Philadelphia is NOT a Washington ariport, Priceline

Priceline offer to cancel the tickets and refund me the fees in 5-10
business days. I put in leaving from IAD and going to ABQ. It gave
me the option to select nearby airports to get a lower price. I did.
It processed PHIL and I don't think I had a chance to confirm before
it was processed.

Why would you confirm this flight if you didn't want to do it?

I imagine there is a number you can call to either change your flight
or even cancel and book them through the airline yourself if you
wish.

I can't imagine buying airline tickets without being 100% positive as
to the departing airport. NOt even to save $100. Why take a chance?

That seem resonable to me. I've heard enough stories like this that I
would never use Priceline or any of those sites. Good luck.

so I was curious about Priceline. I went there and tried to look up a
fare from DC to ATL (for an example), and it only gave me the options
for BWI, DCA and IAD. I tried on Expedia, and saw that Philly was the
12th on the list of "nearby" airports - and that it was 118 miles
away!
Very strange.

Sha-Meen A.,
Sounds like a pain.
However, I just got done making a dummy reseravation on Priceline to
replecate what you describe.Not knowing your final destination I could
not get their system to offer an alternate departure city though.
What I could get it to do though was state clearly where I was going
to be departing from and arriving.
That being said Priceline.com appears to have done their part and the
perceived problem occured due to oversight on your part.
We arrived at the airport in Orlando at 4AM for a 7AM flight two weeks
ago and found the TSA folks to be very friendly at that hour.
Stop back and let us know what stance Priceline takes.
BillR.