MANAGER ON DUTY, we asked to speak to him or her. We were told there wasn't a manager on duty but that we could call back the next day.

We had no choice but to leave and find another hotel in the middle of the night in a town we didn't know. We called Priceline on the spot at the Microtel, typed in the confirmation code, FINALLY reached a human customer service rep, and as we finally got going in our car, she asked me AGAIN for the confirmation #, listened to our story (but then asked if I saw the hotel employee's name badge when I CALLED to reconfirm the reservation that afternoon!?), and then the Priceline rep ACTUALLY TOLD ME SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO TRANSFER ME TO SOMEONE ELSE!!!!

THAT SECOND HUMAN TRANSFER was unacceptable. Priceline and Microtel should be ashamed - if no recourse is advised then we will be forced to tell anyone and everyone who will listen this true documented story of a single woman and her 16 year-old daughter being booted out of their hotel room late at night by Priceline and Microtel with no recourse.

We arrived at the new hotel further away from the BWI airport at the Ramada Inn Laurel and went to check in after 1:00 a.m. prior to the 7:00 a.m. flight departure. The staff were standing at the counter talking about having to do some sort of an intervention in a room and being lucky to get out of there alive due to the poor condition of the guests. Then they put us on the top floor in a one bed room with no elevator. Of course we were packed for the flight and had to drag all baggage up the flights of stairs due to the poor quality of the neighborhood and fear of vehicle safety. This could have ended much worse but we can tell Priceline and Microtel have no remourse.

In addition to the extra charge on my credit card... This maxed out my credit card and I was unable to do anything about it (i.e. pay a balance down) because all the charges were listed as 'pending'. I was unable to buy a train ticket to get to work in a timely manner and have to borrow money from coworkers because my ATM card was recently damaged and is currently being replaced.

i had to repurchase a ticket and now Im out of like $700.00.

It is disappointing that Priceliine would even negotiate business with this hotel that would exercise this type of customer service. Also, Priceline's website does not explain that even if a hotel did accept your special request- your price you negotiated and thought you were getting would be increased!! Priceline is very misleading and I will never be doing business with them ever again and will be warning everyone I know that they are false advertising.

for 15 to 20 min. we went back and forth and finally they were able to book me on another flight. But it doesn't stop there arrived in Cancun thinking the trouble was behind us to find out that there was no ground transportation for us. now mind you my wife and I had never been to Cancun before and could not speak Spanish. we were S.O.L. there goes the $40.00 that i paid for ground transportation to and from the resort. i had to pay a stranger 53.00 to take us to the resort and a cab from the resort. We couldn't enjoy ourselves because we were worried about how we were going to get home and if our connecting flight in Mexico city was going to be there or were we going to be stranded in Mexico. if so for how long we could get in touch with priceline.

Luckily we made it home. PRICELINE NEEDS TO BE SUED FOR ROBING PEOPLE THE WAY THEY DO. And yes have a lawyer to contact because i dont want any other couple or person to have to go through what my wife and I went throuh with them. they are a ripoff company. so much for a romantic getaway for us for our anniversary.

Even if we had gotten 2 rooms if wouldn't have worked out for us. For the price I ended up paying I could have gotten a suite at Embassy Suites, actually closer to the Mall and a nice free hot breakfast. I think Priceline should warn customers that some hotels might charge additional fees to get a two bdrm.

I immediately contacted priceline through phone and email. They would do nothing. I immediately disputed the charges with the credit card and the credit card company reversed the authorization. I contacted priceline to inform them they are not authorized to charge my card for any reason. The next day they charged my card for $2000. I am now disputing with credit card company and I have filed a complaint with the Minnesota Attorney General's Office.

I didn't incur any damages except for mental anguish for the fact that I have a reservation for $590 that I'm not going to use.

2. In that we have been having problems after having moved to Delaware, I requested a number of times for Priceline to run that account in order to see if charges were being processed. 3. After a number of calls, lengthily waits on hold, and three disconnects in alledginly switching to a supervisor, I spoke with a supervisor who informed me that my card #5678 had (also) been billed. This card had initially been denied as your records will indicate. She emailed a document entitled "Your Trip Summary" that notes card #5678 was used to "verify your identity," which she claimed was documentation that card #5678 had been approved and (also) billed.

4. In addition to the appearance of double billing, unauthorized use of card #5678 (after it's denial) which raises the question of malfeasance, breach of contract and fraudulent business practices; my written request for information and procedural guidelines for my purchased "Airline Ticket Travel Insurance", has simply been ignored, which makes any possible remedy moot.

Dealing with Priceline personnel has been frustrating, stressful and, to date, a waste of a good deal of my time. Your company has demonstrated extraordinarily poor customer relations in what appears to be "canned", rote responses which answered nothing for me. I expect Priceline to address these issues promptly, which means well prior to my scheduled flight of 5/10/08 at 4:43 PM.

