First of all, I am not out a bunch of money (though I could have been). I am mostly unhappy with the treatment I received from some script-reading "customer service" people.

I suspected there could be something "hidden" that I wouldn't like, so I made a reservation for only one night instead of the entire week. Sure enough, there was an $18 per night charge for parking! No, not valet parking...just self service parking.

Please beware when making "name your price" reservations through priceline. Once they have your credit card info, whatever money you've agreed to spend is gone. There is no process for recovering your money. After speaking with two people who read from the same script, I was advised that the only way to elevate the complaint was to send an email - which I did. The complaint was answered identically as my two previous telephone conversations went - a recitation of company policy.

I've used Travelocity, Orbitz and AAA Travel - each of them was much more accommodating and the rates were just as good. And with each of these, you know what you're getting before you commit to spending your money.

For the record, I called the hotel where the additional fees were added. They were very understanding and were happy to cancel the reservation...but needed someone from Priceline to authorize it. I bet you can guess what the odds were of that happening!

In short, stay away from Priceline - too much risk for too little reward!!!

I am writing with regards to the customer service I received in March of 2008.

I had unused tickets from a December 2007 flight (through United Airlines) that I was unable to make; I arranged with a travel service representative to put it on hold.

On March 2, I called to use the Dec flight to purchase a March 15, 2008 flight from SFO to YUL that I saw on the Priceline website for $446, plus a $130 change fee. The agent told me he was able to purchase the flight and that I should wait for my e-ticket which he said would take a couple of days to be processed and emailed.

On March 8, I had still not received any notifications or email so I gave their customer service a call. To my surprise, the agent told me that he could not find my ticket for March 15 and on top of that he could not even find my ticket from December 2007! So I was not only out of a flight for March 15, but they told me my Dec 2007 flight does not even exist in their records. After 45 minutes on the phone, the agent transferred me on to another agent who told me the same thing, and after another half hour he said he was transferring me to his manager but he just hung-up on me! I felt so confused, frustrated, frantic, and angry. I called customer service again to explain what had happened only to be told the same thing and I was advised to try speaking to a manager the next day.

So I called back on March 9, and I tried to calmly explain that I should at least still have my December 2007 ticket still on record. The customer rep told me she could not find it either and finally transferred me to a Travel Service agent. The Travel Service agent was finally able to recover my December 2007 flight and the March 2 record of me purchasing the March 15 flight. The Travel Service agent explained to me that the March 15 flight was unable to be purchased b/c apparently I can only redeem the December 2007 flight through United Airlines directly. She told me that the agent from March 2 tried to call me. But the agent never reached me on the phone and never even left a message. And if the agent from March 2nd was serious about contacting me, the agent should have also emailed me. However, this was not done either.

So there I was, a week from March 15 without a flight and feeling very taken advantage of. In the end, I bought a whole new flight on March 9 through Travelocity that ended up costing almost double b/c of how close it was to March 15.

I am so disheartened and surprised that a well-known and established company like Priceline could have such horrible, ill-informed, and rude customer service. It felt like the customer service was out to give me the run-around until I did not have the energy to stand-up for myself anymore. I am so discouraged from using their company’s services again in the future.

I "named my own price for a hotel" and in return got a hotel not even listed in the web site!We were going on vacation for Valentines day, but I have a 3 year who will be heart-broken if our hotel doesn't have a pool. I e-mailed and called them seaveral times, as did my husband, but all they would say is all bookings are final. I asked to cancel, change, take a credit or anything to no avil.DO NOT USE PRICELINE!!! It is a scam!