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Old May 15, 2009 | 1:53 pm
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Originally Posted by titanzrule32
You can pay using a debit card for airfare and/or car rental, but for some reason, Hotwire views the payment of a hotel room via debit card as a violation of their terms. THIS may be the fraudulent activity they are referring to...
Not sure that is what it says - it says at check-in debit cards may not be accepted (most likely says the same thing with rental cars).

They will take a debit card, but cannot guarentee that the hotel will for incidentals.
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