I was later told by Price Line that the hotel may be able to cancel or change the reservations. When the hotel was contacted they advised that they were unable to do anything as Price Line was the company I had to deal with. I believe that Price Line is a dishonest company and has absolutly NO customer service and consideration for their customers.

I will never deal with Price Line again and will distribute this information to as many individuals and organizations as I can. They should be ashamed of their operations.

They have billed my credit card for over $300. I have disputed the charges, but it will be weeks before I find out the results.

So when I received the email telling me how to rebook my flight I noticed that the terms for rebooking and getting back your cancellation fee where I had to rebook to the same island. So at this point I'm getting a bit annoyed because that was the whole problem to begin with and when I tried to call back and explain this, my original reservation number had been cancelled so there was no possible way to get to a live person. See you need an actual reservation number to speak with someone so without you are dead and forced to move to an email contact. Within 24 hours someone had contacted me by email and gave me a new reservation number to call in and speak with someone.

I called and spoke with someone and they explained that there is nothing they can do so I would have to speak with another person in customer relations, well after waiting on hold for over an hour the line goes dead. At this point I'm really mad and starting to think that this is a scam. I mean hear I am trying to fix a mistake that they made and now Priceline is stealing money from me and refusing to deal with it. I call back and they transfer me to customer relations and after holding on the phone again I get disconnected. I call back in and Im ready to go absolutely crazy on the first person that answers the phone but I start off by explaining that I know its not your fault but Im ****** off big time. He tells me that he can't do anything and will have to transfer me but I refuse to let him saying that there is no customer relations and that Priceline is scamming money from me.

After at least 20 minutes of yelling back and forth I make him hold on the line until he connects me personally with customer relations. Now I'm talking to a person who could care even less about me then the first guy and says there is nothing he can do and hangs up on me! Priceline had worn me down - after the yelling and waiting and becoming a person I hate I gave up and let them have the money. This is a lot of money to me but the effort was making me sick. Just so everyone knows how much of a scam this was, the island that Priceline booked me to - I don't even know how to spell.

Priceline made $230 from me for their mistake.

I waited until 04-30-08 and checked account and found that no refund had been received. So I called and was told that whomever gave me information about the refund being made at noon the previous day was incorrect and that it takes one or two billing cycles to receive refunds, contrary altogether to the e-mail of 04-015-08.

I feel cheated and my money is being held up for some interest bearing account.

I waited until 04-30-08 and checked account and found that no refund had been received. So I called and was told that whomever gave me information about the refund being made at noon the previous day was incorrect and that it takes one or two billing cycles to receive refunds, contrary altogether to the e-mail of 04-015-08.

I feel cheated and my money is being held up for some interest bearing account.

I called the hotel directly and was gived a price that was $35 less per night than what I paid Priceline. The lower rate did not include any other forms of discounts such as AAA. The employee I spoke with (Eric) at the Holiday Inn informed me that the price he offered was their standard rate. I contacted Priceline under their Best Price Guarantee and they refused to refund the difference.

I paid 54% MORE for my room through Priceline than I would have paid by calling the hotel directly

I complained that the hotel in question was not even shown anywhere on their website and I felt like I had been the victim of a Bait and Switch since I had no way of knowing that there was even a possibility I would get put there (my bid would have been MUCH lower had I known) Magically this afternoon the hotel in question is on the site. Just proof they knew I had a valid complaint and are now trying to cover their you know what.

This hotel was not what I ordered or was led to believe I would get for the price. I ended up paying more for this hotel than I would have agreed to, had I known it was possible I would be placed THERE. I asked for a refund and cancellation as I felt they had not dealt with me honestly or ethically. They refused.

So I called and wrote several emails and they basically told me sorry too bad. Pay more attention next time and even forwarded my a copy of my contract that I initialled that stated the other 3 cities that they were searching for rooms in. None the less I am now stuck paying $130 for a hotel room 10 minutes away from .me.

At 8 PM on the night of my reservation, as I was walking to the hotel (which I really did need for that night), I got a phone call from Priceline saying that they had investigated the matter, and surprise!, there was a technical issue on their end, and my story was indeed correct. They would graciously cancel my hotel reservation and give me a refund, for no fee. Unfortunately, that was a little late for me to rebook anything, so I declined, and continued to the hotel. I wrote again to corporate services, and suggested that a $30 refund would be in order (to bring my paid price down to 50% of a typical 3-star hotel in the area), especially given the very late notice they gave me about canceling my reservation. Corporate services wrote back saying that they considered the matter to be settled. I then wrote the MA Attorney Generals office, who (very quickly, thank you) sent a complaint letter on my behalf. I now have been given a 100% refund by Priceline. So, the moral seems to be, keep complaining up the chain, and contact your state's AG office. And if some enterprising lawyers out their want to investigate this further, I think their is a class action lawsuit just waiting to happen here.

