For those who have a lot of experience with Coyle hotel assignments, I have a question about the scheduling timing. I was wondering if there is any rhyme or reason to when the scheduler actually assigns them. I have been doing their hotel shops for a few years now. I have done about a dozen, including some very expensive shops that are $4000-5000 for the entire stay, and I have 100% rating on all of them. Sometimes, I see hotel shops get assigned within a few hours, some a few days, while others take much longer. There is one particular very upscale resort that has been on the board for over two weeks now. I applied for it when it was first posted, asking for only $50 bid and no travel expenses, and I have still not been assigned it. It is for a company that I have done four other hotels for (in other locations).
I am totally perplexed as to why the scheduler has not assigned it yet. In this case, I am particularly frustrated because it is a flight to a warm location in January (and I live in Boston), and the flight cost when I first applied for it was totally in my price range, but it was unusually low and now the price is creeping up. I almost wanted to just purchase the flight just in case I get assigned, with the knowledge that I might need to cancel it and use the credit for a flight somewhere else (which isn't a huge deal for me, because I definitely will be flying a few times in the next year). But I decided to just wait and see, because I have no idea how likely it is that I will get assigned. In the past, I have only had to wait a few days to get assigned. This is the longest I have had to wait.
I'm trying to figure out WHY the scheduler hasn't assigned it to me, given my shopper rating and my willingness to do it without travel expenses. Does anyone who have experience with them have any thoughts on what I might be missing? Thank you so much for any insights you might have.