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Old Dec 24, 2010, 11:53 am
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edcaya
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
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I believe the reason that most hotels are now refusing debit cards for incidentals is because the cardholder might incur overdraft charges if there isn't enough in the account or be unable to pay other charges. The FTC's got a good writeup on the process, and USA Today also did a story on it.
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