I wrote to the Executive Offices and was contacted and told that since I used Safari on a Mac computer there system automatically changes the request to a 2 star. They gave me a full refund but only after I threatened to file complaints with FTC and dispute the charge with AMEX. They know there is a problem in their system yet they don't mention it on their web site. BAD BUSINESS. I won't ever so business with them again!

I received a full credit back on my AMEX (hasn't been processed yet by AMEX) so we'll see.

One CS rep suggested that I put them on e-bay, which I immediately caught, and told her that she had just told me they were non-refundable, non-transferrable, and non-changable how could I put them on e-bay. All of the Priceline reps were very uncaring and inconsiderate and unhelpful to me. I lost $500.00 on those tickets, not getting any help from them. Good grief, you can pay a million for a new home, and they give you 3 days to change the contract or cancel, what's with priceline? I found tickets directly from AA cheaper, should have gone with them first. I won't use Priceline ever again, and will tell everyone else about my experience so they won't use them either.

My credit card was charged with $484.23 for 2 airline tickets that I cannot use. Priceline would not help in any way to allow me to use them, so I lost my money. $484 is a lot of money if you don't have any.

Loss of $1800 let alone the loss of a vacation and stress in dealing with airlines, VISA and Priceline.

I made numerous calls and got NO help. I talked to Leticia and Lakisha (CUSTOMER CARE SPECIALIST) and they passed me off to Alexandria (very rude I might add) and Ashley, who was like talking to a robot. No one could help and Alexandria informed me that her supervisor does not talk to customers. I bought tickets the other day through NWA for $309 a piece. Quite a bit higher than Priceline's price but I was afraid to try Priceline again for fear my money would be held up. How can I have my money held up for four days when I do not have a ticket? It took several phone calls, on my part, for Priceline to send the release number to the bank.

Also, in January, my friend's daughter got tickets to San Diego and on March 11 Priceline charged her bank account $11.99 for some promotion she qualified for. This was without permission. Needless to say, I will never use Priceline again and will urge others not to. I would like a response concerning what a SPECIALIST Can Do, and why Priceline can hold up people's money when no purchase has been made. We are not wealthy people and this incident almost made us miss our trip. I have been searching for Priceline's address so I can send them my complaint but so far have had no luck. Priceline.com will not take my complaint.

Because of the rapid increase in airline prices we were almost unable to get ticket because of the hold on our money.

I stayed in a horrible hotel and paid almost double the normal rate. From $59.99 to $99.99 and I am supposed to be pleased with the advertised 40% discount that they offer.

Anyway, they found a flight and said I would have to accept it with a credit card and then I would get my itinerary. Oh My Gosh! This is the worst flight we could get! I I e-mailed and got a response to call another customer service number where they have people to talk to. And was told basically, too Bad! We are now trying to figure how my son it going to get to the airport at 4:30 am for a 6:00 am departure, and then on his return flight at 5:30am for a 7:00am departure when we live 1 and a half hours away from the airport! This also is taking a day away from us in seeing our son. This is just bad business and very misleading to people on a very personal level. I wish I would've checked out on complaints before I used them. I have learned my lesson, I will not use them again!

Stress, stress, stress, If he can't find a ride to airport, We may have to purchase another flight. With a reputable company!

Couldn't have an ocean view room unless I paid $20.00 more and I had to pay $10.00 to park my car.

I sent an email to the customer support and was told that I was not dissatisfied with their service when in fact I was VERY DISSATISFIED with their service. They claim that the customer is their number one priority, but in reality, sticking the customer with a travel itinerary that they did not request is their number one priority. I feel victimized because now I have to come out of pocket A SECOND TIME to purchase a ticket that I didn't request in the first place.

After going around a few times he finally said he would give me a one-time refund. I said great, that was all I wanted. Then he tells me there is a $40 charge for the cancellation, and I would get my credit back on the card in 7 to 10 days! What a racket this is! How many people do they do this to and are allowed to charge the higher price, because they do not fight back? Then they charge the $40 fee for canceling their bogus reservation, and they gain the float money they make on your card until they finally send through the credit. I mean, they processed the debit in seconds, but it takes days to get a refund processed! These guys are crooks and run a scam as far as I am concerned, and from my experience. Look out when sending out your Bid and be sure it is yours.

This action will cost me $40 for a false order, plus Priceline gets to use my credit card money for 7 to 10 days free. Multiply that out by 1,000's of customers, and how much free money do they make on the float?

THE PHYSICAL DAMAGE THAT RESULTED IS I'M OUT $248.00 THAT I COULD HAVE USED ON A FUTURE DATE WITH THEM BUT WON'T BECAUSE OF THESE UNGODLY RULES THEY HAVE.

