Originally Posted by
gj83
I took it to mean the AMEX charge products with no official preset spending limits. No limit = lower risk of declining transactions although it does still happen.
I would never personally use a debit card for travel. I use my Citi Premier Pass with a "revolving line of credit" but I usually never get close to it.
Does the card you use tell you specifically the hold that is placed? I can just see available credit vs balance and I have to do some subtractions, but that's aggregate.
for me this is what I meant
No limit that any kind of hold even thousands of dollars does not affect me. I do not know/care what kind of phantom charge they put on there as long as the outgoing bill is correct. At marriott, i just switch at checkout to my MR Visa and the only charge to stick is the folio amount. The only issue with this and its immaterial is that it forces me to check out at the front desk where at a property that I use my AX, i take the folio under the door (assuming its correct) and just leave.
I have seen (albeit not very often) the signs at the front desk stating the hold policies. I can't even say they were Marriott properties but just that I've seen them once in a blue moon