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Think I found something which is making me revisit my choices...from You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginYou now have the option to request a maximum of six (6) downtown hotels AND a maximum of six (6) non-downtown hotels. You are only required to submit one (1) hotel choice and will have the following options:- Requesting only downtown hotels.- Requesting only non-downtown hotels.- Requesting a mix of both.This last line tells me that if you pick 6 + 6, there could be a chance where they put you in a non-downtown hotel, even if you picked a downtown hotel that's still available. I mean ,without text or info that says what happens when you pic both, "mix" to me means they're all lumped together...I dunno...
So this is my first time doing the lottery with this waiting room format. So I guess if I am the last person in line in the waiting room I have no chance to get a hotel room? Or is there a chance that I'm the first person in line and I still won't get my top choicesFor the record, I am coming in on a Tuesday and my roommate and I were thinking of putting down for the high priced rooms, so I am wondering if our chances increase that way.
Per CCI Hotel List posting:"- Hotels in San Diego charge a Transient Occupancy tax of 10.565%, a Tourism Marketing assessment of 2% and parking fees, allof which are subject to change without notice. Hotel rates are not guaranteed until booked and confirmed. Hotel rates may varyby number of occupants and other requested services. Comic-Con and onPeak reserve the right to correct any identified errors."Maybe I am just overlooking this, but does anyone know if the rates shown on the participating hotels list include these taxes/fees?
Just told the boss that I'd be late to work next Wednesday
Now that I have processed this a bit more I can see one reason why they would move to this two-batch notification system - it can help with cutting off the people that try to have multiple computers/people submitting forms all at once. Say you have ten people helping you but only one person gets in on May 1 you have to either take the room or leave it, because you won't know what happens to the rest. The two night deposit will be required before the next batch gets notified. So unless you have infinite amounts of $$$ to plunk down on multiple deposits and be able to wait for a refund on a cancelled room you now have to think twice about it if this ends up being your situation.
No offense, I don't think what you said will matter at all or is even correct. If you have 10 people helping such as your example, that means there are AT LEAST 10 credit cards that can be used to place the 2 night deposit, even if you only have 1 credit card, you should still have enough credit to put multiple deposits on it. You have till May 15 to request a refund. Sure the deposit is required before the May 8 batch, but unless you've maxed out your credit card, just paying the 2 night deposit, then waiting for your other people's hotels shouldn't be an issue. Then if someone else gets something better, you contact OnPeak and get a refund on the first batch hotel. I highly doubt this 2 stage system is meant to prevent people from thinking twice.What I actually think the two batch system is for, is they'll take half of the people who go to the form first. So say the first 1000 people, whatever. Just using that number as an example. Give them their hotels. By the time the second batch notification is out, everyone who wanted their rooms will have paid their deposit, and so this potentially opens-up more rooms for those in the second batch. Not everyone will keep their room. Thus after all the deposits are made, the extra rooms will then be put back into the lottery for the second batch to have. I like that idea personally. In the past, the extra rooms all went to waitlist. Now, you potentially can give them to the second batch first. Then after the second batch of deposits are paid, we can go to the waitlisted people. It means hopefully less people waitlisted, and more people getting their top choices. Again, I have no insider info, but my idea sounds the most clearest as to why you'd go to a two batch notification system.
interesting this year's sale you don't have to pick 6.im working if i should just submit the top 2 i really want, or if i should just pick my top 6 downtown hotels anyways?what is everybody going to do, pick 6 still or just pick their top 2 or 3?last year was my 1st time doing to the hotel lottery and i got my #1. also i did get in right at 9am when the sale went live.
has anyone had a list of hotels based on the form timestamp (they claim it's the time you enter the form, but they didn't address stories from last year sooo..) after a few minutes you know the closest are gone...so you move on to the next closest?
Can you please clarify what you're asking? I can't understand your question.
if you don't get into the form by 9:05 MMM, HBF, hard rock, omni, are probably already spoken for, do you then make your top choice the next closest, may be less likely requested in the first minutes?
As the Pendry hotel is not on the hotel list, and the SDCC dates are blocked on their website, I am guessing that the hotel has been reserved by some entity--a studio for instance. Oh well...