My protests have been met with the excuse that the 3 am landing on May 3 will actually take place on May 2, if one ignores the time difference between place of departure and place of arrival. They insist, in other words, that a flight landing on May 3 is REALLY landing on May 2 somewhere in the world, and therefore I must honor the terms of the ticket contract. I say they themselves haven't honored their own terms, but no customer representative I've talked with has yet to acknowledge that fact. Nowhere on the Priceline site have I seen the qualification saying that the arrival time is calculated at the site of departure, rather than at the site of arrival. I don't believe I'll be able to use the ticket as it's written. They won't change it. It cost more than $1600.

I asked to speak to a supervisor or manager and he said that there is none, but he can transfer me to customer support and they would tell me the same thing. The other rep said there was nothing they could do for me and for me to call Avis to try to resolve it. I hung up and called them. They said because I rented it through Priceline, I am contracted with them and only they can make that change. I called back Priceline and talked to another rep who told me the same story. They don't seem to care about their clients, they only care about profits. Is it really such a big thing to ask for? Both party's will still get paid. I'm not canceling anything. I only want to pick up the car from a different location. I know for a fact that I will never use their service and I will make a serious effort to tell everybody how non-professional, how non-customer orientated they are.

I lost or will lose my money paid for a flight I was supposed to take months in advance. I was told outright that I cannot get my money back (or even a portion of it). Priceline owns my money and the tickets I am not not going to be able to use.

I paid $400.00 for the two tickets and $60.00 for the insurance in case I had to cancel. I have not been able to get anything from them.

People who use this site have been called idiots by an employee (see comments from Insider on this site) and based on my experience with their personnel, I can see where this philosophy permeates throughout the organization. I am reconciled to accepting that I have tickets on an airline not of my choosing, but I can see no reason that neither Priceline nor United Airlines is willing to work with me to try to resolve the problem. All I want, at this point, is to change the date of return on my flight.

The damage that has resulted from this horrible experience is that on top of losing our twin grandchildren so suddenly and having to deal with an organization that is unwilling to offer any assistance at all, my husband and I will lose a day's pay because we need to be back to work earlier than the flight allows.

At stake is a $144.83 hotel reservation.

Now, I will be charged for the full amount of the hotel and will not be using it because of safety issues. If I were to stay at the hotel, I would be endangering my life as well as anyone who will be staying with me. This is not acceptable.

I took the bus back to the airport and rented a car from Dollar. Unfortunately, I lost the money Priceline had immediately taken from my credit card. One of the big problems with the Alamo location is that I have absolutley no idea how to find it to take the car back, and with a tight flight schedule there is no room for error. I have used Priceline in the past, semisuccessfully, but never again. They are quick to apply charges and take your money, but you may as well kiss it goodbye. Both the Alamo and Priceline people were less than helpful, saying, tough luck, you pay.

I had to rent a car from another agency, and will never see arfund for the Alamo car I did not get.

I ended up paying $600 for a hotel room I neither ordered or wanted.

Until now I've suffered from Priceline only heartache and angst! Do we really have to deal with computer ripoffs instead of real live people?

Most people would save themselves a lot of hassle if they would read the important information (it's five bullet points, people) but in the case of true emergencies that you are unable to plan for, the higher ups at Priceline do not really care.

Tips: 1) Do NOT buy the travel insurance: it is through an outside insurance agency who will NOT give you a refund without making you jump through 20 hoops. For instance, if you've had a death in the family most of the time it has to be an immediate family member and they require the death certificate and notes from their attending doctor, among other things. 2) Do not bid on hotels lower than 3 star. The NYOP is a cool feature that I've used and had good luck with; but when you are allowing them to choose your hotel for you don't go below a 3 star. You may get a fine hotel...but it's not a risk I would take. 3) If you ask to speak to a supervisor you will not get one. There is a department that is for escalation and their response is going to be the exact same as the customer service rep's response -- only in a meaner tone. This department will not assist you. For a response that might help (it's a lot of steps) go to the web site, go to the bottom of the screen and click on investor relations then click on management and then the link that asks if you'd like to give feedback to our management team -- this e-mails executive services who is the highest department; I'd suggest going there after speaking to customer service. 3) Be nice to the customer service reps. Trust me, there is nothing they can do beyond what the script dictates. Calls are recorded and they could lose their jobs if they did something outside of what is within the rules. Furthermore, they often don't have access to cancel your reservation -- the system locks them out. Most of them do want to help you...and if they can't, it's not their fault. They are just doing what they have to.

I called Priceline on 11/19, explained the situation, and they made it very clear that they did not care what the circumstances were -- they would not cancel the reservation. They were ignorant and short and simply repeated their policy over and over.

I would like to have my $200 back, but just as much I would like to be exposed as the uncaring organization that they clearly are.

I have been charged a fee (almost $800) that they claim is nonrefundable. I am furious!! How can I expect to pay for something I didn't know I had!

Rude staff, uncompromising, and a rip off. I believe payment should be made on a good or service; the $50 cancellation charge per room should suffice, but anything beyond that is robbery. We made a $1017 payment for nothing. No goods or services provided. What a scam.

