Repeat guests are rewarded with a 20% discount, and the website carries last-minute offers.

Special last-minute offers are posted on the Air France website every Wednesday.

It's hard to know how big the market is for all these expensive rooms, so check online agents such as www.booking.com for last-minute offers.

But Toshiba made a last-minute, higher offer, the person said.

In an interview, he said that even a last-minute offer to raise his $107,000 salary by $20,000 did not sway him.

Many believe that in an effort to exploit the worldwide hunger for peace, Saddam Hussein will make a last-minute offer.

He made a last-minute offer to the departing family, "If he and his father decided they wanted to stay here, it would be fine with me."

The analysts also said a last-minute offer might have emerged.

K'Sah's last-minute offer to join the away team might have been amusing in a less dangerous situation.

So they start to become much keener to promote the possibility of last-minute offers.