Originally Posted by
VA1379
Some hotels will not settle a bill until you checkout, no matter how high the bill is. I heard this explicitly from one manager at the Washington Dulles Marriott Suites.
None of them 'settle' a bill until checkout. EVERY hotel puts a pre-hold on the credit card, which is totally different & I'm sure the GM at the IAD Suites would back that up.
Using the AMS Marriott example, last year they put a hold of 'x' (rm/tx/incid) on my card when I checked in. Was approved. Last year's hold fell off 3 days later. The actual amount finally charged/settled was the amount owing at the end (as is proper), BUT - I had to have the 'hold' amount available at check-in, regardless of the 'settle' amount at check-out. And there have been instances (see the LHR example above) where the hold amount was larger than the settle amount.
Cheers.