Rakesh M. responded by saying that I initialed their form indicating that I had read their policy statement. I responded: I DID initial your policy document, and if I had arbitrarily changed my plans, I would expect to pay the penalty. However, on December 15 when the metropolis of Oklahoma City was shut down by an ice storm and a quarter of a million customers were without electrical service and there was an expected snowstorm dropping 9 of snow on the day of my check-in, I expected there would be some leniency in your policy. The board meeting I was to attend was canceled as was the multiple real estate visits that had been scheduled. With regard to your travel partners' policies, I did have to pay a 16% penalty to rebook my flight arrangements through Southwest Airlines, which I was willing to do, but I did not suffer a total loss of the original booking as I did with Priceline.

I indicated in my message that I had hoped to rebook my reservations, I did not ask for a refund.... M. Rakesh responded: We are truly unable to assist you further in this matter. Please do not expect a response to further correspondence on this issue.

This resulted in a loss of $206, and Priceline has lost a customer. Their number one concern is profit; NOT their customer as they stated.

I believe this may be a widespread strategy at Priceline i.e. to hide from the customer the more shoddy hotels (which at the same time it has assigned decent ratings) and to assign these hidden hotels to those who Name their price. For this reason I will not use their service again.

I had to pay a $50 fee for cancelling.

My daughter could never get a bus to Rexburg, Idaho at that time of the day, consequently it would mean leaving her stranded for almost a day in Salt Lake City, missing her first day of school.

A Blue Ash location was a necessity due to transportation issues; if Priceline had stated up front that Blue Ash and Sharonville (10 miles away) were part of the same area, I would have reserved a Blue Ash hotel directly and not used Priceline. Now I am stuck with a 4-night reservation at a hotel I cannot use. I plan to dispute the charge with my credit card, and am only hoping that the credit card company will accept my dispute.

Here is my complaint about Priceline.com: I purchased a ticket for someone to come from ATL to ICT. He went to the airport,checked in, all was good, got on the plane, and after 30 mins. sitting in the gate was told that they were having technical difficulty and they would update them shortly. Time passed and they were informed the hydraulics on the plane needed repair, had no UNITED techs to work on it, needed to call out one of Delta's techs, and it was going to be a 2 or 3 hour delay (plus 45 mins. already passed). They told my friend he would not make the flight to Wichita today (was to return the next day).

They told him to go to the counter, and they would arrange a refund for him. There they inform him that they can't refund it since his ticket was purchased through Priceline.com, and Priceline would have to give him the refund. So I called EVERY 800# on the website and had all information emailed to me. There is no way possible to reach a customer service representative. I got on the website and sent an email to customer service complaints which replied "We will respond in 3 hours or less." It has now been 5 hours and NO EMAIL FROM PRICELINE.

The Passenger for whom I paid for the ticket for was even on the plane. BUT THE MECHANICAL PROBLEMS made it impossible to make his connecting flight (which Priceline scheduled). Priceline wants to play the IT CLEARLY STATES IN THE POLICY; well it also CLEARLY STATES WE WILL CONTACT YOU BACK IN 3 HOURS OR LESS. But I guess you can pick and choose when your WORDS are important or not. YOU DO ROB PEOPLE OF MONEY! YOU MAKE 100% profit off a service that is NEVER redeemed. MY SITUATION WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF OUR CONTROL. But I guess that makes me the IDIOT, huh?

When I called Priceline to complain I was told this was the same as having to pay for parking. I will never use Priceline again.

I was charged $638 for a second rental car that I do not, did not and will not need nor use.

Today is Nov 11th; my Daughter must leave school by Nov 16. I don't have enough money in my account to get her home. She is in Mississippi with no family there; seven days to wait on a refund is too long, and my daughter is stuck, endangered in Mississippi! I explained this to them; all I got is "I'm sorry, you should have read our policy before you bid on the ticket." I did read it, but it does not mention that Priceline can schedule your ticket backwards and still make you pay for a ticket.

When I called Priceline, they, of course, took no responsibility and passed the no guaranteed amenities clause in their contract off as the excuse. I very explicitly explained that there was nothing in their contract or on the website that I could see that explained that the hotel you get may not even be LISTED on their site!!!

I then emailed the management with the problem. The automated reply said I would here from priceline.com by email or phone within 24 hours. That has been over a week ago. I will never use priceline again and would never recommend it to anyone, not even an enemy.

I ended up here, complaining, with $120 dollars less to my name, but with a mission to tell everyone I know who ever looks for an online plane ticket: Don't use Priceline, Ever!

We have been billed $9.99 for two months now by TLG Family Fun and it has been rudely brought to my attention, by our account being very nearly in an over drawn statis due to charges we were not expecting. We have since called TLG Family Fun and have cancelled our unwanted membership with them and refused to pay further for something we did not ask for. Priceline.com has shared our personal information without our consent.

consider a two star.

