I booked a trip on Priceline for this first time earlier this month, which happened to meet the criteria for the Sunshine promotion. I used Priceline strictly because it had the best price. I did not even notice the promotion was going on. If I had, it wouldn't have mattered. I was going to a wedding no matter what and would not have been interested in trying to create a rainy vacation just to maybe get my money back.

The wedding I went to was in Raliegh, NC on a weekend when a hurricane was developing. It rained quite a bit. This morning I got an email notifying me about my weather refund. At first I thought it was spam and was going to delete it unread. Then I read it and still thought it was spam. I searched the internet and found the details of the promotion, and then I went back to my contract email, and sure enough, the Sunshine Guarantee was included.

All promotions promise something in the title and then get you in the fine print. I think it's the first rule of marketing. Yes, the fine print might work in Priceline's favor. But they didn't charge extra for the guarantee, and from my experience, it is possible that you can collect. Hopefully at least...I don't have the check yet. But they did contact me automatically, which is saying something. Had they not, I would have never realized that I was eligible for the refund. So I think the promotion was a smashing success :)