I talked to a young lady last night in customer
service who could not help, then to a supervisor who would not help and
hung up on me when I asked her name. This is not what priceline in its
advertisements was about. Deceiving the consumer by your web site. Go
through your web page and look to book rooms and click on two star and
then on name your price and you can see how I was dupped to think I
would get a hotel like the ones listed. It does not say you could get
an
average hotel, who on there site advertises there room rate as $59 as

Their database was wrong, but they insisted that my reservation could not be changed, in accordance with the contract I initialled online. Their guarantee specifies the room will be in the area, but they would not believe their own maps were wrong, even after the phone operators looked at MapQuest. At the end, the operator called the place in Fultondale, and got the scoop. This is fraud, poor customer service, and an indignity to the buying public.

I'm out about $800 over what I should have paid and got terrible connections. I'm never doing business again with Priceline.

I was successful in bidding the new price. Neither Priceline nor Alamo would rectify the situation including crediting the amount for a rental at OHare (the airport for pickup was Midway). Needless to say I will never use Priceline (or Alamo) again.

I am out $143.

Priceline.com indicated my bid was accepted, but instead of the Hyatt or Westin booked me into the Hotel Phillips in downtown Kansas City. After contacting Priceline.com customer service I was told the Hyatt and Westin were just “EXAMPLES of 4-star hotels"!

I asked whether the Hyatt and Westin hotels have indoor and outdoor pools, and was advised "yes". I then asked whether the Hotel Phillips has a pool, and was told, “No, they do not.” I requested cancellation of my booking, and was told this could not be done. I asked to speak to a supervisor, and was advised, “…although there are supervisors on duty – their roles are just administrative, and they also cannot cancel a booking.”

How can Priceline.com use the Hyatt and Westin as examples of 4-star hotels, and then conveniently book me into a hotel that did not show up AT ALL in their list of 80 hotels?? My credit card was charged $492.50.

I placed an offer of $145 and Priceline made a hotel reservation for me with a hotel they don't even advertise - The Loews Hotel!

The Loews offers rooms on their website starting at $149 and is not a 4-star hotel. I could not even find The Loews offered as a 3-star.

Priceline will not consider refunding my money or upgrading me to a hotel of a higher quality. My only choice of contact with priceline is via the internet/emails. This is not good enough.

When you cancel Priceline makes more money than if you use the tickets. They made $100 off of me in less than 10 minutes and the rest of the refund will take a week or more to get back into my account so the funds for my trip are tied up.

No trip for me.

I called Priceline to have the problem resolved but they said there was nothing they could do for me and that it was my fault. The customer service representative was rude and unhelpful.

Priceline made reservations for me at a hotel that turned out to be 14 miles south of the city and, according to some websites, 1 to 1 1/2 hours from the city center in Mexico City traffic. I don't think there is even a subway station there and, oh yes, there is a subway station called Cuauhtemoc in the Cuauhtemoc area which I thought I was choosing.

I have been forced to make another reservation. I am out $400 for Priceline's foul up and have had to make another reservation for $500.

I did talk to Avis (several people) and they all said it was Priceline’s policy, not theirs, and I would have to talk to Priceline to get any changes made. (Sound like a Catch 22?) I contacted Katie (Priceline Executive Offices) who said, “your reservation will remain non-refundable, non-transferable and will not be changed or cancelled. Although we empathize with you situation, we are truly unable to assist you … “.

She also said that I shouldn’t bother to communicate with her any further as she would not respond!!

The only way I would increase my offer is to stay in a location that was closer to my destination. The sytem is rigged.

I explained that we needed to resolve this immediately since the tickets were for the next day, and she claimed that it could be up to two days before I could get a response. I contacted United and they immediately cancelled both tickets and were very happy to help.

At 2:56 pm I sent an email to Priceline management, per Melissa’s instructions. I received an email back confirming tickets were cancelled but I was still going to be changed in full! My card has been charged and according to United a refund will be issued to Priceline not me.

It wasn't until we received the credit card statement that we realized the charges were made.

After many phone calls I talked to a Priceline manager who said she was "very sorry, but there was nothing she could do about it. That it was the company's policy". American Express also stated that they couldn't do anything because Priceline had stated very clearly that the tickets are not refundable.

Can you imagine how we feel loosing or give away $1,350.02.

The hotel clerk took the phone from my daughter and told the rep that they (Priceline) had better get their act together because my daughter was the third person that day that this had happened to. The clerk also told my daughter that had Priceline made the reservations the day I booked them the room would have been available.

This is terrible business and put my daughter and her friend in grave danger as she didn't know the area and it was dark.

Priceline would not let me change the dates of the rental, even for an 'administrative fee' like the airline. I tried resolving this through my credit card company, but they have sided with Priceline.

Damages: I'm now paying twice for a rental car; $440.91 for a car that I'm not even driving right now, and an additional $250 for another car, which I rented directly from a car rental company. As far as I'm concerned, Priceline is stealing money from me (and who knows how many other poor souls), because I am paying for a service that I'm not receiving.

A week before they were due to leave, my father suffered another stroke. We immediately canceled with Priceline. We received the forms to have my father's doctor fill out to verify his condition. After returning them, we were issued a denial letter, stating his condition was pre-existing. I didn't see any "pre-existing" clause in their micro-fine print. Even if it is somewhere, the cancelation insurance would lead you to believe you could use it for a bonifide reason.

Damage Resulting: I am out over $600 and will not be able to buy them the tickets again.

Guess what! After returning from my vacation, I was shocked to see a CONFIRMATION for my hotel booking from PRICELINE dated the next day by an email. I sent an email to priceline customer service, they replied that they were really sorry for the incident but however according to their policy, they said they cannot refund my money at any way. I tried my best with many emails, guess what! Some customer representative answered the emails and the result was the same. This email conversation went on for a week. Finally they thought they could handle me by a rude telephone operator. They had given me a ticket number and asked me to call.

The lady who picked the phone said, the policy is that, they cannot refund and said I should have to checked with priceline before making any alternate arrangements even if though I do not get any confirmation. I asked why didn't the email confirmation come to me in time. She said that's how it works and never allowed speaking my concern and SLAMMED the phone. You know what, I tried to call them back, the automated message said that the case is closed?

I have never seen such a rude customer service in my life. The lady who spoke to me was just talking and never bothered to listen to me. She just slammed the phone and that's it. It is my money and they behave harsh to a customer!

I had to pay for a trip I couldn't possibly take, my mother was actually buried the day I was to arrive through US Air (priceline) on 8/23/03. I can't afford to pay for two flights. I am exrememly distraught and stressed over this.

Damage Resulting: I lose $150 and my friend's wedding!

Damagse: Time, energy, effort to resolve this as well as $60 cab ride, $27 for extra dinner. Emotional strain.

Well this is the 4th of July week and I needed a car to go to a family reunion that I have been planning to go to for over a year. There are no cars left to be rented, not to mention the hotel fees that I lost and the events that I paid attend the reunion. My wife just went through surgery for cervical cancer and this was a reunion for her family who all wanted to see her. With all of the medical bills we can not afford to just rent another car even if they were available. Also all of my vaction time is down the drain.

The only way they will change or cancel, is to charge me 100.00! I now have spent $227 for a ticket I cant use, I don't know anyone in Birmingham Alabama!

Out $250 appraisal fee and $120 that I paid to my current mortgage company for payoff quotes that priceline had ordered. I would like for Priceline to refund this money. Although, I would REALLY like my original deal.

Before I knew it, I was committed to purchasing three tickets, $900 plus. When I realized what I had done I immediately tried to cancel. Priceline said that I couldn't and so did United Airlines. I realize that I made a "boner" of a mistake, but why punish me by taking money out of my wallet? That punishes other members of my family as well and they did nothing to be punished for. Forbid me from ever using priceline in the future or from ever flying United Airlines. To make matters worse, they have changed my flight schedule so that now I can't even make it in time to bowl, so I am paying $900 for something I can't even use. At this point, if they would just give me a flight schedule which would allow me to keep my committment I would be happy. I can't believe that in this great country of ours we can't correct this mistake.

The problem is that my wife and I have to drive out, cause that was the last of the free money that I had. and Priceline has a policy of not returning any funds that were spent on thier website.

Finally they came back and said that they could not find my acceptance and asked me to bid again, this time changing a criteria of travel. I had to compromise on the dates and bid again. I believe that Priceline just kept hiking up the price till my bid was satisfactory and kept "losing" my information. Now they will not give me the dates I want to travel, or the accepted offer that they had offered (I have their email confirming their acceptance).

I put in $150.00. I never heard back from them. I later received my December credit card statement and saw the charge. By that time, and not having heard from them, I had purchased 2 round trip, non-stop tickets for a flight for $112.00 from the airline, Southwest. I then got on Priceline and discovered that they had purchased tickets for me. get this, it was a red eye flight out of Baton Rouge, with a layover . . . for $150.00 per ticket. SOME DEAL! Well, I tried everywhere on Priceline .com to contact them. They have no contact info. They say thier policy is no refunds. I had to send my complaint and cancellation request to the tech. problems email address they have.

She knows that you can buy tickets from Priceline & assumed that she could get a quote as well. This was a misunderstanding on her part and she by mistake ended up buying a ticket that we did not want or need. When I arrived home she was in tears when she informed me of the mistake she had made. I asked if she had tried to call Priceline & cancel the ticket based on the circumstances, she said she had but they would not.

I then called Priceline to plead our case. I begged & pleaded with Priceline Customer Service for hours, at one point even in tears; after speaking to several people, I was to be told the same thing over and over. They would not cancel the ticket v they were not going to assist us in any form or fashion. At one point a Priceline Customer Service Rep (Pam) was even harsh enough to tell me that it was my problem that my wife was stupid and that she (Pam) did not care about my daughter's situation because it was not in Priceline's policies to do so. I realized how rude, inflexible, uncaring, inhuman, & uncompassionate Priceline is.

I made a final attempt to resolve this problem with Priceline by emailing Ms. Marlene Beeler, Senior Vice President of Customer Service. It has now been over a week and I have had no response nor do I expect one from her at this point. Bottom line is we want our money back ($503.45). I did not get the tickets & I did not use the tickets.

No one else ever had that email address.

When I registered at priceline, I used my father's name, Peter, obviously because it was his acount. Priceline has a privacy policy which states that they never reveal any personal information to other companies. Well, they violated that policy. The 'xx@ixx.com' address received unsolicited "spam" from JCPenney. The only way that JCPenney could have gotten that address is from priceline.

Of course I could not get anything close to a straight answer from priceline regarding the problem. I have all of the emails from their oh-so-helpful customer service representatives, which are safely stored on my hard drive.

What are my rights as a consumer? If a company clearly states that they don't give out your personal information, but they DO, what course of action can be taken against them?

Everyone must realize everything is clearly stated in plain English on the Website. We have people initial a contract page that states that the tickets will be charged to your card automatically if our database finds an acceptable offer.

People!!! You're not being shafted, you are just idiots for putting in your credit card number for a couple hundred dollar purchase and not reviewing the terms of Priceline.

It's amazing how many idiots use Priceline. We should put a big heading on the page ... ''If you are an idiot, don't use us!

I charged almost $12,000 in travel expenses last year. I will charge twice as much this coming year. I will never even consider using Priceline.com for any of that business. To quote and concur with a previous victim, "There is absolutely no recourse or negotiation with these people. For me, I will never use Priceline again. The company uses their position on the internet to extort individuals due to the lack of regulation regarding issues of this sort."

They also have house dollars that can be purchased, according to them for cash, yet they charged my credit card an additional $80 for the house dollars, which are not legal tender and can only be redeemed on 1/2 price items at participating stores. 

Their policy says that they will credit any unused house dollars back to the customers credit card; I called their 1 800 number and asked them to remove the charge of $34.43-price of grocery items and $80.00-price of house dollars, because I will not be able to receive the grocery items or use the house dollars. 

The person that I spoke with, said he would have these charges removed from my credit card. So far they have refused to honor my request. I have sent several e-mail letters to them requesting credit for unredeemable items, still no satisfaction.    I am out $114.00 for services or merchandise that I will never see.

I've written to Priceline for consideration of the circumstances (unless I make the meeting, there is no point in taking the trip). I would appreciate any advice or information you might have come across on similar problems. Bottom line is that consumers should be aware when using Priceline, that all deals are final, and you may not be happy with what you get, even at a good price.

If you wait at least 2.2 hours on music hold and try for a month or so like I did, I got someone to help me. They said I had to pay $100.00 to cancel my tickets when I told them they had the wrong days. They seemed shocked. So I accepted the $100.00 charge to have them remove $300.00 of worthless tickets. That was usury, but what was I to do? Keep AMEX waiting for payment while we got to court? If I use my credit card, why I am penalized to cancel an order when the company made the mistake? I know what days I wanted to travel, and they changed them to sell a ticket. Smooth!

The details: In looking for a good price on a motel, I put my search information in on the Priceline.com's web page. I immediately realized my error when after submitting the information, they told me that I would be informed as to where I would be staying in a certain amount of time. I immediately called the customer service number and they told me in no uncertain terms that there would be no cancellations and no refunds and that it states this on their web page. Again, I had seen that statement but I believed that was their policy only after I had a chance to look over the information. I realize I must be very naive because I have this false impression that I, as the consumer, would have some say into what I was spending my money on.

Additionally, I thought that if something was not satisfactory, that I would have some recourse in getting my money back as I do with almost all other business I deal with. However, as I now know, that is not the case. In talking with the customer service representative, they finally admitted that I could cancel my reservations for $25.00, but when she transferred me to the person who was to help me, I was mysteriously cut off. When I called back, I had to explain the whole situation a second time and was again told that there was absolutely no cancellations or refunds. When I told him that the previous representative had told me about the $25.00, he was OK but that it was $25.00 a night to cancel.

I was livid at the outrageous practices of the company and the cost to reconcile this matter. I realized that I made the mistake of trusting this company and was willing to pay a cancellation fees. However, I find this amount to be extremely excessive. It will cost me $175.00 to get nothing.

Priceline intentionally made their web page unclear so unsuspecting people would be sucked into buying something when they thought they were just inquiring about the price and availability. I have been in contact with my credit card company and have made them aware that I did not authorize the charge and I have no intention of paying for their tickets. I do not have them and I do not want them. I am submitting this complaint in the hopes that they are prevented from engaging in such deceitful business practices in the future.